Life Is Yours

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In April 2022, Foals embarked on their Life Is Yours Tour in support of the album. Goat Girl, Shame, Yard Act, and Egyptian Blue supported the band on select UK dates. [14]

Life Is Dub

A dub version of the album (entirely reimagined and remixed by Carey), titled Life Is Dub was initially released on 22 April 2023 as an exclusive limited edition 12" gold vinyl, in lieu of Record Store Day 2023, then digitally on 19 May 2023. [15] The release was preceded by remixed singles, 2am (Dan Carey Dub) and Life Is Yours (Dan Carey Dub) on 24 March [16] and 21 April 2023 respectively.

Critical reception

Life Is Yours has an average rating of 74 out of 100 on review aggregator website Metacritic [17] and an AnyDecentMusic? score of 7.5 out of 10. [18] Andrew Trendell of NME praised the album's production, and wrote the lead single "Wake Me Up" "delivers that same spirit like a spicy tequila shot – all funk, fury and fire-breathing defiance as an ode to getting away and losing your shit". [19] Phil Mongredien of The Guardian stated that the album's use of keyboards of synths was a "bold move, and probably a smart one", whilst criticising the second half of the album, describing "Crest of the Wave" as an "ersatz Everything Everything". [20] Lee Campbell of Rolling Stone described the feel of the album as "certainly more joyous and celebratory [than Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2 ]". [21]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan, and Jimmy Smith

Life Is Yours
Life Is Yours cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Foals
Released17 June 2022
Studio
Genre
Length41:55
Label
Producer
Foals chronology
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 2
(2019)		Life Is Yours
(2022)
Singles from Life Is Yours
  1. "Wake Me Up"
    Released: 4 November 2021
  2. "2am"
    Released: 10 February 2022
  3. "Looking High"
    Released: 1 April 2022
  4. "2001"
    Released: 19 May 2022
  5. "Crest of the Wave"
    Released: 14 June 2022
Life Is Yours track listing
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Life Is Yours"
4:12
2."Wake Me Up"
4:23
3."2am"
3:44
4."2001"
  • Hill
  • Paul
  • James [c]
4:27
5."Summer Sky"
  • Hill
  • Paul
  • James [c]
0:36
6."Flutter"
  • Hill
  • Carey
3:35
7."Looking High"
4:21
8."Under the Radar"
  • Hill
  • Carey
2:59
9."Crest of the Wave"
3:46
10."The Sound"
  • Hill
  • Carey
4:25
11."Wild Green"
  • Hill
  • Carey
5:27
Total length:41:55
D2C bonus etched demo 12" vinyl [22]
No.TitleLength
1."LIY Room" (Rehearsal Room Recording)2:08
2."WMU July 22" (Yannis Logic Demo)2:37
3."2AM 20 July" (Yannis Logic Demo)3:01
4."2001 Vibes" (123 Studios, Recorded by Brett Shaw)2:35
5."LH MJ Rough Demo" (Demo Recording, Konk Studios)4:20
6."UTR Room" (Rehearsal Room Recording)3:10
7."Issak Rough Demo" (Recorded by Jojo Ma at 301 Studios)5:51
Total length:23:32

Notes

Personnel

Foals

Additional musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Life Is Yours
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [23] 13
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [24] 47
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [25] 61
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [26] 41
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [27] 34
French Albums (SNEP) [28] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [29] 13
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [30] 11
Irish Albums (OCC) [31] 15
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [32] 96
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [33] 35
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [34] 35
Scottish Albums (OCC) [35] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [36] 74
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [37] 10
UK Albums (OCC) [38] 3

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