The Amazons (album)

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The Amazons
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Studio album by
Released26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
Genre
Length44:44
Label Fiction
The Amazons chronology
Don't You Wanna
(2015)
The Amazons
(2017)
Come the Fire, Come the Evening
(2018)
Singles from The Amazons
  1. "Stay With Me"
    Released: 1 March 2016 [1]
  2. "In My Mind"
    Released: 30 August 2016 [2]
  3. "Little Something"
    Released: 22 November 2016 [3]
  4. "Black Magic"
    Released: 14 February 2017 [4]
  5. "Junk Food Forever"
    Released: 19 April 2017 [5]
  6. "Ultraviolet"
    Released: 15 August 2017 [6]
  7. "Palace"
    Released: 24 November 2017 [7]

The Amazons is the debut album by British alternative rock band, The Amazons. The album was released on 26 May 2017 through Fiction Records. The album debuted at number eight on the UK Album Charts. [8]

Contents

Background

Five singles were released prior to the album. The opening track "Stay With Me" featured on the soundtrack to the football simulation game, FIFA 18, [9] while "Black Magic" featured on fellow football simulation game PES 2019.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chris Alderton, Elliot Briggs, Joe Emmett, and Matt Thomson; all music is composed by The Amazons

No.TitleLength
1."Stay With Me"3:15
2."Burn My Eyes"4:18
3."In My Mind"3:50
4."Junk Food Forever"3:46
5."Raindrops"4:46
6."Black Magic"4:31
7."Ultraviolet"3:38
8."Little Something"4:05
9."Holy Roller"3:56
10."Something In The Water"4:53
11."Palace"3:46
Total length:44:44
Deluxe edition [10]
No.TitleLength
12."In My Mind (Acoustic)"4:23
13."Raindrops (Acoustic)"4:33
14."Junk Food Forever (Acoustic)"3:16
15."Little Something (Acoustic)"3:29
16."Black Magic (Acoustic)"4:02
17."Ultraviolet (Acoustic)"3:45

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.2/10 [11]
Metacritic 64/100 [12]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash 8/10 [13]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [16]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [17]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [19]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 64, based on nine reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [12]

Charting

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [20] 10
UK Albums (OCC) [21] 8

Personnel

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