Concrete Love

Concrete Love
Studio album by The Courteeners
Released 18 August 2014 (2014-08-18)
Genre Indie rock
Post-punk revival
Synthpop
Length 47:00
Label PIAS Cooperative
Producer Joseph Cross
The Courteeners chronology
ANNA
(2013)		 Concrete Love
(2014)		 'Mapping the Rendezvous
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic61/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
NME[3]
The Line Of Best Fit[4]

Concrete Love is the fourth studio album from British indie rock band The 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 written by Liam Fray. 

No. Title Length
1. "White Horses"   3:58
2. "How Good It Was"   4:05
3. "Small Bones"   4:14
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"   3:33
8. "Summer"   3:35
9. "Saboteur"   3:36
10. "Dreamers"   5:14
11. "Beautiful Head"   5:18

Credits

The Courteeners

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 3

References

  1. ↑ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Allmusic Review".
  3. ↑ "NME Review".
  4. ↑ "The Line Of Best Fit Review".
  5. 1 2 3 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. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Liam Fray interviewed, by Fergal Kinney". Louder Than War. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Courteeners Announce New Album 'Concrete Love'". MTV. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "The Courteeners to release new EP 'How Good It Was' – listen". NME. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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