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Royal Blood (album)

Royal Blood
Original artwork by Dan Hillier, a London based contemporary artist. A person covered in a mask stands in the centre frame. The mask extends upwards to reveal a starry sky inside the restraints of the mask, while the person's clothes reveal an outdoor forest scenario inside the restraints of the clothing.
Studio album by Royal Blood
Released 25 August 2014 (2014-08-25)
Recorded 2013–14
Studio
Genre
Length 32:38
Label Warner Bros.
Producer
Royal Blood chronology
Out of the Black
(2014)Out of the Black2014 		Royal Blood
(2014)		 How Did We Get So Dark?
(2017)How Did We Get So Dark?2017
Singles from Royal Blood
  1. "Out of the Black"
    Released: 22 November 2013
  2. "Little Monster"
    Released: 10 February 2014
  3. "Come On Over"
    Released: 21 April 2014
  4. "Figure It Out"
    Released: 18 August 2014
  5. "Ten Tonne Skeleton"
    Released: 1 December 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 77/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
The Daily Telegraph 4/5 stars
DIY 4/5 stars
Drowned in Sound 9/10
The Guardian 3/5 stars
Kerrang! 5/5 stars
NME 8/10
Pitchfork Media 5.6/10
PopMatters 7/10
Q 4/5 stars

Royal Blood is the eponymous debut studio album by British rock duo Royal Blood. The album, produced by the band and Tom Dalgety, was released by Warner Bros. Records on 22 August 2014 in Friday-release countries and on 25 August 2014 in the United Kingdom.

The album was well received by music critics. It was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize for best album. It has been a commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and being verified by the Official Charts Company as the fastest-selling British rock debut album in the UK in three years. It has also charted worldwide, reaching top 10 positions in Ireland, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.

Royal Blood was formed in 2013 by bassist and lead vocalist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher. The pair had known each other since their teenage years and had been playing in various bands together and independently, with Kerr previously serving as a member of British rock band Hunting the Minotaur. With ideas for new songs and "a bass sound", Kerr formed the band with Thatcher after a nine-month tenure in Australia, meeting him at the airport and arranging rehearsals the next day and playing a concert to their friends in a local bar in Brighton.

After spending time in the recording studio, the band started to gain mainstream attention in the summer of 2013, when their songs, such as "Out of the Black" and "Come On Over", were first sent to the radio for airplay and after a promotional stunt where Matt Helders, the drummer of the Arctic Monkeys, wore a Royal Blood T-shirt during the band's performance at Glastonbury. Both bands share the same management company. The band was also additionally nominated by the BBC, along with fourteen other acts, for their Sound of 2014, however they lost out to British singer Sam Smith.


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