My Favourite Faded Fantasy

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My Favourite Faded Fantasy
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Studio album by
Damien Rice
Released31 October 2014
Studio
  • Shangri-La, Malibu, California
  • Big Spring Studio, Seltjarnarnes, Iceland
  • Sundlaugin Studio, Mosfellsbær, Iceland
  • Sage & Sound, Hollywood, California
  • Woodland Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
  • The Bank, Burbank, California
  • Pickering Studios, Ireland
Genre Folk
Length49:50
Label
  • Damien Rice Music
  • Vector Recordings
  • Warner Bros. (US and Canada)
Producer Rick Rubin, Damien Rice
Damien Rice chronology
Live from the Union Chapel
(2007)		My Favourite Faded Fantasy
(2014)
Singles from My Favourite Faded Fantasy
  1. "My Favourite Faded Fantasy"
    Released: 8 September 2014
  2. "I Don't Want to Change You"
    Released: 24 September 2014
  3. "The Greatest Bastard"
    Released: 30 October 2014

My Favourite Faded Fantasy is the third studio album by Irish singer, songwriter and producer Damien Rice. The album was released in Ireland on 31 October 2014 and subsequently in other territories on 3 November and then released on vinyl on 7 November 2014, almost eight years since the release of his previous album, 9 . [1] The album was produced by Rick Rubin. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 76/100 [3]
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At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from music critics, the album has received an average score of 76, indicating "generally favorable", based on 15 reviews. [3] Jessica Goodman and Ryan Kistobak of The Huffington Post included the album on their list of 2014's best releases, declaring the album "a devastating reminder that love leaves you crumbling and fantasies are just fiction". Goodman complimented Rice's "delicate vocals" as "sinister and familiar". [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Damien Rice

No.TitleLength
1."My Favourite Faded Fantasy"6:12
2."It Takes a Lot to Know a Man"9:33
3."The Greatest Bastard"5:04
4."I Don't Want to Change You"5:26
5."Colour Me In"5:18
6."The Box"4:27
7."Trusty and True"8:09
8."Long Long Way"6:21
Limited edition box set bonus track
No.TitleLength
9."Camarillas"2:44

Personnel

Commercial performance

In Canada, the album debuted at number eight on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling just 4,000 copies. [6]

Charts

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