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Songs of Praise

The debut, UK 32, Rough Trade's album of 2018.
shame, 2018

Wikipedia credits Dan Foat and Nathan Boddy as producers, Sean Genockey as engineer and Matt Colton as mastering, with Holly Whitaker singing backing vocals on "Angie"; other sources may credit others, so we name only those. The listed times for the first three tracks are an identical 3:34, which looks like an error. Singles were "Concrete", "One Rizla" and "Lampoon" (February 2018). It reached 41 in Scotland and 42 in Flanders. The Quietus called it an ambitious, ferocious debut from a band who might just have something new to say, NME a loveably sarky and sordid work, and the Times's Will Hodgkinson wrote that excitement and confidence fizz out of every song.

Track listing

  1. Dust on Trial
  2. Concrete
  3. One Rizla
  4. The Lick4:11
  5. Tasteless3:05
  6. Donk1:41
  7. Gold Hole4:46
  8. Friction4:31
  9. Lampoon2:34
  10. Angie6:55

More from shame

Drunk Tank Pink (2021), Food For Worms (2023), Cutthroat (2025)

Sources

  1. Songs of Praise (Shame album), Wikipedia
  2. Shame, Songs of Praise, The Quietus (2018-01-15)
  3. Shame, Songs of Praise review, NME (2018-01-09)