Friday Forever (album)

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Friday Forever
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Studio album by
Everything Is Recorded
Released3 April 2020 (2020-04-03)
Length37:18
Label XL
Producer Richard Russell
Everything Is Recorded chronology
Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell
(2018)		Friday Forever
(2020)		 Temporary
(2025)

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 received generally favorable reviews from critics. [3]

Contents

Background

Friday Forever is Everything Is Recorded's second studio album, following Everything Is Recorded by Richard Russell (2018). [1] It features guest appearances from Berwyn, Maria Somerville, Aitch, Infinite Coles, Flohio, Ghostface Killah, James Massiah, A. K. Paul, Kean Kavanagh, and Penny Rimbaud. [4] It tells a story that begins at 9:46 PM on a Friday night and ends at 11:59 AM the next day. [5]

Release

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. [6]

Clipz released a remix version of Friday Forever, titled Saturday Specials: The Clipz Remixes, on 29 January 2021. [7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Loud and Quiet 4/10 [10]
Pitchfork 6.1/10 [11]

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. [3]

Sean Kerwick of DIY described the album as "a solid record with an intriguing concept that unravels fantastically under Russell's loosened leash." [9] Paul Simpson of AllMusic praised Maria Somerville's contributions to the album. [8] 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." [8] 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." [10]

The album was nominated for the Best Independent Album award at the 2020 AIM Independent Music Awards. [12]

Accolades

Year-end lists for Friday Forever
PublicationListRankRef.
Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2020
60

Track listing

Friday Forever track listing
No.TitleLength
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 (Fucking 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

Charts

Chart performance for Friday Forever
Chart (2020)Peak
position
UK Official Record Store (OCC) [14] 29

References

  1. 1 2 Simpson, Paul. "Everything Is Recorded". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  2. ↑ Reilly, Nick (25 February 2020). "Aitch and Ghostface Killah among guests on Richard Russell's second Everything Is Recorded album". NME . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Friday Forever by Everything Is Recorded". Metacritic . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  4. ↑ Kenneally, Cerys (25 February 2020). "Ghostface Killah, A.K. Paul, and more to feature on new Everything Is Recorded album". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Minsker, Evan (26 February 2020). "XL's Richard Russell Announces New Everything Is Recorded Album". Pitchfork . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  6. ↑ Petridis, Alexis (25 March 2020). "Adele, Keith Flint, Gil Scott-Heron and me: Richard Russell, the XL records Midas". The Guardian . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Bradley, Lloyd (26 January 2021). "Lloyd Bradley and Richard Russell talk remix culture and cutting dubplates". Crack . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 Kellman, Andy. "Friday Forever - Everything Is Recorded". AllMusic . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  9. 1 2 Kerwick, Sean (2 April 2020). "Everything Is Recorded - Friday Forever". DIY . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  10. 1 2 Jeff, Oskar (1 April 2020). "Everything Is Recorded - Friday Forever". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Cliff, Aimee (10 April 2020). "Everything Is Recorded: Friday Forever". Pitchfork . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  12. ↑ Brandle, Lars (12 August 2020). "Flying Lotus, FKA Twigs, Vince Clarke & More Win at 2020 AIM Awards". Billboard . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  13. ↑ Pearis, Bill (10 November 2020). "Rough Trade's Top 100 Albums of 2020". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Official Record Store Chart on 10/4/2020". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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