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Hours is the second album by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. The album was released on 13 June 2005, through record labels Atlantic and Ferret.

Hours
Studio album by Funeral for a Friend
Released	13 June 2005
Recorded	Studio X and Studio Litho (Seattle, WA) from 12 January to 8 March 2005
Genre	Post-hardcore emo[1]
Length	43:15
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Terry Date Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend chronology
Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (2003) Hours (2005) Tales Don't Tell Themselves (2007)
Singles from Hours
"Streetcar" Released: 30 May 2005 "Monsters" Released: 28 August 2005 "History" Released: 14 November 2005 "Roses for the Dead" Released: 20 February 2006
Alternative cover
The cover for the special edition version of Hours.

Four singles were released from the album: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History" and "Roses for the Dead".

Production

The album was produced, recorded and mixed by Terry Date, with co-production by the band.

Release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	89%[citation needed]
AllMusic	[1]
Kerrang!	[citation needed]
Rolling Stone	[2]
NME	[citation needed]
Exclaim.ca	favourable[3]

Hours was released on 13 June 2005. The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart[4] and was their first album to appear on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 139.[5]

The album produced four singles: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History" and "Roses for the Dead", all of which charted within the UK top 50.[4]

The album has been released in four versions: standard edition; special edition, with a bonus DVD containing interviews with the band and fans before the band's gig at the Give it a Name festival, and different cover; Japanese edition, with two bonus tracks; and limited Japanese edition with six bonus tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

Funeral for a Friend

• Kris Coombs-Roberts – guitar, backing vocals, co-production
• Gareth Davies – bass guitar, backing vocals, co-production
• Matt Davies – vocals, co-production
• Ryan Richards – drums, percussion, unclean vocals, co-production
• Darran Smith – guitar, co-production

Additional personnel

• Kate Hamilton – phone vocals on "Streetcar"
• Storme, Lisa and Joel – additional vocals on "Streetcar"
• Brian Valentino – additional vocals on "History"
• Josh Evans – addition vocals on "History"
• Terry Date – production, recording, mixing
• Sam Hofstedt – assisted engineering at Studio X
• Floyd Reitsma – assisted engineering at Studio Litho
• Junichi Murakawa – mixing at Bay 7, Los Angeles, California
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
• John Mitchell – recording of phone vocals at Outhouse Studios, Reading, Berkshire

Charts

Album

Chart performance for Hours

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[6]	85
Irish Albums (IRMA)[7]	23
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8]	82
UK Albums (OCC)[9]	12
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[10]	4
US Billboard 200[11]	139

Singles

Year	Song title	Chart positions
		UK Singles
2005	"Streetcar"	15[4]
	"Monsters"	36[4]
	"History"	21[4]
2006	"Roses for the Dead"	39[4]

References

External links

• Hours at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

На других языках

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[es] Hours

Hours es el segundo álbum de estudio de Funeral For A Friend. Se grabó del 12 de enero al 8 de marzo de 2005 conjuntamente en Studio X y Studio Litho, Seattle. Fue lanzado al mercado en 14 de junio de 2005 por Atlantic Records, lo que supone el primer disco con la banda para la discográfica estadounidense propiedad de la Warner Music Group y el primer disco que FFAF lanza con un gran sello, tras su paso por Infectious y Ferret Music. Hours, también, fue producido por Terry Date, quien ya produjese a bandas del nivel de Deftones, Limp Bizkit, Soundgarden o Pantera.

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