| Refugees | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| EP by | ||||
| Released | 14 February 2014 | |||
| Recorded | August 2011 – January 2014 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 17:25 | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl | |||
| Producer | Richard McNamara | |||
| Embrace chronology | ||||
| ||||
Refugees is the seventh extended play by English band Embrace. Released on 14 February 2014 by independent record label Cooking Vinyl, the EP was the first commercial release by the band in over seven years, the last being the "I Can't Come Down", released in December 2006.
Said lead singer Danny McNamara on 13 January 2014, the day of Refugees' first radio airplay, "Richard brought this in as a near finished recording. It was one of the first songs we finished and it really set the bar for the rest of the album...To say we have argued over this song would be an understatement. I guess you know you've got a good one when that happens because everyone gets really precious about it. But it was really important to us that all the other tracks are strong too. We wanted to go back to how we were at the beginning when we released EPs and every track was as good as the lead track. It feels just like those days, we're all fired up and hungry for it because we've got it all to prove again." [1]
In the weeks leading up to the release of Refugees, the opening track, "Refugees", was released early on the iTunes Store on 14 January 2014. [2]
Refugees climbed to #2 on the UK iTunes album chart after its release on 17 February. Despite its commercial success in the United Kingdom, however, it was not eligible to chart in the UK due to the absence of a chart for extended plays under the Official Charts Company in the UK. [3]
All tracks are written by Danny McNamara and Richard McNamara
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Refugees" | 4:59 |
| 2. | "Chameleon" | 4:39 |
| 3. | "Decades" | 4:28 |
| 4. | "Bullets" | 3:19 |
| Total length: | 17:25 | |
Adapted from Refugees liner notes. [4]
|
|
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalog no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany [5] | 14 February 2014 | Digital download | Cooking Vinyl | none |
| Vinyl | FRYEP560 | |||
| United Kingdom [6] [7] | 17 February 2014 | Digital download | none | |
| Vinyl | unknown | |||
| United States [8] | 18 February 2014 | Digital download | none | |
| Australia [9] | 21 February 2014 |
Drawn from Memory is the second album by English rock band Embrace, released on 27 March 2000 by Mobetta, Hut, and Virgin Records. Following the release of their debut studio album The Good Will Out (1998), touring keyboardist Mickey Dale became an official member. Frontman Danny McNamara began suffering from writer's block, leaving guitarist Richard McNamara to handle the writing. Sessions were done at Batsford Park Manor in Gloucestershire, Olympic Studios in London, and Soundworks Studios in Leeds. Tristin Norwell and the band producer the entire album, bar "You're Not Alone", which was produced by Hugo Nicolson. Songs on the album centred around the arrangements and the interplay between instruments, instead of being melody-driven.
"All You Good Good People" is the debut single of English rock band Embrace, on the Fierce Panda label. Only 1,300 copies were made in 1997, but the airplay received by key radio shows was enough to gain significant recognition. An extended play containing the song was released on 27 October 1997, peaking at number eight on the UK Singles Chart that November. The 1,300 originals, mixed by dub and electronica artist Ott, are now collectors' items.
"My Weakness Is None of Your Business" is a song by English rock band Embrace, the band's fifth single release. It was released on 17 August 1998 and became the third top-ten single from their debut album, The Good Will Out (1998), peaking at number nine on the UK Singles Chart, but it dropped out of the top 40 the next week.
One Big Family EP is a four-track extended play (EP) by English band Embrace from their debut album, The Good Will Out (1998). Released on 7 July 1997, and with the song "One Big Family" as the lead track, the EP narrowly missed the top 20 in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 21. "One Big Family" is sung by guitarist Richard McNamara rather than Embrace's usual singer, his brother Danny. In 2011, English artist Templecloud released a cover of the song that reached number 24 on the UK Singles Chart.
Cold War Kids are an American indie rock band from Long Beach, California. Band members are Nathan Willett, Matt Maust, David Quon, Matthew Schwartz, and Joe Plummer. Former members of the band include Dann Gallucci, Matt Aveiro, and Jonnie Russell.
Galore is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music band Dragonette, released on August 6, 2007 by Mercury Records. The album contains a mix of newly recorded tracks and reworked songs which had featured on their independently released Dragonette EP, which was available through the band's website two years earlier.
"Lights & Music" is a song by Australian electronic music band Cut Copy, released as the second single from their second studio album, In Ghost Colours (2008). It is the band's most successful single to date, peaking at number 64 on the Australian Singles Chart. It was included in the video games FIFA 09 and Forza Horizon 3.
Fixin to Thrill is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music band Dragonette. The album was released on September 25, 2009 by Universal Music Canada.
"DJ" is a song by Danish pop band Alphabeat, released as the second single from their second studio album, The Spell (2009). The song peaked at number six on the Danish Singles Chart, and was certified gold by IFPI Denmark on 20 April 2010 for sales in excess of 15,000 copies.
"Hole in My Heart" is a song by Danish pop band Alphabeat from The Beat Is... (2010), the international edition of their second studio album, The Spell (2009). It was released on 21 February 2010 as the album's second single in the United Kingdom and third single overall. "Hole in My Heart" peaked at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's second consecutive UK top-40 hit from The Beat Is...
That Bad Eartha is a twelve-song reconfiguration of material from American singer Eartha Kitt's first two eight-song, 10-inch albums issued by RCA Victor. It contains all eight songs from the 1953 album RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt. It repurposes the cover image and title, and four of the songs from Eartha's 1954 second 10-inch album, That Bad Eartha . In this way, it could be considered an expansion of the first short-length album, supplementing it with packaging and selected songs from the second.
Embrace are an English rock band formed in Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire, in 1990. The band consists of brothers singer Danny McNamara and guitarist Richard McNamara, bassist Steve Firth, keyboardist Mickey Dale, and drummer Mike Heaton. The group have released eight studio albums: The Good Will Out (1998), Drawn from Memory (2000), If You've Never Been (2001), Out of Nothing (2004), This New Day (2006), Embrace (2014), Love Is a Basic Need (2018), and How to Be a Person Like Other People (2022).
"Sun" is a song by Northern Irish indie rock band Two Door Cinema Club from their second studio album, Beacon (2012). The song was released on 16 November 2012 as the album's second single. The Gildas Kitsuné Club Night Short Remix of "Sun" appears on Kitsuné Maison Compilation 14: The 10th Anniversary Issue. The accompanying music video premiered on 11 October 2012.
Shulamith is the second studio album by American indie pop band Poliça, released on October 18, 2013 by Mom + Pop Music.
Embrace is the eponymously titled sixth studio album by English alternative rock band Embrace. The album, produced by vocalist Richard McNamara, was released on 25 April 2014 in Friday-release countries and on 28 April 2014 in the United Kingdom by independent record label Cooking Vinyl. The album was the band's first in eight years, after the release of their fifth studio album This New Day in 2006.
"Follow You Home" is a song written by Danny McNamara and Richard McNamara of the English alternative rock band Embrace. The song was originally recorded by the band for their eponymous sixth studio album, Embrace, where it appears as the fifth track on the album. A "Follow You Home" promotional single, featuring the Embrace track of the same name, was released to UK radio on 10 March 2014 by Cooking Vinyl. The single serves as the third overall release in promotion of Embrace, after promotional single "Refugees" and the extended play Refugees.
"Refugees" is a song written by Danny McNamara and Richard McNamara of the English alternative rock band Embrace. The song was originally recorded by the band as a track for their eponymous sixth studio album, Embrace, where it appears as the third track on the album. "Refugees" was first released as the Embrace track, but debuting on the namesake seventh extended play, Refugees, which was released in promotion of Embrace two months prior. It appears as the opening track on the EP. A "Refugees" promotional single, boasting a radio edit of the song, was sent to UK Modern rock radio in January 2014, in promotion of both Refugees and Embrace.
We the Generation is the second studio album by British drum and bass band Rudimental. The album was released on 2 October 2015, although the album leaked online a week prior to its release.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)