Technology (Don Broco album)

Technology is the third studio album by English four-piece rock band Don Broco. It was released on 2 February 2018 through American label SharpTone Records.^[7]

Technology
Studio album by Don Broco
Released	2 February 2018
Recorded	2016–2017
Genre	Pop rock, alternative rock
Length	59:42
Label	SharpTone
Producer	Jason Perry Dan Lancaster
Don Broco chronology
Automatic (2015) Technology (2018) Amazing Things (2021)
Singles from Technology
"Everybody" Released: 29 July 2016 "Pretty" Released: 5 May 2017 "Technology" Released: 17 July 2017 "Stay Ignorant" Released: 6 October 2017 "T-Shirt Song" Released: 31 October 2017 "Come Out to L.A." Released: 5 January 2018 "Greatness" Released: 16 March 2018

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	57/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
The 730 Review	5/5[2]
Clash	3/10[3]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[4]
Express & Star	6/10[5]
Rock Sound	9/10[6]

Release

On 24 June 2016, the band officially signed with SharpTone Records, which was co-founded by Shawn Keith and Nuclear Blast CEO Markus Staiger.^[8]

Don Broco released the single "Everybody" on 29 July 2016, along with an accompanying music video.^[9]

Prior to the release of Technology Don Broco released five more singles: "Pretty", "Technology", "Stay Ignorant", "T-Shirt Song" and "Come Out to LA" with accompanying music videos.

Prior to the release of the album, the band performed a single sold-out date in the UK at London's Alexandra Palace 11 November 2017, their biggest show to date.^[10][11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Technology"	3:36
2.	"Stay Ignorant"	3:15
3.	"T-Shirt Song"	4:03
4.	"Come Out to LA"	3:29
5.	"Pretty"	3:35
6.	"The Blues"	3:15
7.	"Tightrope"	3:33
8.	"Everybody"	3:20
9.	"Greatness"	3:21
10.	"Porkies"	4:09
11.	"Got to Be You"	3:22
12.	"Good Listener"	2:43
13.	"¥ (Yen)"	3:32
14.	"Something to Drink"	3:58
15.	"Blood in the Water"	3:32
16.	"Potty Mouth" (Potty Mouth ends at 3:35 and an in-studio snippet of Something To Drink starts at 6:10)	6:50
Total length:		59:42

Japanese edition bonus tracks^[12]

No.	Title	Length
17.	"You Wanna Know"	3:20
18.	"Superlove"	3:28
19.	"Automatic"	3:45
20.	"Money Power Fame"	3:24
21.	"Nerve"	3:34
Total length:		77:19

Personnel

Credits taken from Technology's liner notes.^[13]

Don Broco

• Rob Damiani – lead vocals, electronics
• Simon Delaney – lead and rhythm guitars
• Matt Donnelly – drums, percussion, electronic beats, backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "Come Out to LA"
• Tom Doyle – bass guitar

Other personnel

• Jason Perry – production
• Dan Lancaster – production
• drew BANG – engineering
• Romesh Dodangoda – production

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[14]	6
Scottish Albums (OCC)[15]	6
UK Albums (OCC)[16]	5
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[17]	1

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Technology

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[18]	Silver	60,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.