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Released
  
14 June 2005

Artist
  
Funeral for a Friend

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
43:15

Release date
  
14 June 2005

Genres
  
Post-hardcore, Emo

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Recorded
  
Studio X and Studio Litho (Seattle, WA) from 12 January to 8 March 2005

Producer
  
Terry DateFuneral for a Friend

Hours(2005)
  
Tales Don't Tell Themselves(2007)

Similar
  
Funeral for a Friend albums, Post-hardcore albums

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

Contents

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

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

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

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.

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

    • Songs

    1All the Rage3:38
    2Streetcar3:39
    3Roses For The Dead4:07

    References

    Hours (Funeral for a Friend album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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