Foolish Loving Spaces

Foolish Loving Spaces is the third studio album by English indie pop band Blossoms. It was released on 31 January 2020 by Virgin EMI Records, and again produced by James Skelly and Rich Turvey.^[7] The album was supported by the singles "Your Girlfriend", "The Keeper" and "If You Think This Is Real Life". It debuted atop the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's second UK number-one album, with 18,945 copies sold in its first week in the UK.^[8][9]

Foolish Loving Spaces
Studio album by Blossoms
Released	31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)
Recorded	May–December 2019
Studio	Parr Street Studios, Liverpool
Length	34:05
Label	Virgin EMI
Producer	James Skelly Rich Turvey
Blossoms chronology
Cool Like You (2018) Foolish Loving Spaces (2020) Blossoms in Isolation (2020)
Singles from Foolish Loving Spaces
"Your Girlfriend" Released: 20 June 2019 "The Keeper" Released: 22 November 2019 "If You Think This Is Real Life" Released: 27 January 2020

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	76/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Clash	8/10[3]
The Guardian	[4]
musicOMH	[5]
NME	[6]

Background and recording

Frontman Tom Ogden began writing the album at his parents' house, where he wrote the first two Blossoms albums, as he had started renovating the home he shared with his girlfriend. He resolved to make his room the first room finished in the renovation process so as to write there; after the work was done, he bought an upright piano and wrote 25 songs after being inspired by Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, U2's The Joshua Tree and Primal Scream's Screamadelica. The initial plan to record the album in Nashville was abandoned in favour of the "more familiar surroundings" of the Parr Street Studios in Liverpool.^[10]

Track listing

Foolish Loving Spaces track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"If You Think This Is Real Life"	2:51
2.	"Your Girlfriend"	2:41
3.	"The Keeper"	3:23
4.	"My Swimming Brain"	3:48
5.	"Sunday Was a Friend of Mine"	3:09
6.	"Oh No (I Think I'm in Love)"	3:45
7.	"Romance, Eh?"	2:50
8.	"My Vacant Days"	2:25
9.	"Falling for Someone"	3:35
10.	"Like Gravity"	5:38
Total length:		34:05

Personnel

Credits adapted from Foolish Loving Spaces liner notes.^[11]

Blossoms Tom Ogden – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano (track 3) Charlie Salt – bass guitar, backing vocals , moog bass (track 6) Josh Dewhurst – lead guitar, lap steel guitar (track 2) Joe Donovan – drums, percussion Myles Kellock – keyboards Additional musicians Ian Skelly – additional percussion James Skelly – backing vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7 and 10) Kim Wedderburne – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3 and 4) Mica Townsend – backing vocals (tracks 3, 6, 9 and 10) Yvonne Shelton – backing vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 9 and 10) Zak McDonnell – cymbal (track 1), clapping (track 2) Kristopher Bradford – clapping (track 2) Rich Turvey – additional keyboards (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 7), piano (track 8)

Design Leo Villareal – artwork Erik Djurklou – photography Ewan Ogden – photography Production James Skelly – production Rich Turvey – production Ben Claughan – engineering Kristopher Bradford – engineering Joe LaPorta – mastering Kennie Takahashi – mixing

Charts

Sales chart performance for Foolish Loving Spaces

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Irish Albums (IRMA)[12]	67
Scottish Albums (OCC)[13]	2
UK Albums (OCC)[14]	1

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[15]	Silver	60,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of 2020 albums