The Balcony (album)
2014 studio album by Catfish and the Bottlemen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Balcony is the debut studio album by Welsh indie rock band Catfish and the Bottlemen. It was released on 15 September 2014 in the United Kingdom and 15 January 2015 in the United States. On 20 March 2015, The Balcony was awarded a Gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry. The album cover depicts outlines of two headless people pleasuring each other's genitals. The illustration is by New York artist Tim Lahan who originally posted it to his Flickr account in 2009 and was subsequently contacted by the band.[8]
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Released | 15 September 2014 (2014-09-15) | |||
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Length | 37:38 | |||
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Producer | Jim Abbiss | |||
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Singles from The Balcony | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 52/100[1] |
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Clash | 6/10[3] |
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NME | 4/10[6] |
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XS Noize | 7/10[7] |
The Balcony has been nominated for the Welsh Music Prize 2014–15.[9] As the band's second album The Ride was releasing, it was reported that The Balcony had sold 250,000 copies.[10] In the United States, the album has sold 37,000 copies as of April 2016.[11]