- pop, leftfield
- 44 min
- 12 tracks
- Republic Records
Friends That Break Your Heart is the fifth studio album by English singer-songwriter James Blake. It was released by Republic and Polydor Records on 8 October 2021, after initially being scheduled for release on 10 September 2021 before being postponed due to delays in physical production as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Character
Character-led, contemporary, spare and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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Metacritic 79/100 · AnyDecentMusic? 7.3/10
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Clash8/10
- DIY4.5/5 ★
- Exclaim!7/10
- Financial Times4/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- NME5/5 ★
- The Observer4/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.6/10
- Uncut7/10
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Tracks
- 1Famous Last Words4:16
- 2Life Is Not the Same3:20
- 3Coming Back3:16
- 4Funeral2:36
- 5Frozen3:56
- 6I’m So Blessed You’re Mine3:15
- 7Foot Forward2:33
- 8Show Me3:38
- 9Say What You Will4:41
- 10Lost Angel Nights3:59
- 11Friends That Break Your Heart3:22
- 12If I’m Insecure4:56
12 tracks, 44 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- James Blake
- Label
- Republic Records
- Released
- September 10, 2021
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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