Himalayan (album)

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Himalayan
Band of Skulls - Himalayan.jpg
Studio album by
Released31 March 2014
Genre
Length47:16
Label Electric Blues
Producer Nick Launay
Band of Skulls chronology
Sweet Sour
(2012)
Himalayan
(2014)
By Default
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Classic Rock 7/10 [5]
NME 8/10 [6]

Himalayan is the third studio album by the British rock band Band of Skulls, released on 31 March 2014 through Electric Blues Records. [7]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Asleep at the Wheel"4:06
2."Himalayan"3:13
3."Hoochie Coochie"2:37
4."Cold Sweat"4:37
5."Nightmares"4:11
6."Brothers and Sisters"3:05
7."I Guess I Know You Fairly Well"3:35
8."You Are All That I Am Not"4:52
9."I Feel Like Ten Men, Nine Dead and One Dying"4:08
10."Toreador"3:59
11."Heaven's Key"4:49
12."Get Yourself Together"3:54
iTunes bonus track version
No.TitleLength
13."Be Mine"2:41

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Himalayan
Chart (2014)PeaK
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 44
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 94
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 84
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 94
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 21
US Billboard 200 [14] 55

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