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All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend is the debut studio album by Norwegian singer Aurora. It was released on March 11, 2016 by Decca Records.[1] It was preceded by the promotional singles “Under Stars“, “Runaway” and the breakthrough and proper lead single “Running with the Wolves”. The second single “Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)“, was released on September 4th.

Singles

  • "Runaway" was released as the album's first single on 26 February 2015.
  • "Running with the Wolves" was released as the second single on 10 June 2015.
  • "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" was released as the album's third single on 25 August 2015. [2]
  • "Conqueror" was released as the album's fifth single on 16 February 2016 with participation of actor Adam Thomas Wright.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend received general acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 10 reviews.[4]

Track listing

Standard edition[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Runaway"
4:08
2."Conqueror"
  • Aksnes
  • Skylstad
  • Geir Luedy
  • Odd Martin Skålnes
3:27
3."Running with the Wolves"
3:14
4."Lucky"
  • Aksnes
  • Skålnes
4:04
5."Winter Bird"
  • Aksnes
  • Jonny Wright
4:07
6."I Went Too Far"
  • Aksnes
  • Skylstad
  • Skålnes
3:27
7."Through the Eyes of a Child"
  • Aksnes
  • Leonard
  • Alf Helge Lund
4:34
8."Warrior"
  • Aksnes
  • Leonard
3:43
9."Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)"
  • Aksnes
  • Skålnes
3:20
10."Home"
  • Aksnes
  • Ian Griffiths
  • Tom Griffiths
  • Jochen Schmalbach
  • Simon Triebel
3:32
11."Under the Water"
  • Aksnes
  • Edvard Førre Erfjord
  • Henrik Barman Michelsen
4:24
12."Black Water Lilies"
  • Aksnes
  • Skålnes
  • Skylstad
4:42
Total length:46:48
Deluxe edition[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Half the World Away"
3:18
14."Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" (Acoustic)
  • Aksnes
  • Skålnes
3:38
15."Nature Boy" (Acoustic)
2:59
16."Wisdom Cries"
  • Aksnes
  • Leonard
  • Rebscher
4:07
17."Running with the Wolves" (Pablo Nouvelle remix)
  • Aksnes
  • Leonard
  • Rebscher
3:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 51
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 95
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 43
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 24
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 66
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 41
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 28
US Billboard 200[18] 150

References

  1. ^ AURORA announces debut album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
  2. ^ Check Out Chilling 'Murder Song' from Norwegian singer, Aurora
  3. ^ Aurora reveals video for her Oasis cover, 'Half Of The World Away'
  4. ^ a b "Reviews for All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend by Aurora". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  5. ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-my-demons-greeting-me/id1065969288
  6. ^ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-my-demons-greeting-me/id1065985699
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2 April 2016). "ARIA Albums: Zayn Has the No 1 Album in Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  8. ^ [NO&titel=All+My+Demons+Greening+Me+as+a+Friend&cat=a "Austriancharts.at – Aurora [NO] – All My Demons Greening Me as a Friend"] (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  9. ^ [NO&titel=All+My+Demons+Greening+Me+as+a+Friend&cat=a "Ultratop.be – Aurora [NO] – All My Demons Greening Me as a Friend"] (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  10. ^ [NO&titel=All+My+Demons+Greeting+Me+as+a+Friend&cat=a "Ultratop.be – Aurora [NO] – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend"] (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Aurora Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  12. ^ [NO&titel=All+My+Demons+Greeting+Me+as+a+Friend&cat=a "Dutchcharts.nl – Aurora [NO] – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend"] (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Aurora [NO – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend"] (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  14. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 11, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  15. ^ http://lista.vg.no/artist/aurora/album/all-my-demons-greeting-me-as-a-friend/13750
  16. ^ [NO&titel=All+My+Demons+Greeting+Me+as+a+Friend&cat=a "Swisscharts.com – Aurora [NO] – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend"]. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  17. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  18. ^ "Aurora Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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