Mutual Friends (album)

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Mutual Friends
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2011
GenreAlternative rock
Length48:11
LabelGrönland
ProducerPhilipp Steinke
BOY chronology
Mutual Friends
(2011)
We Were Here
(2015)
Singles from Mutual Friends
  1. "Little Numbers"
    Released: 29 August 2011
  2. "Oh Boy"
    Released: 29 June 2012
  3. "Waitress"
    Released: 30 July 2012

Mutual Friends is the debut album by Swiss-German pop duo BOY. It was released on September 2, 2011, by Grönland Records. It was later released in the UK by Decca Records in June 2012. In February 2013, Nettwerk Records released it in North America. Of the album's twelve tracks, three became singles. Both of the band's music videos, "Little Numbers" and "Oh Boy" came from this album as well. The album received the 2012 European Border Breakers Award.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing[edit]

All song were written by BOY and produced by Philipp Steinke.

No.TitleLength
1."This Is the Beginning"3:31
2."Waitress"3:15
3."Army"3:11
4."Little Numbers"3:42
5."Drive Darling"4:25
6."Railway"3:54
7."Waltz For Pony"3:43
8."Boris"3:21
9."Oh Boy"3:38
10."Skin"4:07
11."Silver Streets"5:31
12."July"5:53
Total length:48:11
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Little Numbers" (acoustic) (LP and iTunes)3:41
Limited Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Waitress" (acoustic)2:35
2."Drive Darling" (acoustic)3:52
3."Little Numbers" (acoustic)3:41
4."Boris" (acoustic)3:24
5."Skin" (acoustic)3:21
6."Oh Boy" (acoustic)3:36
7."July" (acoustic)4:15
8."Playground Love" (only available on Mutual Friends Acoustic)3:39
Total length:28:23

Personnel[edit]

  • Valeska Steiner - vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, Melodica
  • Sonja Glass - bass, acoustic guitar, programming, banjo, cello, organ
  • Philipp Steinke - guitar, piano, keyboards
  • Carl-Michael Grabinger, Thomas Hedlund, Bela Brauckmann, Marco Römer - drums
  • Christian Kreutzer - guitar, banjo
  • Jörg Sander, Deniz Erarslan, Thomas Hahn - guitar
  • Percussion - Marco Möller
  • Vibraphone - Eric Darken

Additional musicians:

  • Choir - Jule Escherhaus
  • Viola - John Catchings, Kris Wilkinson
  • Violin - David Angell, David Davidson
  • Clarinet - Taco Van Hettinga
  • French Horn - Stefan Jon Bernharosson
  • Trombone - Helgi Hrafn Jonsson, Jessica Buzbee
  • Trumpet - Ari Bragi Karason
  • Tuba - Timothy Buzbee

Other:

  • Mario Lombardo - Artwork

Recorded & produced at Hahn & Hahn, LowSwing Tonstudio, Zwischengeschoss Mastering at Skyline Tonfabrik by Jens Dreesen, Kai Blankenberg

Credtis as per discogs[3]

Charts[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mutual Friends". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
  2. ^ Collar, Matt. BOY: Mutual Friends > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Boy (16) - Mutal Friends". Discogs.com. 2 September 2011. p. 1. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Boy – Mutual Friends" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  5. ^ "Ultratop.be – Boy – Mutual Friends" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  6. ^ "Ultratop.be – Boy – Mutual Friends" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  7. ^ "Lescharts.com – Boy – Mutual Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  8. ^ "Officialcharts.de – Boy – Mutual Friends". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  9. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Boy – Mutual Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
  10. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts (2011)". Retrieved 2016-10-10.

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