Hours (Funeral for a Friend album)

Hours
Studio album by Funeral for a Friend
Released 14 June 2005
Recorded Studio X and Studio Litho (Seattle, WA) from 12 January to 8 March 2005
Genre
Length 43:15
Label Atlantic
Producer
Funeral for a Friend chronology
Seven Ways to Scream Your Name
(2003)
Hours
(2005)
Tales Don't Tell Themselves
(2007)
Singles from Hours
  1. "Streetcar"
    Released: 30 May 2005
  2. "Monsters"
    Released: 28 August 2005
  3. "History"
    Released: 14 November 2005
  4. "Roses for the Dead"
    Released: 20 February 2006
The cover for the special edition version of Hours.

Hours is the second album by Welsh rock band Funeral for a Friend. The album was released on 13 June 2005, through record labels Atlantic and Ferret.

Four singles were released from the album: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History" and "Roses for the Dead".

Production

The album was produced, recorded and mixed by Terry Date, with co-production by the band.

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk89%
AllMusic[1]
Kerrang!
MusicOMHunfavourable[2]
Rolling Stone[3]
NME
Exclaim.cafavourable[4]

Hours was released on 13 June 2005. The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart[5] and was their first album to appear on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 139.[6]

The album produced four singles: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History" and "Roses for the Dead", all of which charted within the UK top 50.[5]

The album has been released in four versions: standard edition; special edition, with a bonus DVD containing interviews with the band and fans before the band's gig at the Give it a Name festival, and different cover; Japanese edition, with two bonus tracks; and limited Japanese edition with six bonus tracks.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "All the Rage"   3:37
2. "Streetcar"   3:37
3. "Roses for the Dead"   4:06
4. "Hospitality"   4:44
5. "Drive"   5:06
6. "Monsters"   3:29
7. "History"   4:08
8. "Recovery"   3:31
9. "The End of Nothing"   3:19
10. "Alvarez"   4:16
11. "Sonny"   3:15
Total length:
43:15

Personnel

Funeral for a Friend
Additional personnel

Singles

Year Song title Chart positions
UK Singles
2005 "Streetcar" 15[5]
"Monsters" 36[5]
"History" 21[5]
2006 "Roses for the Dead" 39[5]

References

External links

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