High Life (Eno and Hyde album)

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High Life
High Life (Front Cover).png
Studio album by
EnoHyde
Released30 June 2014 (2014-06-30)
Genre Art rock, experimental rock
Length43:33
Label Warp
Producer Brian Eno, FRED
Brian Eno chronology
Someday World
(2014)
High Life
(2014)
The Ship
(2016)
CD version
No.TitleLength
1."Return"9:00
2."DBF"4:14
3."Time to Waste It"8:19
4."Lilac"9:24
5."Moulded Life"4:55
6."Cells & Bells"7:41
Digital version
No.TitleLength
1."Return"9:00
2."DBF"4:14
3."Time to Waste It"8:19
4."Lilac"9:24
5."Moulded Life"4:55
6."Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe"3:07
7."Cells & Bells"7:41
Vinyl version
No.TitleLength
1."Return"9:00
2."Slow Down, Sit Down & Breathe"3:07
3."Lilac"9:24
4."Moulded Life"4:55
5."DBF"4:14
6."Time to Waste It"8:19
7."On a Grey Day"5:43
8."Cells & Bells"7:41

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 107
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] 142
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 94
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 94
US Billboard 200 [19] 194
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [20] 7
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [21] 31
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [22] 17

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