Tallulah (Feeder album)

Tallulah is the tenth studio album by Welsh rock band Feeder, released on 9 August 2019 through Believe Music.[1]

Tallulah
Studio album by
Feeder
Released9 August 2019 (2019-08-09)
Genre
Length45:52
LabelBelieve Music
Producer
Feeder chronology
The Best of Feeder / Arrow
(2017)		 Tallulah
(2019)
Singles from Tallulah
  1. "Fear of Flying"
    Released: 27 March 2019
  2. "Youth"
    Released: 14 May 2019
  3. "Daily Habit"
    Released: 24 July 2019
  4. "Blue Sky Blue"
    Released: 20 August 2019

Background

The album is named after the daughter of frontman Grant Nicholas's wife's best friend, whom Nicholas describes as "a character". More broadly, the album title is intended to send a "strong message" about "the importance of kids" and how becoming a parent has changed Nicholas's life.[2] The band additionally described the album as a "road trip through [their] pan-American influences".[3]

The single "Fear of Flying" was written from the perspective of a female rock star, but based on Nicholas's own "experiences of being in a band and what you see when you're hanging out with other bands", and explained it also "touches on being a band in the social media age".[1] The single "Blue Sky Blue" was originally written by Nicholas with Liam Gallagher in mind, but by the time he had written it and contacted the publicist both Gallagher and Feeder share, he was informed that Gallagher had already finished his album, Why Me? Why Not.[4]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash8/10[5]
The Guardian[3]
Kerrang![6]

Reviewing the album for Clash, Susan Horner called Tallulah "a celebration" of the "key components" in Feeder's material—an "infectious combination of hooks, imaginative lyrics and dark verses", concluding that "it is hard to think of anything more fitting for a 10th album".[5] Writing for The Guardian, Al Horner summarised the album as "a tour of noughties guitar music that time, or at least the zeitgeist, forgot" and "Nicholas and Hirose play[ing] to their strengths: unabashedly unfashionable guitar anthems with melodic MOR flourishes".[3] Ian Winwood of Kerrang! described Tallulah as an album "busy with songs that fizz with life and the kind of choruses that exist in a glorious, endless summer", declaring it to be "a triumph".

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Youth"3:19
2."Blue Sky Blue"3:50
3."Daily Habit"3:46
4."Fear of Flying"3:56
5."Rodeo"3:33
6."Tallulah"3:52
7."Shapes and Sounds"4:16
8."Guillotine"3:43
9."Kyoto"4:31
10."Kite"3:26
11."Windmill"4:08
12."Lonely Hollow Days"3:32
Total length:45:52

Personnel
  • Grant Nicholas – vocals, guitars, keyboards, percussion, production, and string arrangements
  • Taka Hirose – bass guitar
  • Karl Brazil – drums on "Blue Sky Blue", "Fear of Flying", "Tallulah", "Shapes and Sounds", "Guillotine", "Kyoto", "Kite", and "Windmill"
  • Geoff Holroyde – drums on "Youth", "Daily Habit", and "Rodeo"
  • Tim Roe – production, engineering, string arrangements, additional keyboards on "Tallulah", and mixing for "Lonely Hollow Days"
  • Luke Gibbs – assistant engineering
  • Chris Sheldon – mixing, except for "Lonely Hollow Days"
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Rugman – artwork

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 174
Scottish Albums (OCC)[8] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 66
UK Albums (OCC)[10] 4

References
  1. "Feeder announce new album Tallulah and UK tour". Arizona Daily Star. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  2. GRANT NICHOLAS (FEEDER) - 'Tallulah' - BST Hyde Park - Video Interview, retrieved 2019-08-13
  3. Horner, Al (9 August 2019). "Feeder: Tallulah review – zeitgeist-avoiding alt-rockers fall flat". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. Jones, Damian (8 August 2019). "Liam Gallagher rejected a song for his new album offered up by Feeder's Grant Nicholas". NME. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. Hansen, Susan (6 August 2019). "Feeder – Tallulah | Reviews". Clash. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. Winwood, Ian (14 August 2019). "Feeder Tallulah". Kerrang!. London: Bauer Media Group.
  7. "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-08-09" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  8. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. "Swisscharts.com – Feeder – Tallulah". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  10. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
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