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Ritual (White Lies album)

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Ritual is the second studio album by the British alternative rock band White Lies.[1] It was released on 17 January 2011, through Fiction Records. The album was produced by Alan Moulder and Max Dingel,[2] at the Assault & Battery Studios in London.[3] The album's lead single, "Bigger Than Us", was released on 3 January 2011.[4]

A Ritual short film was released, containing three songs from the album: Bad Love, Holy Ghost and Bigger Than Us.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Music(positive) [5]
Drowned In Sound [6]
NME [7]
Pitchfork Media(2.5/10) [8]
The Quietus(negative) [9]
musicOMH [10]
Rolling Stone [11]
Sputnik Music [12]
The Telegraph [13]
The Boston Phoenix [14]
Eye Weekly [15]

Track listing

All music is composed by White Lies[16] [17]

No.TitleLength
1."Is Love"4:52
2."Strangers"5:24
3."Bigger Than Us"4:43
4."Peace & Quiet"5:54
5."Streetlights"5:00
6."Holy Ghost"4:22
7."Turn the Bells"5:04
8."The Power & the Glory"5:13
9."Bad Love"3:58
10."Come Down"5:10

References

  1. ^ Doherty, Niall (2010-10-07). "White Lies 'Ritual' // First Listen". The Fly. Retrieved 2010-10-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Max Dingel". Woodpop Management. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  3. ^ "White Lies to release new album in January". NME. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-10-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Izundu, Chi Chi (2010-11-01). "White Lies reveal new album details". Newsbeat. BBC Online. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  5. ^ BBC Music Review
  6. ^ Drowned In Sound Review
  7. ^ NME Review
  8. ^ Pitchfork Media Review
  9. ^ The Quietus Review
  10. ^ musicOMH Review
  11. ^ Rolling Stone Review
  12. ^ Sputnik Music Review
  13. ^ The Telegraph Review
  14. ^ The Boston Phoenix Review
  15. ^ Eye Weekly Review
  16. ^ http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=391798
  17. ^ http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download-Album/4-/18134888/White-Lies-Ritual/Product.html
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