Losing (album)

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Losing
Bully Losing.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)
Recorded2016
Studio Electrical Audio (Chicago, Illinois)
Genre
Length37:47
Label Sub Pop
Producer Alicia Bognanno
Bully chronology
Feels Like
(2015)
Losing
(2017)
Sugaregg
(2020)
Singles from Losing
  1. "Feel the Same"
    Released: August 1, 2017 [4]
  2. "Running"
    Released: August 30, 2017 [5]
  3. "Kills to Be Resistant"
    Released: September 27, 2017 [6]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.8/10 [7]
Metacritic 74/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The A.V. Club B [2]
Consequence B− [10]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 7.2/10 [13]
PopMatters 7/10 [14]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [16]
Uncut 7/10 [17]

Losing is the second studio album by American rock band Bully. It was released on October 20, 2017 by Sub Pop. [18] The album was produced by Bully frontwoman Alicia Bognanno and recorded in 2016 at Electrical Audio in Chicago. [19] [20]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alicia Bognanno

No.TitleLength
1."Feel the Same"1:59
2."Kills to Be Resistant"3:25
3."Running"3:41
4."Seeing It"3:31
5."Guess There"3:00
6."Blame"3:23
7."Focused"4:30
8."Not the Way"2:35
9."Spiral"2:31
10."Either Way"2:17
11."You Could Be Wrong"2:42
12."Hate and Control"4:13
Total length:37:47

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [21]

Bully

Additional musicians

Production

Design

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
UK Independent Album Breakers (OCC) [22] 16
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [23] 6
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [24] 19
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [25] 87

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