Love + Fury
| Love + Fury | ||||
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| Released | May 14, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | Noble Street Studios – Toronto, Ontario [1] | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 33:00 | |||
| Label | Frostbyte Media Inc. | |||
| Producer | Hugh Dillon, Chris Osti | |||
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Love + Fury is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band, Headstones. It was the band's first album released after their hiatus. At a length of 33 minutes, it is the band's shortest album to date. The album was nominated for "Rock Album of the Year" at the 2014 Juno Awards.[1]
Background
[edit]The first song from the album to be released was "Bin This Way for Years", which was released on the band's website on August 15, 2011 as the first single.[2] The band released a music video for the song on October 28, 2011.[3] The band announced the recording of their new album on October 18, 2012, and that the album would be funded by pledges from fans through PledgeMusic.[4] On March 22, 2013, the entire album was made available to stream on PledgeMusic exclusively for pledgers of the album.[5] The album's next single, "Long Way to Neverland", debuted on radio on CHTZ-FM on March 28. The single was released as a digital download on April 16.[6]
Commercial performance
[edit]The album debuted at No. 7 on the Canadian Albums Chart.[7] This is the highest position ever for a Headstones album on that chart. In its first week, the album sold 4,000 copies.[8]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Headstones except where noted. Song titles are stylized on the album without spaces, capitalization or punctuation.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Change My Ways" | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Long Way to Neverland" | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Final Analysis" (Hugh Dillon, Chris Osti) | 3:08 |
| 4. | "Far Away from Here" | 3:26 |
| 5. | "Don't Follow the Leader" | 3:01 |
| 6. | "Astronaught" (Osa Campbell, Dillon) | 2:34 |
| 7. | "Go Back the Other Way" | 2:32 |
| 8. | "SOS" (Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) | 2:11 |
| 9. | "Bin This Way for Years" | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Outta My League" | 2:12 |
| 11. | "Midnight of This Life" (Dillon, Osti) | 4:40 |
| Total length: | 33:00 | |
Personnel
[edit]- Hugh Dillon – vocals, harmonica
- Trent Carr – guitar, backup vocals
- Tim White – bass
- Dale Harrison – drums
Additional musicians
[edit]- Steve Carr – piano (on "Long Way to Neverland" and "Midnight of This Life")
- Osa Campbell – guitar (on "Astronaught")
- Devin Robertson – additional background vocals (on "Change My Ways")
- Vince Male – additional background vocals (on "Change My Ways")
References
[edit]- ^ "2014 JUNO AWARD NOMINEES" (PDF). junoawards.ca. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
- ^ "BINTHISWAYFORYEARS". headstonesband.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ "BINTHISWAYFORYEARS – The Video". headstonesband.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ "Headstones are making a new record!". headstonesband.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ "First Listen of the New Album!". PledgeMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ "longwaytoneverland". PledgeMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ "Canadian Albums : Jun 01, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ^ "Nielsen Music Canadian Update May 22" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
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