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Released
  
16 May 2011

Release date
  
16 May 2011

Artist
  
Friendly Fires

Label
  
XL Recordings

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Producer
  
Friendly Fires Paul Epworth Chris Zane

Genres
  
Indie rock, Alternative dance, Funk, Electronica

Awards
  
NME Award for Best Album Artwork

Indie rock albums
  
Friendly Fires, Keep You Close, Gossamer, Torches, An Awesome Wave

Friendly fires live those days tonight


Pala is the second album from British alternative dance band Friendly Fires. It was released in the UK on 16 May 2011, and charted at number 6 on the UK Albums Chart. The album name comes from Aldous Huxley's final novel Island, which tells the story of a journalist shipwrecked on the fictional island of Pala, which supports a utopian society. The parrot photograph was chosen from the private collection of Norwegian fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø.

Contents

Singles

  • "Live Those Days Tonight" is the first single taken from the album. The track received its first play on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 on 22 March 2011. The band performed the song on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and it was released to the US iTunes Store the next day. In the UK, it was released on 16 May 2011, the same day as the album, and charted at number 80 on the UK Singles Chart.
  • "Hawaiian Air" as the second single taken from the album. The music video was shot in southern Spain in May 2011. It reached No. 92 in the UK, and appeared on the soundtrack of 2012 racing video game Forza Horizon alongside "Hurting".
  • "Blue Cassette" was released as the third single on 2 December 2011, along with the Tiga Remix of the single.
  • "Hurting" was announced as the next single by Nick Grimshaw on BBC Radio 1 on 3 August 2011 with the release date confirmed as 10 October 2011. Remixes of the single were released on 27 February 2012. It appeared on the soundtrack of Forza Horizon alongside "Hawaiian Air".

    • Track listing

    Taken from the album booklet:

    (*) additional production

    Notes
  • "Live Those Days Tonight" contains a sample of "Albondigas" by Badonday (Toby Tobias and Dave Garnish).
  • "Hurting" contains a sample of "Lissoms" by Toro y Moi.

    • Critical reception

    The album received a score of 73 on Metacritic (based on 22 reviews), indicating "generally favorable reviews".

    Chart positions

    Pala debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number 6 on 22 May 2011, that week's second highest debut after Kate Bush's Director's Cut. It also debuted at number 2 on the albums download chart, and number 3 on the UK Indie Chart.

    Songs

    1Live Those Days Tonight5:01
    2Blue Cassette3:31
    3Running Away3:02

    References

    Pala (album) Wikipedia
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