Friendly Fire (Sean Lennon album)

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Friendly Fire
Friendly Fire.jpg
Studio album by
Released2 October 2006
RecordedBeerwinef*sh, Jim Henson Studios, Sound Factory and Sunset Sound
Genre Alternative rock
Length37:44
Label Parlophone, Capitol, EMI
Producer Sean Lennon
Sean Lennon chronology
Half Horse, Half Musician
(1999)
Friendly Fire
(2006)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead
(2009)

Friendly Fire is the second studio album by Sean Lennon, released on 2 October 2006 [1] by Capitol Records in the US, and Parlophone in the UK. It reached #152 on the US Billboard 200 chart and #5 in the Top Heatseekers chart. [2] It stayed on the French album chart for 43 weeks and was certified silver.

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Background

The inspiration behind most of the songs on Friendly Fire was Lennon's tumultuous relationship with actress Bijou Phillips. [3] According to Lennon, Phillips cheated on him with his childhood best friend, Max LeRoy; [3] LeRoy died shortly afterwards in a motorcycle accident, before he and Lennon were able to resolve their differences. [3]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All songs written by Sean Lennon, except where noted.

  1. "Dead Meat" - 3:37
  2. "Wait for Me" - 2:39
  3. "Parachute" - 3:19
  4. "Friendly Fire" - 5:03
  5. "Spectacle" (Lennon, Jordan Galland) - 5:24
  6. "Tomorrow" - 2:03
  7. "On Again Off Again" - 3:18
  8. "Headlights" - 3:16
  9. "Would I Be the One" (Marc Bolan) - 4:58
  10. "Falling Out of Love" (Lennon, Galland) - 4:07
French 2007 reissue bonus track
  1. "L'éclipse" (Duet with -M-, French version of "Parachute") (Lennon, -M-) - 3:16

Personnel

Chart positions

ChartPosition
French SNEP Albums Chart [5] 59
U.S. Billboard 200 [6] 152

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [7] Silver35,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release details

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog
Japan 29 September 2006 Toshiba-EMI CD/DVD TOCP-66630 [8] / 4988006846982 [9]
United Kingdom 2 October 2006 Parlophone CD/DVD3719492 / 0946 3 71949 2 8 [10]
United States 3 October 2006 Capitol Records CD/DVD7243 5 35568 2 2

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