Wake Up is the second studio album by British pop rock band The Vamps. It was released on 27 November 2015. It debuted and peaked at number 10 on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified Silver.
"Wake Up" was released on 2 October 2015 as the album's lead single."Rest Your Love" was released as the second single of the album on 27 November 2015."I Found a Girl" was announced as the third single of the album and was released on 1 April 2016. The Vamps also announced on their Twitter that there would be a new version of the song featuring a surprise artist. They later confirmed the featuring artist would be OMI. The original version of the song had been previously released as a promotional single on 23 November 2015."Cheater" was released as the first countdown single of the album on 13 October 2015. A promotional video was also released in the same day on the band's VEVO account."Stolen Moments" was released as the 2nd countdown single of the album on 4 November 2015.The Wake Up World Tour began in January 2016 and passed across 18 countries in 4 continents. The support acts include The Tide (all dates), Hometown (UK and Ireland), Conor Maynard (UK), New Hope Club (UK and Ireland), Tyde Levi (Australia), Little Sea (Australia), At Sunset (Australia) Before You Exit (Philippines), William Singe (Philippines), and Jayda Avanzado (Philippines)
NotesCredits adapted from album liner notes^[a] signifies an additional producerCredits adapted from the liner notes of Wake Up (Deluxe Version).
Performers
Ammar Malik – additional backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 8)Ross Golan – additional backing vocals (1, 7)Steve Mac – additional backing vocals (1), keyboards (1, 3, 5, 7, 8), strings (3)Paul Gendler – guitar (1, 7, 8), additional guitar (3, 5)Chris Laws – additional drums (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)Carl Falk – guitars (2), programming (2), additional backing vocals (2)Rami Yacoub – bass (2), programming (2), additional backing vocals (2)Savan Kotecha – additional backing vocals (2)Tobias Karlsson – keyboards (12), programming (12), guitar (12), bass (12)Shellback – additional backing vocals (2)Thrice Noble – additional programming (12)Kristoffer Fogelmark – additional backing vocals (2)Albin Nedler – additional backing vocals (2)Wayne Hector – additional backing vocals (3)Silento – vocals (3)Alex Smith – keyboards (4), programming (4)Matt Furmidge – keyboards (4), programming (4)Jay Reynolds – keyboards (9, 15, 17), programming (9, 15, 17)Rick Parkhouse – percussion (11, 14)George Tizzard – percussion (11, 14), keyboards (11, 14)Johan Carlsson – keyboards (12), programming (12)Matt Prime – programming (13)Phil Cook – additional programming (6)Production and recording
Steve Mac – production (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)Ammar Malik – production (1)Kevin Snevely – production (1)Daniel Pursey – engineering (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)Chris Laws – engineering (1, 3, 5, 7, 8), mixing (5, 7, 8)John Hanes – assistant mix engineering (1, 2, 3, 12)Serban Ghenea – mixing (1, 2, 3, 12)Carl Falk – production (2)Rami Yacoub – production (2)Thomas Cullison – engineering (2)Metrophonic – production (4)Alex Smith – engineering (4)Matt Furmidge – engineering (4)Dom Liu – engineering (4)Michael Brauer – engineering (4)Matt Prime – production (6, 13), mixing (6, 13)Phil Cook – additional production (13)Joe Zook – mixing (10)Jay Reynolds – production (9, 15, 17), mixing (9, 15, 17, 18)Red Triangle – production (10, 11, 14), mixing (11, 14)Rick Parkhouse – engineering (11, 14)Chester Barrett – engineering (11, 14)Tobias Karlsson – production (12)Noah Passovoy – vocal production (12), engineering (12)Tristan Evans – production (16), mixing (16)Connor Ball – production (18)Standard edition
12 tracksDeluxe edition
18 tracksLimited edition (unavailable after Christmas 2015, only available with the world tour merchandising)
CD – 18 tracksDVD: The Vamps Live at The O2 ArenaLimited Access All Areas edition
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