Hours (Funeral for a Friend album)

Hours is the second album by Welsh rock band Funeral for a Friend. The album was released on 13 June 2005, through record labels Atlantic and Ferret.

Four singles were released from the album: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History" and "Roses for the Dead".

Production

The album was produced, recorded and mixed by Terry Date, with co-production by the band.

Release

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	89%
AllMusic	^[1]
Kerrang!
MusicOMH	unfavourable^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]
NME
Exclaim.ca	favourable^[4]

Hours was released on 13 June 2005. The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart^[5] and was their first album to appear on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 139.^[6]

The album produced four singles: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History" and "Roses for the Dead", all of which charted within the UK top 50.^[5]

The album has been released in four versions: standard edition; special edition, with a bonus DVD containing interviews with the band and fans before the band's gig at the Give it a Name festival, and different cover; Japanese edition, with two bonus tracks; and limited Japanese edition with six bonus tracks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"All the Rage"	3:37
2.	"Streetcar"	3:37
3.	"Roses for the Dead"	4:06
4.	"Hospitality"	4:44
5.	"Drive"	5:06
6.	"Monsters"	3:29
7.	"History"	4:08
8.	"Recovery"	3:31
9.	"The End of Nothing"	3:19
10.	"Alvarez"	4:16
11.	"Sonny"	3:15
Total length:		43:15

Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Lazarus (In the Wilderness)"	2:50
13.	"I am the Arsonist"	4:55

Limited edition Japanese bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Babylon's Burning"	2:31
15.	"Sunday Bloody Sunday"	4:23
16.	"The Boys Are Back in Town"	4:19
17.	"Pirate Song"	3:46

Personnel

Funeral for a Friend

Kris Coombs-Roberts – guitar, backing vocals, co-production
Gareth Davies – bass guitar, backing vocals, co-production
Matt Davies – vocals, co-production
Ryan Richards – drums, percussion, unclean vocals, co-production
Darran Smith – guitar, co-production

Additional personnel

Kate Hamilton – phone vocals on "Streetcar"
Storme, Lisa and Joel – additional vocals on "Streetcar"
Brian Valentino – additional vocals on "History"
Josh Evans – addition vocals on "History"
Terry Date – production, recording, mixing
Sam Hofstedt – assisted engineering at Studio X
Floyd Reitsma – assisted engineering at Studio Litho
Junichi Murakawa – mixing at Bay 7, Los Angeles, California
Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City
John Mitchell – recording of phone vocals at Outhouse Studios, Reading, Berkshire

Singles

Year	Song title	Chart positions
Year	Song title	UK Singles
2005	"Streetcar"	15^[5]
	"Monsters"	36^[5]
	"History"	21^[5]
2006	"Roses for the Dead"	39^[5]

References

1 2 Loftus, Johnny. "Hours – Funeral for a Friend | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ Bansal, Vik (13 June 2005). "Funeral for a Friend – Hours | Album Reviews | musicOMH". MusicOMH. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
↑ Eliscu, Jenny (July 28, 2005). "Funeral for a Friend: Hours : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ Jasamine White-Gluz (September 2005). "Funeral for a Friend - Hours • Pop & Rock Reviews • exclaim.ca". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Funeral for a Friend | Full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
↑ "Funeral for a Friend – Chart History | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 4 July 2016.

External links

Hours at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

Funeral for a Friend

Gavin Burrough Kris Coombs-Roberts Matthew Davies-Kreye Richard Boucher Gareth Ellis-Davies Matthew Evans Andi Morris Johnny Phillips Kerry Roberts Darran Smith Ryan Richards Pat Lundy

Studio albums	Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation (2003) Hours (2005) Tales Don't Tell Themselves (2007) Memory and Humanity (2008) Welcome Home Armageddon (2011) Conduit (2013) Chapter and Verse (2015)

Extended plays	Between Order and Model (2002) Four Ways to Scream Your Name (2003) Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (2003) Bullet Theory/My Dying Day (2004) The Great Wide Open (2007) The Young and Defenceless (2010) See You All In Hell (2011)

Compilations	Your History Is Mine: 2002–2009 (2009)

Live albums	Spilling Blood in 8 mm (2004) Final Hours at Hammersmith (2006)

Singles	"Juneau" "She Drove Me to Daytime Television/Bullet Theory" "Escape Artists Never Die" "Streetcar" "Monsters" "History" "Roses for the Dead" "Into Oblivion (Reunion)" "Walk Away" "The Great Wide Open" "Waterfront Dance Club/Beneath the Burning Tree" "Kicking and Screaming"

Related	Discography International Tour Cardiff music scene

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