Play (Bond album)

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Play
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Studio album by
Released26 June 2011
Recorded2008–2010
Genre Classical crossover, electronic, synthpop
Length46:44
Label Universal Music
Bond chronology
Explosive: The Best of Bond
(2005)
Play
(2011)

Play is Australian/British classical-electropop band Bond's fourth studio album. It was released on 26 June 2011. The album's release was revealed in an interview with Tania Davis in the Birmingham Mail , in which Davis stated that the band were then currently working on their next studio album. She also noted that the album would have gypsy, folk and Eastern European influences. [1] In late 2010, the band were performing material from their new album Play at concerts in Mexico, including the single "Diablo". [2]

Contents

The album was released in Mexico in June 2011 before being released in Korea in August 2011 and Japan in late September 2011. It was released on 13 January 2012 in Australia, [3] and charted at #94 on the albums chart, and in the US on August 7, 2012.

Songs on the album include their first single "Diablo". The string quartet also showcases "Jai Ho", a huge hit from the movie Slumdog Millionaire . The album also features a few more recognizable hits. The song "Pump It" is a version of the song popularised by The Black Eyed Peas, which samples the Dick Dale and the Del-Tones' hit song "Misirlou", featured in the opening credits of Pulp Fiction . The song "Last Time" is an interpretation of "The Last Time" by The Rolling Stones, heavily sampled in "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by the band The Verve, per the alternate naming of the song. Then they re-released "The Last Time" as a remastered single for their upcoming remaster album on January 20th, 2023. Then on February 17th, 2023 they release a new track titled "Me and You" as their second single, taking off "Bond Goes GaGa" from the album. The remaster album was release in mid 2023.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Diablo" Magnus Fiennes, Michael Lowley3:59
2."Jai Ho" A. R. Rahman, Gulzar, Tanvi Shah 3:38
3."Elysium" Magnus Fiennes, Michael Lowley4:05
4."Pump It"Nicholas Roubanis, William Adams, Allan Pineda, Stacy Ferguson, Thomas Van Musser3:40
5."Beatroot" Gay-Yee Westerhoff 2:39
6."Last Time" (aka Bittersweet) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards 3:43
7."Summer" Antonio Vivaldi, arr. BOND 3:16
8."Winter" Antonio Vivaldi, arr. BOND 4:02
9."Apasionada" Magnus Fiennes, Michael Lowley3:41
10."West with the Night" Eos Chater 3:11
11."Road to Samarkand" BOND, Magnus Fiennes, Ric Featherstone3:26
12."Victory 10" Tonči Huljić 3:11
13."Diablo" (vs. Young Offenders – bonus track) Magnus Fiennes, Michael Lowley4:23
Asian bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Bond Go Gaga" (Lady Gaga Medley: "Alejandro", "Born This Way", "Poker Face", "Bad Romance", "Judas")3:54

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
Mexico28 June 2011 CD, digital download City Road Entertainment/Sony México
Korea16 August 2011 Universal Korea
Japan21 September 2011CD, SHM-CD+DVD Universal Japan
United StatesAugust 7, 2012digital downloadCity Road Entertainment/X5 Music Group

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  2. "Bond derrocha talento y sensualidad en concierto". lavozdedurango.com.
  3. "Play". JB Hi-Fi . Retrieved 6 February 2012.