Holy Fire

by Foals

Holy Fire cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 February 2013
  • Label: Warner Bros., Transgressive
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:27:17
  • Community rating: 3.51/5 from 18 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

With 'Holy Fire', Foals transitioned from math-rock darlings to festival headliners, embracing a bigger, bolder sound. The album balances heavy, riff-driven tracks like 'Inhaler' with spacious, atmospheric pop songs like 'My Number'. It showcases the band's growth in songwriting and production, creating a dynamic and accessible rock record.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, atmospheric, guitar-driven, funky, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Prelude (04:07)
  2. Inhaler (04:52)
  3. My Number (03:58)
  4. Bad Habit (04:40)
  5. Everytime (04:02)
  6. Late Night (05:27)
  7. Out of the Woods (03:24)
  8. Milk & Black Spiders (05:17)
  9. Providence (04:07)
  10. Stepson (04:48)
  11. Moon (04:53)
  12. Bluebird - B-Side (03:08)
  13. Milk & Black Spiders - CCTV Sessions (06:17)
  14. Bad Habit - CCTV Sessions (04:46)
  15. Stepson - CCTV Sessions (07:13)
  16. Late Night - CCTV Sessions (06:51)
  17. Bluebird - CCTV Sessions (04:02)
  18. Moon - CCTV Sessions (05:25)

Credits

  • Leif Podhajsky - art direction, artwork, design
  • Hugh Brunt - conductor, arranged by [strings]
  • Stewart Whitmore - edited by
  • Caesar Edmunds - engineer [mixing assistant]
  • John Catlin - engineer [mixing assistant]
  • Drew Smith - engineer [recording assistant]
  • Stephen Marcussen - mastered by
  • London Contemporary Orchestra - orchestra
  • Ric Elsworth - percussion, marimba
  • Thomas Nebbia - photography by [front cover photo]
  • Alan Moulder - producer, mixed by
  • Flood - producer, mixed by
  • Catherine Marks - recorded by
  • Foals - written-by, performer

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