Hard Believer

For the song by First Aid Kit, see The Big Black and the Blue.
Hard Believer
Studio album by
Fink
Released14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)
RecordedNovember 2013 in Los Angeles
Length55:00
LabelR'COUP'D, Ninja Tune
ProducerBilly Bush
Fink chronology
Fink Meets the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
(2014) 		Hard Believer
(2014) 		Horizontalism
(2015)
Singles from Hard Believer
  1. "Looking Too Closely"
    Released: 8 July 2014

Hard Believer is the sixth studio album by English musician 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 are 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

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 (Album Top 100)[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. ^ "Fink: The British band who conquered US television". BBC News. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Looking Too Closely - Single by Fink". iTunes. 8 July 2014. 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. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in German). Hung Medien.
  8. ^ "Ultratop.be – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in French). Hung Medien.
  10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  11. ^ "Lescharts.com – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer". Hung Medien.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Fink %5BUK%5D – Hard Believer" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  13. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  14. ^ "USA Heatseekers Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 25 July 2014.