Ritual (White Lies album)

Ritual
Studio album by White Lies
Released 17 January 2011
Studio Assault and Battery 2 (London, England)
Genre Indie rock,[1] post-punk revival
Length 49:39
Label Fiction
Producer Alan Moulder, Max Dingel
White Lies chronology

To Lose My Life...
(2009)		 Ritual
(2011)		 Big TV
(2013)
Singles from Ritual
  1. "Bigger than Us"
    Released: 3 January 2011
  2. "Strangers"
    Released: 21 March 2011
  3. "Holy Ghost"
    Released: 10 June 2011
  4. "The Power & the Glory"
    Released: 25 September 2011
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
BBC Music (positive) [2]
Drowned In Sound [3]
AllMusic [4]
NME [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
Spin [7]
Sputnik Music [8]
The Telegraph [9]
Pitchfork Media (2.5/10) [10]
Paste Magazine (8.4/10) [11]
The Quietus (very negative) [12]
TMR (7/10) [13]

Ritual is the second studio album by the British Indie rock[14] band White Lies.[15] It was released on 17 January 2011, through Fiction Records. The album was produced by Alan Moulder and Max Dingel,[16] at the Assault & Battery Studios in London.[17] The art direction and design was done by Tom Hingston Studio. The album's lead single, "Bigger than Us", was released on 3 January 2011.[18]

A Ritual short film was released, containing three songs from the album: "Bad Love", "Holy Ghost" and "Bigger than Us".

Reception

Ritual was met with mixed reviews. According to Metacritic, Ritual garnered an average score of 60 out of 100, from 24 reviews.[19]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Harry McVeigh, Charles Cave and Jack Lawrence-Brown. 

No. Title Length
1. "Is Love"   4:52
2. "Strangers"   5:24
3. "Bigger than Us"   4:43
4. "Peace & Quiet"   5:54
5. "Streetlights"   5:00
6. "Holy Ghost"   4:22
7. "Turn the Bells"   5:04
8. "The Power & the Glory"   5:13
9. "Bad Love"   3:58
10. "Come Down"   5:10
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No. Title Length
11. "Bigger Than Us" (Walls Hold Me Remix) 6:39
12. "Is Love" (Stereolab Remix) 6:26

Personnel

White Lies
Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2011) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] 27
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[23] 2
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[25] 20
French Albums (SNEP)[26] 123
German Albums (Official Top 100)[27] 10
Irish Albums (IRMA)[28] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[29] 64
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[30] 19
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[31] 14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[32] 94
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[33] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[35] 3
US Billboard 200[36] 95
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[37] 14
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[38] 22

References

  1. ↑ "White Lies – To Lose My Life". Clash. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ BBC Music Review
  3. ↑ Drowned In Sound Review
  4. ↑ Ritual – White Lies | AllMusic
  5. ↑ NME Review
  6. ↑ Rolling Stone Review
  7. ↑ "SPIN Review".
  8. ↑ Sputnik Music Review
  9. ↑ The Telegraph Review
  10. ↑ Pitchfork Media Review
  11. ↑ Paste Magazine Review
  12. ↑ The Quietus Review
  13. ↑ TMR Review
  14. ↑ "White Lies - To Lose My Life". Clash. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
  15. ↑ Doherty, Niall (2010-10-07). "White Lies 'Ritual' // First Listen". The Fly. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  16. ↑ "Max Dingel". Woodpop Management. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  17. ↑ "White Lies to release new album in January". NME. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  18. ↑ Izundu, Chi Chi (2010-11-01). "White Lies reveal new album details". Newsbeat. BBC Online. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  19. ↑ Ritual Reviews, Rating, Credits, and More at Metacritic
  20. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual" (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual" (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  22. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual" (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  23. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual". Danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  24. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  25. ↑ "White Lies: Ritual" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  26. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual". Lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  27. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  28. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 3, 2011". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  29. ↑ "Classifica settimanale dal 17/01/2011 al 23/01/2011" (in Italian). FIMI. ACNielsen. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
  30. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual". Norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  31. ↑ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  32. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual". Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  33. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual". Swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  34. ↑ "White Lies – Ritual". Swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  35. ↑ "2011-01-29 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  36. ↑ "White Lies Album & Song Chart History" Billboard 200 for White Lies. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  37. ↑ "White Lies Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for White Lies. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  38. ↑ "White Lies Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Top Rock Albums for White Lies. Retrieved 16 June 2014.