Concrete Love

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Concrete Love
Courteeners Concrete Love.jpg
Studio album by
Courteeners
Released18 August 2014 (2014-08-18)
GenreIndie rock
Post-punk revival
Synthpop
Length46:15
LabelPIAS Cooperative
ProducerJoseph Cross
Courteeners chronology
Anna
(2013) 		Concrete Love
(2014) 		Mapping the Rendezvous
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars[2]
NME5/10 stars[3]
The Line Of Best Fit5/10 stars[4]

Concrete Love is the fourth studio album from British indie rock band Courteeners, released on 18 August 2014 via PIAS Cooperative label.[5]

Overview[]

The band's follow up to Anna was again produced by Joe Cross, and recorded and released within a year from the previous release. Most of the album was written by Fray in the latter part of 2013 during a stay in Montmartre. He described the material as: "There are stories, they come from somewhere. They're a little bit less literal, a bit more abstract, which is something that I thought I'd give a go. I've always been a fan of that kind of kitchen sink style of writing. I suppose because it's real, it's what people know. There are little pockets of abstract dotted around. So there's a bit more, 'Let people make their mind up', I guess, than the last record".[5]

The band embarked on a UK/European tour in support for the album, which included headlining slots at the Radio One/NME Stage at the Reading and Leeds Festival.[6] The album debuted at number 3 in the UK Album chart, marking the band's highest chart entry to date.[7]

The track "Summer' was offered as an immediate download when the album was pre ordered.[8] The first official release from the album was the 'How Good It Was' E.P released on 21 July 2014.[9] It featured the title track and the songs 'Hometown One', 'Sunflower', and 'Why Are You Still With Him?' and reached number 2 on the official UK iTunes chart. Of the title track Fray explained that "it almost felt like a kind of Beach Boy Motown, as a kind of homage to Danny Zuko and it happened".[5]

A deluxe version of the album was released containing a CD and DVD of the bands Castlefield Bowl shows on 5 and 6 July 2013.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Liam Fray.

No.TitleLength
1."White Horses"3:58
2."How Good It Was"4:05
3."Small Bones"4:13
4."Has He Told You That He Loves You Yet"4:11
5."Black & Blue"3:51
6."International"4:43
7."Next Time You Call"3:32
8."Summer"3:35
9."Saboteur"3:35
10."Dreamers"5:14
11."Beautiful Head"5:18
Total length:46:15
Deluxe Version – Live at Castlefield Bowl
No.TitleLength
1."Are You in Love With a Notion?"–
2."Lose Control"–
3."Cavorting"–
4."Acrylic"–
5."Van Der Graaff"–
6."Please Don't"–
7."Bide Your Time"–
8."Scratch Your Name Upon My Lips"–
9."That Kiss"–
10."When You Want Something You Can't Have"–
11."Take Over The World"–
12."You Overdid It Doll"–
13."The Opener"–
14."Welcome to the Rave"–
15."Sycophant"–
16."Marquee"–
17."Smiths Disco"–
18."The Rest of the World Has Gone Home"–
19."There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"–
20."Fallowfield Hillbilly"–
21."Here Come the Young Men"–
22."Not Nineteen Forever"–
23."What Took You So Long?"–

Credits[]

Courteeners
  • Liam Fray – vocals, guitars,
  • Daniel Moores – guitars
  • Mark Cuppello – bass guitars
  • Michael Campbell – drums
  • Adam Payne – Keyboards
  • Continuous

Charts[]

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 3

References[]

  1. ^ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Allmusic Review".
  3. ^ "NME Review".
  4. ^ "The Line Of Best Fit Review".
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c XFM Announcement Tim Cocker, Courteeners announce new album Concrete Love, XFM, 18 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Courteeners warm up for Reading and Leeds with Liverpool show". Gigwise. August 19, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  7. ^ "Liam Fray interviewed, by Fergal Kinney". Louder Than War. October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  8. ^ "Courteeners Announce New Album 'Concrete Love'". MTV. June 20, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
  9. ^ "The Courteeners to release new EP 'How Good It Was' – listen". NME. July 21, 2014. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
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