Prince of Tears (album)

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Prince of Tears
Baxter Dury - Prince of Tears.png
Studio album by
Released27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)
Length29:38
Label PIAS
Baxter Dury chronology
It's a Pleasure
(2014)
Prince of Tears
(2017)
The Night Chancers
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.2/10 [1]
Metacritic 78/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
Loud and Quiet 7/10 [3]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Under the Radar 7/10 [5]

Prince of Tears is the fifth studio album by English musician Baxter Dury. It was released in October 2017 under PIAS.

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Baxter Dury; except "Almond Milk", lyrics written by Baxter Dury and Jason Williamson

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Miami"Baxter Dury, Ben Gallagher, Madelaine Hart4:34
2."Porcelain"Dury, Gallagher, Rose Elinor Dougall4:02
3."Mungo"Dury, Gallagher, Hart3:45
4."Listen"Dury, Hart3:03
5."Almond Milk" (feat. Jason Williamson)Dury, Jason Williamson, Gallagher1:47
6."Letter Bomb"Dury, Gallagher1:42
7."Oi"Dury2:21
8."August"Dury3:02
9."Wanna"Dury, Gallagher, Elliot Dougall2:17
10."Prince of Tears"Dury, Gallagher, Hart3:05

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 193
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [8] 116
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 49

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