Forced Witness

Forced Witness is the second studio album by Australian musician Alex Cameron. It was released by record label Secretly Canadian on 8 September 2017, and includes songs featuring Brandon Flowers and Angel Olsen.^[9][5] The album is defined by Cameron's characteristic 1980s instrumentation and first-person storytelling.^[6] It received moderately positive reviews from critics.^[4]

Forced Witness
Studio album by Alex Cameron
Released	8 September 2017
Genre	Synth-pop[1] indie rock[2]
Length	41:00
Label	Secretly Canadian
Producer	Alex Cameron, Jonathan Rado
Alex Cameron chronology
Jumping the Shark (2013) Forced Witness (2017) Miami Memory (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.1/10[3]
Metacritic	69/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Exclaim!	6/10[6]
FLOOD Magazine	9/10[7]
The Line of Best Fit	7.5/10[1]
Loud and Quiet	9/10[8]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[9]
Q	[10]
Record Collector	[11]
Tiny Mix Tapes	3/5[12]
Uncut	8/10[13]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Candy May"	4:08
2.	"Country Figs"	4:11
3.	"Runnin' Outta Luck" (featuring Brandon Flowers)	3:51
4.	"Stranger's Kiss" (featuring Angel Olsen)	4:01
5.	"True Lies"	3:52
6.	"Studmuffin96"	3:15
7.	"The Chihuahua"	4:06
8.	"The Hacienda"	4:31
9.	"Marlon Brando"	4:44
10.	"Politics of Love"	4:31
Total length:		41:00

Personnel

Performance

• Alex Cameron - primary vocals, drums and percussion (1, 2, 3, 10), Korg M1 (9).
• Roy Molloy - saxophone
• Angel Olsen - featured artist

Production

• Jonathan Rado - producer, engineering
• Brandon Flowers - engineering, featured artist
• Joel Ford - additional production, engineering
• Jacknife Lee - additional production, engineering
• Robert Root - engineering
• Marta Salogni - mixing
• Richard Swift - mixing
• Jacob Portrait - mixing
• Christian Bader - mixing

Design

• Bryan McLeod - design
• Nathaniel David Utesch - design
• Britt McCamey - photography