Hard Believer

Hard Believer
Studio album by Fink
Released 14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)
Recorded November 2013 in Los Angeles
Genre Indie rock, folk-pop, blues
Length 55:00
Label R'COUP'D, Ninja Tune
Producer Billy Bush
Fink chronology
Fink Meets the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
(2014)Fink Meets the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra2014		 Hard Believer
(2014)
Singles from Hard Believer
  1. "Looking Too Closely"
    Released: 8 July 2014

Hard Believer is the sixth studio album by British band Fink. It was released globally by Ninja Tune's imprint R'COUP'D on 14 July 2014.[1]

Promotion

"Looking Too Closely" was released as the lead single to promote the album on 8 July 2014.[2] An official music video for the song, directed by Joffrey Jans and Kai Kurve (Wolf&Lamm Directors Duo), was released onto YouTube on 2 July 2014.[3]

On 7 October 2014, a music video for the second single, "Shakespeare", premiered on YouTube.[4] It was directed by Oliver Murray.[5] An extended play containing remixes of the song will be released digitally on 13 October 2014.[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hard Believer" 5:26
2."Green and the Blue" 6:06
3."White Flag" 5:04
4."Pilgrim"Fink, B. Mackichan7:03
5."Two Days Later" 5:41
6."Shakespeare" 6:19
7."Truth Begins" 5:05
8."Looking Too Closely" 5:11
9."Too Late" 4:16
10."Keep Falling"Fink, Ryan Keen4:30

Personnel

Fink
  • Fin Greenall – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards
  • Guy Whittaker – electric and acoustic bass, BVs
  • Tim Thornton – drums, electric and acoustic guitars, BVs
Additional musicians
  • Ruben Hein – piano
  • Zac Rae – synths and effects

Chart performance

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 61
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 72
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 25
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] 14
USA Heatseekers[14] 30

References

  1. ↑ "Hard Believer by Fink". iTunes. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Looking Too Closely - Single by Fink". iTunes. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fink - Looking Too Closely (Official Music Video)". YouTube. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "The new video for 'Shakespeare': Watch on Youtube". finkworld.co.uk. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Fink - 'Shakespeare'". YouTube. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Shakespeare (Remixes) - EP by Fink". iTunes. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. ↑ [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Austriancharts.at – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"] (in German). Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Ultratop.be – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"] (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Ultratop.be – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"] (in French). Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Dutchcharts.nl – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"] (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Lescharts.com – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"]. Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  13. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "USA Heatseekers Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
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