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Love + Fury

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Love + Fury
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 14, 2013
RecordedNoble Street Studios – Toronto, Ontario [1]
GenreRock
Length33:00
LabelFrostbyte Media Inc.
ProducerHugh Dillon, Chris Osti
Headstones chronology
The Oracle of Hi-Fi
(2002)
Love + Fury
(2013)
Little Army
(2017)
Singles from Love + Fury
  1. "Bin This Way for Years"
    Released: 2011
  2. "Long Way to Neverland"
    Released: 2013
  3. "Far Away from Here"
    Released: 2013

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

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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

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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

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All songs written by Headstones except where noted. Song titles are stylized on the album without spaces, capitalization or punctuation.

No.TitleLength
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

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  • Hugh Dillon – vocals, harmonica
  • Trent Carr – guitar, backup vocals
  • Tim White – bass
  • Dale Harrison – drums

Additional musicians

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "2014 JUNO AWARD NOMINEES" (PDF). junoawards.ca. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "BINTHISWAYFORYEARS". headstonesband.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ^ "BINTHISWAYFORYEARS – The Video". headstonesband.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. ^ "Headstones are making a new record!". headstonesband.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  5. ^ "First Listen of the New Album!". PledgeMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  6. ^ "longwaytoneverland". PledgeMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  7. ^ "Canadian Albums : Jun 01, 2013". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  8. ^ "Nielsen Music Canadian Update May 22" (PDF).[permanent dead link]