The Bones of What You Believe

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The Bones of What You Believe
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Studio album by
Released20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)
Recorded2011–2013
StudioAlucard, Glasgow
Genre
Length48:00
Label
Producer Chvrches
Chvrches chronology
Recover
(2013)
The Bones of What You Believe
(2013)
Every Open Eye
(2015)
Singles from The Bones of What You Believe
  1. "The Mother We Share"
    Released: 5 November 2012
  2. "Recover"
    Released: 6 February 2013
  3. "Gun"
    Released: 15 July 2013
  4. "Lies"
    Released: 2 December 2013
  5. "We Sink"
    Released: 28 March 2014
  6. "Under the Tide"
    Released: 30 September 2014
  7. "Tether"
    Released: 29 March 2015

The Bones of What You Believe is the debut studio album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches, released on 20 September 2013 by Virgin Records and Goodbye Records. Recorded between 2011 and 2013 in Glasgow, [5] the album was written, composed, and produced by the band as a collaborative effort. It was made available as both a 12-track standard edition and an 18-track special version, the latter including two extra songs, two remixes and two live videos. [6] The album was debuted with a launch party broadcast live on music streaming platform Boiler Room. [7] [8]

Contents

The album's title derives from a lyric in the song "Strong Hand"; according to frontwoman Lauren Mayberry, it refers to the raw "creativity and effort" that served as the figurative and literal skeleton for the album. [9] Musically, The Bones of What You Believe is primarily a synth-pop and indie pop album that incorporates 1980s influences. [1] [2] [10]

The Bones of What You Believe received critical acclaim, with many complimenting Mayberry's songwriting and vocal performance, and Iain Cook and Martin Doherty's use of synthesisers and vocal loops. The album debuted at number nine on the UK Albums Chart, selling 12,415 copies in its first week. [11] It also reached the top 15 in Australia, Ireland and the United States, and the top 20 in Austria and Canada. The album has sold 152,514 copies in the UK and 184,000 copies in the US. [12] [13] Pitchfork ranked The Bones of What You Believe at number 180 on its list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". [14]

The album spawned seven singles: "The Mother We Share", "Recover", "Gun", "Lies", "We Sink", "Under the Tide" and "Tether", with the lead single becoming a moderate commercial success, charting in the top 10 in Belgium and Japan, as well as the top 40 in the United Kingdom. It also peaked at number 12 on the Alternative Songs chart in the United States.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10 [15]
Metacritic 80/100 [16]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [17]
The A.V. Club A [18]
Entertainment Weekly B [19]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [20]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [21]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [22]
NME 8/10 [3]
Pitchfork 8.5/10 [23]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 8/10 [24]

The Bones of What You Believe received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 80, based on 39 reviews. [16] Kyle Ryan of The A.V. Club complimented Mayberry's songwriting and wrote that Chvrches "have crafted one of the year's best albums, which means that buzz won't be dying down any time soon." [18] Joe Rivers of Clash lauded the album as "an exceptionally strong debut where every track is a potential single", noting that "[n]ot only do CHVRCHES revive the [synthpop] sound, they push it forward, with wave upon wave of shimmering synths, more hooks than an angling shop and a songwriting acumen that belies the group's relative infancy." [25] Reed Fischer of Alternative Press stated, "The heartbreaking and indignation in Lauren Mayberry's laser-precise voice makes her an imperfect protagonist in the song length dramas found throughout her band's debut", adding that "even more devastation (the building-crushing kind this time) stems from Ian Cook and Martin Doherty's sophisticated and catchy layers of synthesizers and vocal hoops." [26] Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork described the album as "a seamless fusion of emotive theatrics, hook-loaded songwriting, and some of the more forward-thinking sonics in electronic music right now", and found that "the hooks on The Bones of What You Believe are indelible regardless of instrumentation, and the sound is immaculate." [23]

At Spin , Puja Patel opined that the album is "at its best on its revenge tunes", concluding, "In a mainstream landscape that's still reveling in the EDM-fueled fuck-yous of Icona Pop and Charli XCX's 'I Love It,' CHVRCHES' poppy electronic textures and bleakly lyrical brashness raises the bar." [24] Rolling Stone 's Jon Dolan expressed, "Even when Chvrches are just competently mopey, their neon-Eighties visions are far from retro pose-striking." [10] Barry Nicolson of NME praised the album's "great songwriting" and felt that "while not every track has the immediacy of 'Lies' or 'Recover', there's not a weak one among them." [3] Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote, "Even on the darkest moments, such as 'Lies' or 'Science/Visions,' there's a disarming emotional directness to The Bones of What You Believe that makes it a unique, fully realized take on a style that seemed close to being played out." [17] Ally Carnwath of The Observer commented that Chvrches are "more robust and melodic than arty peers such as Grimes and Purity Ring—choruses are foregrounded, synthy jabs pummel Lauren Mayberry's vocals, beats drop from satisfying heights—but Mayberry's lyrics also carry a subversive twist of angst and obsession." [27] In a mixed review, Slant Magazine 's Kevin Liedel remarked, "While the album has its fair share of sweet spots, the handful of capable melodies never quite balances out its bizarre impulses or the utter lack of thematic unity." [28]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
The A.V. Club The 23 Best Albums of 20134 [29]
Billboard 15 Best Albums of 201313 [30]
Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 20134 [31]
musicOMH Top 100 Albums of 201323 [32]
NME 50 Best Albums of 201323 [33]
Paste The 50 Best Albums of 20138 [34]
Pitchfork The Top 50 Albums of 201336 [35]
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s180 [14]
PopMatters The 75 Best Albums of 20138 [36]
Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 201332 [37]
Slant Magazine The 25 Best Albums of 201322 [38]
Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 201321 [39]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chvrches, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."The Mother We Share"3:12
2."We Sink"3:34
3."Gun"3:53
4."Tether"4:46
5."Lies"3:41
6."Under the Tide"4:32
7."Recover"3:45
8."Night Sky"3:51
9."Science/Visions"3:58
10."Lungs"3:02
11."By the Throat"4:09
12."You Caught the Light"5:37
Total length:48:00
German limited edition bonus tracks [40]
No.TitleLength
13."Strong Hand"3:26
14."The Mother We Share" (Errors RMX)3:17
iTunes Store special edition bonus tracks [41]
No.TitleLength
13."Strong Hand"3:26
14."Broken Bones"3:44
15."Gun" (KDA Remix)6:15
16."The Mother We Share" (We Were Promised Jetpacks Remix)5:58
17."Recover" (live at Village Underground) (video)4:02
18."Lies" (live at Village Underground) (video)3:59
Japanese edition bonus tracks [42]
No.TitleLength
13."Strong Hand"3:26
14."Broken Bones"3:44
15."Gun" (KDA Remix)6:15
16."The Mother We Share" (We Were Promised Jetpacks Remix)5:58
17."The Mother We Share" (Blood Diamonds Remix)3:56
18."The Mother We Share" (Kowton's Feeling Fragile Remix)5:01
Target deluxe edition bonus tracks [43]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Recover" (Alucard Session) 4:11
14."The Mother We Share" (Alucard Session) 3:17
15."Gun" (Alucard Session) 4:24
16."Tightrope"
3:28
Asian deluxe edition bonus disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Strong Hand" 3:26
2."Broken Bones" 3:44
3."ZVVL" 3:12
4."Now Is Not the Time" 3:45
5."Recover" (Alucard Session) 4:12
6."The Mother We Share" (Alucard Session) 3:18
7."Gun" (Alucard Session) 4:25
8."Tightrope" (Alucard Session) 3:30
9."Recover" (Cid Rim Remix) 5:48
10."It's Not Right but It's Okay"3:46
11."Recover" (Claire Remix) 4:13
12."Lies" (Tourist Remix) 6:32
13."Recover" (Kingdom Remix) 3:20
14."Tether" (Junior Sanchez Remix) 6:23
15."Gun" (KDA Remix) 6:16
16."The Mother We Share" (Blood Diamonds Remix) 3:57
17."Recover" (KDA Remix) 6:17
18."Under the Tide" (radio version) 4:33
10 year anniversary special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Manhattan"5:19
14."White Summer"4:20
15."Talking in My Sleep"4:32
16."City On Fire"4:38
17."We Sink" (Live at Ancienne Belgique)3:49
18."Now Is Not the Time" (Live at Ancienne Belgique)4:06
19."Lies" (Live at Ancienne Belgique)4:02
20."Strong Hand" (Live at Ancienne Belgique)3:44
21."By the Throat" (Live at Ancienne Belgique)4:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Bones of What You Believe. [44]

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [65] Gold152,514 [12]
United States184,000 [13]

Release history

RegionDateFormatEditionLabelRef.
Australia20 September 2013CDStandard Liberation [66]
Digital download
  • Standard
  • special
[67] [68]
GermanyCDLimited Vertigo Berlin [69]
LPStandard [70]
Digital download
  • Limited
  • special
[71] [72]
IrelandCDStandard
[73]
Digital download
  • Standard
  • special
[74] [75]
France23 September 2013 Mercury [76] [77]
Italy Universal [78] [79]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • LP
Standard
  • Virgin
  • Goodbye
[80] [81]
Digital download
  • Standard
  • special
[82] [83]
United States24 September 2013
  • CD
  • LP
Standard Glassnote [84] [85]
Digital download
  • Standard
  • special
[86] [87]
Japan Hostess [88] [89]
25 September 2013CDStandard [42]
France7 October 2013
  • CD
  • LP
Mercury [90] [91]
Italy15 October 2013CDUniversal [92]

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