Foolish Loving Spaces
2020 studio album by Blossoms
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Foolish Loving Spaces is the third studio album by the English indie pop band Blossoms. It was released on 31 January 2020 by Virgin EMI Records, and again produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey.[7] The album was supported by the singles "Your Girlfriend", "The Keeper" and "If You Think This Is Real Life". It debuted atop the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's second UK number-one album, with 18,945 copies sold in its first week in the UK.[8][9]
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| Released | 31 January 2020 | |||
| Recorded | May–December 2019 | |||
| Studio | Parr Street Studios, Liverpool | |||
| Length | 34:05 | |||
| Label | Virgin EMI | |||
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Background and recording
Frontman Tom Ogden began writing the album at his parents' house, where he wrote the first two Blossoms albums, as he had started renovating the home he shared with his girlfriend. He resolved to make his room the first room finished in the renovation process so as to write there; after the work was done, he bought an upright piano and wrote 25 songs after being inspired by Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, U2's The Joshua Tree and Primal Scream's Screamadelica. The initial plan to record the album in Nashville was abandoned in favour of the "more familiar surroundings" of the Parr Street Studios in Liverpool.[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "If You Think This Is Real Life" | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Your Girlfriend" | 2:41 |
| 3. | "The Keeper" | 3:23 |
| 4. | "My Swimming Brain" | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Sunday Was a Friend of Mine" | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Oh No (I Think I'm in Love)" | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Romance, Eh?" | 2:50 |
| 8. | "My Vacant Days" | 2:25 |
| 9. | "Falling for Someone" | 3:35 |
| 10. | "Like Gravity" | 5:38 |
| Total length: | 34:05 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from Foolish Loving Spaces liner notes.[11]
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Blossoms
Additional musicians
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Design
Production
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Charts
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[15] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||