Friends (White Lies album)

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Friends
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Studio album by
Released7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
Studio
Genre Synth rock, post-punk revival
Length44:01
Label BMG
Producer White Lies, Richard Wilkinson
White Lies chronology
Big TV
(2013)
Friends
(2016)
Five
(2019)
Singles from Friends
  1. "Take It Out on Me"
    Released: 29 June 2016
  2. "Come On"
    Released: 7 September 2016
  3. "Hold Back Your Love"
    Released: 29 September 2016
  4. "Morning in LA"
    Released: 29 September 2016
  5. "Don't Want to Feel It All"
    Released: 19 January 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 5.5/10 [1]
Metacritic 67/100 [2]
Review scores
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Friends is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band White Lies. [3] It was released by BMG on 7 October 2016 [4] on digital download, vinyl LP and CD. [5] [6] A special box set was also issued via the band's website and official store containing two coloured cassettes, the first containing the album and the second with four bonus tracks on side C and four demos on side D. The box set also contained a download code on a "credit card" and a cheque-book style booklet with photos, lyrics and maze games.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Take It Out on Me"3:50
2."Morning in LA"3:20
3."Hold Back Your Love"5:00
4."Don't Want to Feel It All"4:20
5."Is My Love Enough?"5:56
6."Summer Didn't Change a Thing"4:04
7."Swing"5:33
8."Come On"4:07
9."Right Place"4:19
10."Don't Fall"3:45
Japanese edition bonus tracks [7]
No.TitleLength
11."What I Need"3:31
12."Give a Sign"4:05
13."Friends"5:15
14."Where Do I Go?"3:16
Cassette edition
No.TitleLength
1."Take It Out on Me"3:50
2."Morning in LA"3:21
3."Hold Back Your Love"4:59
4."Don't Want to Feel It All"4:20
5."Is My Love Enough?"5:56
6."Summer Didn't Change a Thing"4:04
7."Swing"5:33
8."Come On"4:07
9."Right Place"4:19
10."Don't Fall"3:45
11."Friends"5:15
12."Give a Sign"4:05
13."What I Need"3:31
14."Where Do I Go?"3:16
15."8913" (demo)3:48
16."Morning in LA" (demo)3:52
17."Summer Didn't Change a Thing" (demo)4:27
18."Son of a Gun" (demo)5:51

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA Hitseekers) [8] 19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [9] 59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12] 32
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 194
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 40
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) [15] 10
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 50
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 11

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