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Untitled
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBC Music(positive) [3]
Drowned In Sound [4]
AllMusic [5]
NME [6]
Rolling Stone [7]
Spin[8]
Sputnik Music [9]
The Telegraph [10]
Pitchfork Media(2.5/10) [11]
Paste Magazine(8.4/10) [12]
The Quietus(very negative) [13]
TMR (7/10) [14]

Ritual is the second studio album by the British Indie rock[15] band White Lies.[16] It was released on 17 January 2011, through Fiction Records. The album was produced by Alan Moulder and Max Dingel,[17] at the Assault & Battery Studios in London.[18] The art direction and design was done by Tom Hingston Studio. The album's lead single, "Bigger than Us", was released on 3 January 2011.[19]

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

Reception

Ritual was met with mixed reviews. According to Metacritic, Ritual garnered an average score of 60 out of 100, from 24 reviews.[20]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown

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
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Bigger than Us" (Walls Hold Me remix)6:39
12."Is Love" (Stereolab remix)6:26

Personnel

White Lies
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 27
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] 2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[26] 20
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 123
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[29] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[30] 64
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[31] 19
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[32] 14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33] 94
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[36] 3
US Billboard 200[37] 95
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[38] 14
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[39] 22

References

  1. ^ "White Lies – To Lose My Life". Clash. Retrieved March 21, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Ritual by White Lies". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. ^ Wade, Ian. "BBC - Music - Review of White Lies - Ritual". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Album Review: White Lies - Ritual". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Ritual - White Lies - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  6. ^ NME.COM. "Album Review: White Lies - Ritual (Fiction) - NME.COM". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Ritual". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. ^ "SPIN Review".
  9. ^ "White Lies - Ritual (album review 3) - Sputnikmusic". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  10. ^ Perry, Andrew. "White Lies: Ritual, CD review". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  11. ^ "White Lies: Ritual Album Review - Pitchfork". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  12. ^ "White Lies: Ritual". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  13. ^ "The Quietus - Reviews - White Lies". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  14. ^ Pancccake (1 February 2011). "TMR-The Music Review: Review #2: White Lies-Ritual". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  15. ^ "White Lies - To Lose My Life". Clash. Retrieved March 21, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ 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)
  17. ^ "Max Dingel". Woodpop Management. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  18. ^ "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)
  19. ^ Izundu, Chi Chi (2010-11-01). "White Lies reveal new album details". Newsbeat. BBC Online. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  20. ^ "Ritual by White Lies". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  21. ^ "Austriancharts.at – White Lies – Ritual" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  22. ^ "Ultratop.be – White Lies – Ritual" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  23. ^ "Ultratop.be – White Lies – Ritual" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  24. ^ "Danishcharts.dk – White Lies – Ritual". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  25. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – White Lies – Ritual" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  26. ^ "White Lies: Ritual" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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  28. ^ "Officialcharts.de – White Lies – Ritual". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  29. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 3, 2011". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  30. ^ "Classifica settimanale dal 17/01/2011 al 23/01/2011" (in Italian). FIMI. ACNielsen. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  31. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – White Lies – Ritual". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  32. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  33. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – White Lies – Ritual". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  34. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – White Lies – Ritual". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  35. ^ "Swisscharts.com – White Lies – Ritual". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  36. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  37. ^ "White Lies Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  38. ^ "White Lies Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  39. ^ "White Lies Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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