Feels Like
2015 studio album by Bully
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Feels Like is the debut studio album by American rock band Bully, released on June 23, 2015 by Startime International and Columbia Records.[7] The album was produced by Bully frontwoman Alicia Bognanno and recorded in 2014 at Electrical Audio in Chicago.[8][9]
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| Released | June 25, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2014 | |||
| Studio | Electrical Audio (Chicago, Illinois) | |||
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| Length | 27:51 | |||
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| Producer | Alicia Bognanno | |||
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Critical reception
Feels Like received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 77, based on 19 reviews.[11] In his review for NME, Robert Cooke highlighted Alicia Bognanno's "honest, witty" songwriting and stated that Feels Like "revels in the simplicity of a great pop song while cleverly articulating the everyday truths of 20-something life".[3] Pitchfork's Laura Snapes noted the contrast between the "explosive, rollicking" music and Bognanno's lyrics, which Snapes felt displayed an intimacy comparable to that of "Courtney Barnett or Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield".[15] James Oldham of Q wrote that while Bully's heavy influence from 1990s alternative rock is apparent, the album "retains a thrilling freshness" due to Bognanno's "formidable presence", as well as her "taut, confessional" lyrics, whose directness he said complemented the music's "brutal succinctness".[16]
Michael Hann of The Guardian was less enthusiastic, describing Feels Like as "a grab-bag of early-90s alt-rock styles that sounded tired by the mid-90s – and haven't got any fresher since."[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Alicia Bognanno.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Remember" | 1:47 |
| 2. | "Reason" | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Too Tough" | 3:17 |
| 4. | "Brainfreeze" | 2:36 |
| 5. | "Trying" | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Trash" | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Six" | 2:17 |
| 8. | "Picture" | 2:48 |
| 9. | "Milkman" | 2:04 |
| 10. | "Bully" | 2:25 |
| Total length: | 27:51 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "Sharktooth" | 3:29 |
| Total length: | 31:20 | |
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[20]
Bully
- Alicia Bognanno – vocals, guitar
- Stewart Copeland – drums
- Reece Lazarus – bass
- Clayton Parker – guitar
Production
- Alicia Bognanno – production, engineering, mixing
- John Golden – mastering
- Jon San Paolo – engineering
Design
- Daniel Topete – photography
- Esther Pearl Watson – cover photography
Charts
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[21] | 10 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[22] | 34 |