rock, indie rock 59 min 12 tracks Warner Bros. Records
Total Life Forever is the second studio album by British indie rock band Foals, released on 10 May 2010 through Transgressive Records. Prior to the album's release, the band described it as sounding "like the dream of an eagle dying". It was produced by Luke Smith, and was recorded at Svenska Grammofon Studion in Gothenburg. Upon its release, the album charted in numerous countries worldwide, including number eight on the UK Albums Chart.
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Character
Spare, contemporary, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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Metacritic 78/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.7/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- The Daily Telegraph4/5 ★
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- NME8/10
- Pitchfork7.6/10
- Q3/5 ★
- Spin6/10
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Tracks
- 1Blue Blood5:17
- 2Miami3:42
- 3Total Life Forever3:18
- 4Black Gold6:26
- 5Spanish Sahara6:50
- 6This Orient4:03
- 7Fugue0:48
- 8After Glow6:09
- 9Alabaster4:00
- 102 Trees5:16
- 11What Remains4:37
- 12Spanish Sahara (Deadboy remix)8:58
12 tracks, 59 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Foals
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- May 7, 2010
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- DZ
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