Friends (White Lies album) - Composition

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Friends is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band White Lies.[3] It was released by BMG on 7 October 2016[4] on digital download, vinyl LP and CD.[5][6] A special box set was also issued via the band's website and official store containing two coloured cassettes, the first containing the album and the second with four bonus tracks on side C and four demos on side D. The box set also contained a download code on a "credit card" and a cheque-book style booklet with photos, lyrics and maze games.

Friends

Studio album by

White Lies

Released

7 October 2016

Studio

Studio One, London
The Distillery, Bath

Genre

Synth rock, post-punk revival

Length

44:01

Label

BMG

Producer

White Lies, Richard Wilkinson

White Lies chronology

Big TV
(2013)

Friends
(2016)

Five
(2019)

Singles from Friends

"Take It Out on Me"
Released: 29 June 2016
"Come On"
Released: 7 September 2016
"Hold Back Your Love"
Released: 29 September 2016
"Morning in LA"
Released: 29 September 2016
"Don't Want to Feel It All"
Released: 19 January 2017

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	5.5/10[1]
Metacritic	67/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Take It Out on Me"	3:50
2.	"Morning in LA"	3:20
3.	"Hold Back Your Love"	5:00
4.	"Don't Want to Feel It All"	4:20
5.	"Is My Love Enough?"	5:56
6.	"Summer Didn't Change a Thing"	4:04
7.	"Swing"	5:33
8.	"Come On"	4:07
9.	"Right Place"	4:19
10.	"Don't Fall"	3:45

Japanese edition bonus tracks[7]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"What I Need"	3:31
12.	"Give a Sign"	4:05
13.	"Friends"	5:15
14.	"Where Do I Go?"	3:16

Cassette edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Take It Out on Me"	3:50
2.	"Morning in LA"	3:21
3.	"Hold Back Your Love"	4:59
4.	"Don't Want to Feel It All"	4:20
5.	"Is My Love Enough?"	5:56
6.	"Summer Didn't Change a Thing"	4:04
7.	"Swing"	5:33
8.	"Come On"	4:07
9.	"Right Place"	4:19
10.	"Don't Fall"	3:45
11.	"Friends"	5:15
12.	"Give a Sign"	4:05
13.	"What I Need"	3:31
14.	"Where Do I Go?"	3:16
15.	"8913" (demo)	3:48
16.	"Morning in LA" (demo)	3:52
17.	"Summer Didn't Change a Thing" (demo)	4:27
18.	"Son of a Gun" (demo)	5:51

Personnel

Harry McVeigh – lead vocals, guitar
Charles Cave – bass guitar, backing vocals
Jack Lawrence-Brown – drums
Richard Wilkinson, White Lies - producer
Phil Parsons - engineer
John Davis - mastering
David Wrench, Marta Salogni - mixing
Markus Bagå – art direction, design
Big Active - creative director
Steve Gullick - photography
James Brown - recorded by

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8]	59
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10]	39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11]	32
French Albums (SNEP)[12]	194
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	40
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[14]	10
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15]	15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	50
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	11

References

"Friends by White Lies reviews | Any Decent Music".
"Friends by White Lies". Metacritic.
Connick, Tom (28 June 2016). "White Lies still exist, announce new album 'Friends' | DIY". Diymag.com. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
"Listen as White Lies announce new album, tour and share new single". Nme.com. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
"White Lies announce Friends album release and 2016 UK tour dates". Tuppencemagazine.co.uk. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
"WHITE LIES announce new album 'Friends' out October 7 + release new single 'Take It Out On Me'". Mushroom Promotions. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
ホワイト・ライズ (アーティスト). "ホワイト・ライズ : フレンズ - ミュージック". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
"Austriancharts.at – White Lies – Friends" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
"Ultratop.be – White Lies – Friends" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Ultratop.be – White Lies – Friends" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Dutchcharts.nl – White Lies – Friends" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 41, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
"Offiziellecharts.de – White Lies – Friends" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 17 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Swisscharts.com – White Lies – Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
"White Lies | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

v t e White Lies
Harry McVeigh Charles Cave Jack Lawrence-Brown
Studio albums	To Lose My Life... Ritual Big TV Friends Five As I Try Not to Fall Apart
EPs	Unfinished Business The Remixes There Goes Our Love Again Remixes Small TV
Singles	"Unfinished Business" "Death" "To Lose My Life" "Farewell to the Fairground" "Bigger than Us" "There Goes Our Love Again" "Morning in LA" "Time to Give" "Believe It" "Tokyo" "As I Try Not to Fall Apart" "I Don't Want to Go to Mars" "Am I Really Going to Die"
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