Friday Forever | ||||
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Released | 3 April 2020 | |||
Length | 37:18 | |||
Label | XL | |||
Producer | Richard Russell | |||
Everything Is Recorded chronology | ||||
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Friday Forever is the second studio album by Everything Is Recorded, a project of British record producer Richard Russell. [1] It was released on 3 April 2020 through his record label XL Recordings. [2] It peaked at 29 on the UK Official Record Store Chart. [3] It received generally favorable reviews from critics. [4]
The album features guest appearances from Berwyn, Maria Somerville, Aitch, Infinite Coles, Flohio, Ghostface Killah, James Massiah, A. K. Paul, Kean Kavanagh, and Penny Rimbaud. [5] It tells a story that begins at 9:46 PM on a Friday night and ends at 11:59 AM the next day. [6]
Friday Forever was released on 3 April 2020 through XL Recordings, the day after Richard Russell's autobiography Liberation Through Hearing was published through White Rabbit. [7]
Clipz released a remix version of Friday Forever, titled Saturday Specials: The Clipz Remixes, on 29 January 2021. [8]
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 75/100 [4] |
Review scores | |
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Loud and Quiet | 4/10 [11] |
Pitchfork | 6.1/10 [12] |
According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Friday Forever received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 75 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. [4]
Sean Kerwick of DIY described the album as "a solid record with an intriguing concept that unravels fantastically under Russell's loosened leash." [10] Paul Simpson of AllMusic praised Maria Somerville's contributions to the album. [9] He commented that "Her plaintive and enchanting voice appears at the beginning, in the middle, and toward the end, surrounding the graphic lyricism of her duet partners with wraith-like poeticisms." [9] Oskar Jeff of Loud and Quiet stated, "Many passages of the album are perfectly passable, yet it is greatly disappointing considering the level of talent involved here." [11]
The album was nominated for the Best Independent Album award at the 2020 AIM Independent Music Awards. [13]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "09:46 PM / Every Friday Thereafter" (featuring Berwyn and Maria Somerville) | 1:12 |
2. | "10:51 PM / The Night" (featuring Berwyn and Maria Somerville) | 3:22 |
3. | "12:12 AM / Patients (F_cking Up a Friday)" (featuring Aitch and Infinite Coles) | 2:17 |
4. | "01:32 AM / Walk Alone" (featuring Berwyn and Infinite Coles) | 3:27 |
5. | "02:56 AM / I Don't Want This Feeling to Stop" (featuring Flohio) | 2:36 |
6. | "03:15 AM / Caviar" (featuring Ghostface Killah and Infinite Coles) | 3:58 |
7. | "04:21 AM / That Sky" (featuring James Massiah and Maria Somerville) | 3:58 |
8. | "05:10 AM / Dream I Never Had" (featuring A. K. Paul) | 4:38 |
9. | "09:35 AM / Pretending Nothing's Wrong" (featuring Kean Kavanagh) | 2:51 |
10. | "10:02 AM / Burnt Toast" (featuring A. K. Paul and Berwyn) | 3:14 |
11. | "11:55 AM / This World" (featuring Infinite Coles and Maria Somerville) | 3:59 |
12. | "11:59 AM / Circles" (featuring Penny Rimbaud) | 1:46 |
Total length: | 37:18 |
Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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UK Official Record Store (OCC) [3] | 29 |