Released 7 October 2013 Label BMG Boy Cried Wolf
(2013) The Feeling
(2016) | Genre Soft rock Producer The Feeling | |
Length 49:31
106:54 (Deluxe edition) | ||
Boy Cried Wolf is the fourth studio album by the British rock group the Feeling. It is available as a standard CD, a double CD featuring an extra disc of jam sessions and studio out-takes recorded "in the Doghouse", and a deluxe box set including the 2 CDs, a 180g vinyl version of the album, an exclusive DVD, and a songbook containing sheet music for selected songs on the record.
Contents
An exclusive acoustic version of the album track "I Just Do" was made available as a free download from the band's official website.
It debuted at number #33 in the UK Album Chart on 13 October 2013 with the first two singles from the album, "Rescue" and "Blue Murder" (retitled on the single release as "Boy Cried Wolf"), A-listed by the UK Radio station BBC Radio 2. The album also received critical acclaim.
Boy Cried Wolf is generally considered to be the bands most melancholy album to date. It is something of a concept album which focus' on lead singer Dan Gillespie-Sells' break up from a 5-year relationship. The bands website states that the first song written for the album was "You'll See", with the song being written upon returning home following the break-up.
Music videos were produced for the tracks "Blue Murder", "Rescue", "Fall Like Rain" and "Empty Restaurant".
Critical Reception
The album received critical acclaim. Q Magazine and Sunday Times Culture both claimed it be the best album of the band's career, it also received a 9/10 rating from Holy Moly and a 4/5 from The Daily Mail.