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]
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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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| Singles from Love Fury | ||||
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Background
editThe 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
editThe 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
editAll 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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