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Stories (Avicii album)

Stories
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Studio album by Avicii
Released 2 October 2015 (2015-10-02)
Genre
Length 54:33
Label
Producer
Avicii chronology
Pure Grinding / For a Better Day
(2015)
Stories
(2015)
Singles from Stories
  1. "Waiting for Love"
    Released: May 22, 2015
  2. "For a Better Day"
    Released: August 28, 2015
  3. "Pure Grinding"
    Released: August 28, 2015
  4. "Broken Arrows"
    Released: September 29, 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Billboard 3/5 stars
Boston Globe (favourable)
Rolling Stone 2/5 stars

Stories is the second studio album by Swedish DJ Avicii. It was released on October 2, 2015, through PRMD, Lava Records and Sony Music's Epic Records. The album was produced by Avicii with additional production done by Salem Al Fakir, Alex Ebert, Carl Falk, Kristoffer Fogelmark, Martin Garrix, Dhani Lennevald, Ash Pournouri, Albin Nedler, and Vincent Pontare on several of the tracks. Stories was released to mixed to positive reviews from music critics.

Four singles were released from the album: "Waiting for Love", "Pure Grinding", "For a Better Day", and "Broken Arrows". In addition, two promotional singles were released: "Ten More Days", and "Gonna Love Ya". As of the first week of November, Stories has sold one million copies worldwide. Additionally, Stories was the fourth most-streamed album of the year worldwide on Spotify.

In July 2014, Avicii told Rolling Stone that he had worked on 70 songs for his next album and would include collaborations with Jon Bon Jovi, Billie Joe Armstrong, Chris Martin, Wyclef Jean, Serj Tankian and Matisyahu. Describing the album, Avicii said: "It's going to be a lot more song-oriented." On 2 March 2015, Avicii performed live at Australia's Future Music Festival. A lot of songs were leaked onto the internet from Avicii's UMF 2015 set. These songs include "Waiting for Love", "For a Better Day", "City Lights" and "Sunset Jesus", leaked under the name "Attack". A complete track listing of the set can be found on Avicii's SoundCloud page.


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