Mutual Friends (album)

Mutual Friends

Studio album by BOY

Released

September 2, 2011

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

48:11

BOY chronology

Mutual Friends
(2011)

We Were Here
(2015)

Singles from Mutual Friends

"Little Numbers"
Released: 29 August, 2011
"Oh Boy"
Released: 29 June, 2012
"Waitress"
Released: 30 July, 2012

Mutual Friends is the debut album by Swiss-German pop duo BOY. It was released on September 2, 2011 by Grönland Records. It was later released in the UK by Decca Records in June 2012. In February 2013, Nettwerk Records released it in North America. Of the album's twelve tracks, three became singles. Both of the band's music videos, "Little Numbers" and "Oh Boy" came from this album as well. The album received the 2012 European Border Breakers Award.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All song were written by BOY and produced by Philipp Steinke.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Is the Beginning"	3:31
2.	"Waitress"	3:15
3.	"Army"	3:11
4.	"Little Numbers"	3:42
5.	"Drive Darling"	4:25
6.	"Railway"	3:54
7.	"Waltz For Pony"	3:43
8.	"Boris"	3:21
9.	"Oh Boy"	3:38
10.	"Skin"	4:07
11.	"Silver Streets"	5:31
12.	"July"	5:53
Total length:		48:11

Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Little Numbers" (acoustic) (LP and iTunes)	3:41

Limited Edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Waitress" (acoustic)	2:35
2.	"Drive Darling" (acoustic)	3:52
3.	"Little Numbers" (acoustic)	3:41
4.	"Boris" (acoustic)	3:24
5.	"Skin" (acoustic)	3:21
6.	"Oh Boy" (acoustic)	3:36
7.	"July" (acoustic)	4:15
8.	"Playground Love" (only available on Mutual Friends Acoustic)	3:39
Total length:		28:23

Personnel

Valeska Steiner - vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, Melodica
Sonja Glass - bass, acoustic guitar, programming, banjo, cello, organ
Philipp Steinke - guitar, piano, keyboards
Carl-Michael Grabinger, Thomas Hedlung, Bela Brauckmann, Marco Römer - drums
Christian Kreutzer - guitar, banjo
Jörg Sander, Deniz Erarslan, Thomas Hahn - guitar
Percussion - Marco Möller
Vibraphone - Eric Darken

Additional musicians:

Choir - Jule Escherhaus
Viola - John Catchings, Kris Wilkinson
Violin - David Angell, David Davidson
Clarinet - Taco Van Hettinga
French Horn - Stefan Jon Bernharosson
Trombone - Helgi Hrafn Jonsson, Jessica Buzbee
Trumpet - Ari Bragi Karason
Tuba - Timohy Buzbee

Other:

Mario Lombardo - Artwork

Recorded & produced at Hahn & Hahn, LowSwing Tonstudio, Zwischengeschoss Mastering at Skyline Tonfabrik by Jens Dreesen, Kai Blankenberg

Credtis as per discogs^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	64
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[5]	100
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[6]	121
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	122
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[9]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[10]	91

References

↑ "Mutual Friends". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
↑ Collar, Matt. BOY: Mutual Friends > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
↑ "Boy (16) - Mutal Friends". Discogs.com. p. 1. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
↑ "Austriancharts.at – Boy – Mutual Friends" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Boy – Mutual Friends" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
↑ "Ultratop.be – Boy – Mutual Friends" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
↑ "Lescharts.com – Boy – Mutual Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
↑ "Officialcharts.de – Boy – Mutual Friends". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
↑ "Swisscharts.com – Boy – Mutual Friends". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2015-09-22.
↑ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts (2011)". Retrieved 2016-10-10.

External links

Official website

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