These People (Richard Ashcroft album)
2016 studio album by Richard Ashcroft
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These People is the fourth studio album from British singer and musician, Richard Ashcroft. The album was released on 20 May 2016 through Righteous Phonographic Association, Cooking Vinyl and Harvest Records.[2] This is his first solo album since his 2010's solo project album, United Nations of Sound, and also his first main studio album since 2006's, Keys to the World.
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| Released | 20 May 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2014–2015 | |||
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| Length | 51:05 | |||
| Labels | Righteous Phonographic Association, Cooking Vinyl, Harvest[1] | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 51/100[3] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [4] |
| Blurt | [5] |
| Clash | 4/10[6] |
| Drowned in Sound | 3/10[7] |
| The Guardian | [8] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 4/10[9] |
| Loud and Quiet | 6/10[10] |
| musicOMH | [11] |
| NME | [1] |
| Pitchfork | 5.1/10[12] |
These People received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 51 based on 15 reviews.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Richard Ashcroft.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Out of My Body" | 4:30 |
| 2. | "This Is How It Feels" | 5:06 |
| 3. | "They Don't Own Me" | 5:48 |
| 4. | "Hold On" | 5:40 |
| 5. | "These People" | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Everybody Needs Somebody to Hurt" | 4:40 |
| 7. | "Picture of You" | 4:47 |
| 8. | "Black Lines" | 5:10 |
| 9. | "Ain't the Future so Bright" | 4:47 |
| 10. | "Songs of Experience" | 5:48 |
| Total length: | 51:05 | |
- Japanese bonus tracks
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "How the West Was Lost" | 3:26 |
| Total length: | 54:31 | |
Personnel
- Richard Ashcroft - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, programming
- Steve Wyreman, Adam Phillips - guitar
- Chris Potter, Damon Minchella - bass
- Geoff Dugmore - drums
- Steve Sidelnyk - drums, programming
- Mirwais Ahmadzaï - keyboards, programming on "Out of My Body"
- Roy Kerr - additional programming on "Out of My Body"
- Wil Malone - string arrangements
- Perry Montague-Mason - string leader
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13] | 70 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14] | 24 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15] | 43 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] | 92 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[17] | 97 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18] | 51 |
| Irish Albums (IRMA)[19] | 17 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[20] | 34 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)[21] | 138 |
| Scottish Albums (Official Charts)[22] | 1 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[23] | 32 |
| UK Albums (Official Charts)[24] | 3 |
| UK Independent Albums (Official Charts)[25] | 1 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[26] | 12 |
