Louder, Please
2025 album by Rose Gray
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Louder, Please is the debut studio album by the English singer Rose Gray, released on 17 January 2025 through PIAS Recordings. She co-wrote the album with a variety of collaborators and producers, including Alex Metric, Sega Bodega, Ryland Blackinton, Vaughn Oliver, and Shawn Wasabi. The album was preceded by the release of five singles between July and December 2024: "Free", "Angel of Satisfaction", "Switch", "Wet & Wild", and "Party People".
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| Released | 17 January 2025 | |||
| Genre | Dance-pop[1] | |||
| Length | 41:26 | |||
| Label | PIAS | |||
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Background and production
Release and promotion
The lead single from the album, titled "Free", was released on 10 July 2024.[3] It was followed by "Angel of Satisfaction" on 14 August.[4] On 18 September, Gray announced the album's title, Louder, Please, and uploaded its third single "Switch".[5] A fourth single was titled "Wet & Wild" and released on 7 November.[6] "Party People" was released as the fifth and final single from the album on 31 December 2024.[7] NME included Louder, Please on its list of the most anticipated releases of 2025.[8] PIAS Recordings released the album on 17 January 2025.
A deluxe edition of the album, titled A Little Louder, Please, was released on 24 October 2025. Alongside her announcement for the deluxe edition, she released the single "April". As well as two other new songs, the edition featured collaborations with Melanie C, Jade, Shygirl and Casey MQ. A Little Louder, Please also included remixes and club edits of songs from the album.[9]
Critical reception
Louder, Please received generally positive reviews from music critics. On the review aggregator site Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from publications, Louder, Please holds a weighted mean of 77 based on 5 critics' reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[11] AnyDecentMusic? gave the album a score of 7.2 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus from 7 reviews.[10]
In a review for Dork, Martyn Young wrote that the album "is a sonic journey for head, body and soul to soundtrack all your partying needs for 2025".[13] Michael Cragg of The Guardian believed that hedonism is the main theme on the album and praised the "dance-pop anthems that pierce the heart".[14] Rolling Stone UK included the album on a list of the best releases of the week; its staff said that Gray "cements her place as one of dance music's most exciting new voices", and that the album "could be one of the year's defining dance records".[16] Sydney Brasil of Exclaim! wrote that Gray brings her "own flair to the dance floor" and perceived elements of jungle and house music.[17] NME's Rishi Shah praised the hooks and melodies, and said that the genres of Gray's previous EPs, house and rave-pop, "pierce even deeper into the underground" on Louder, Please.[1] Aimee Philips of Clash finished her review saying that the album "captures the spirit of the dance floor with unflinching authenticity", although it "doesn't reinvent the wheel".[12]
Year-end lists
Track listing
Credits adapted from Tidal.[24]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Damn" |
| Alvarez | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Free" |
| Zhone | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Wet & Wild" |
| Back | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Just Two" |
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| 3:22 |
| 5. | "Tectonic" |
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| 3:16 |
| 6. | "Party People" |
| Bodega | 3:14 |
| 7. | "Angel of Satisfaction" |
| 3:31 | |
| 8. | "Switch" |
| Homaee | 3:00 |
| 9. | "Hackney Wick" |
| Alvarez | 3:50 |
| 10. | "First" |
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| 3:08 |
| 11. | "Everything Changes (But I Won't)" |
| Shawn Wasabi | 3:51 |
| 12. | "Louder, Please" |
| Back | 5:30 |
| Total length: | 41:26 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13. | "April" |
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| 3:15 |
| 14. | "Lotus" |
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| 3:34 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Damn" (club edit) |
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| 4:24 |
| 2. | "Free" (Fifi remix) |
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| 3:09 |
| 3. | "Wet & Wild" (Alex Chapman remix) |
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| 2:52 |
| 4. | "Just Two" (Clementaum's ABRISA remix) |
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| 4:15 |
| 5. | "Tectonic" (strings version) |
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| 3:13 |
| 6. | "Party People" (Karl F Rivas remix) |
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| 4:13 |
| 7. | "Angel Of Satisfaction" (featuring Jade) |
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| 3:31 |
| 8. | "Switch" (Logic1000 remix) |
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| 3:39 |
| 9. | "Hackney Wick" (strings version) |
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| 4:04 |
| 10. | "First" (with Melanie C) |
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| 3:22 |
| 11. | "Everything Changes (But I Won’t)" (featuring Shygirl & Casey MQ) |
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| 3:55 |
| 12. | "Louder, Please" (Peach remix) |
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| 3:44 |
| 13. | "I Don't Speak French" |
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| 2:58 |
Personnel
The credits shown below are adapted from Apple Music.[25]
- Rose Gray – vocals
- Pat Alvarez – keyboards (1, 9), mixing engineer (1, 9, 10), recording engineer (1)
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing engineer (2, 8)
- Chris Allen – mixing engineer (3, 7)
- Joe Brown – keyboards, recording engineer (4)
- Alex Metric – keyboards, recording engineer (5)
- Rob Milton – keyboards, recording engineer (5)
- Ewan Pearson Summer – mixing engineer (5)
- Sega Bodega – keyboards (6)
- Vaughn Oliver – keyboards, recording engineer (7)
- Ryland Blackinton – keyboards, recording engineer (7)
- Shawn Wasabi – keyboards (11)
Charts
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] | 50 |