Future This

Future This
Studio album by The Big Pink
Released	11 January 2012
Genre	Electronic rock, indie rock, shoegaze
Length	44:27
Label	4AD
Producer	Paul Epworth
The Big Pink chronology
A Brief History of Love (2009) Future This (2012)
Singles from Future This
"Stay Gold" Released: 14 November 2011 "Hit the Ground (Superman)" Released: 30 January 2012

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The A.V. Club	B[3]
Clash	7/10[4]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[6]
The Guardian	[7]
NME	6/10[8]
Pitchfork Media	5.2/10[9]
PopMatters	7/10[10]
Slant Magazine	[11]

Future This is the second studio album by English electronic rock duo The Big Pink, released on 11 January 2012 by 4AD. The album was preceded by the release of lead single "Stay Gold" on 14 November 2011.

Track listing

All tracks written by Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze; additional writers indicated. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Stay Gold"	Paul Epworth	3:38
2.	"Hit the Ground (Superman)"	Epworth, Laurie Anderson	4:56
3.	"Give It Up"	Epworth, Earl Randle	4:49
4.	"The Palace"	Epworth	4:19
5.	"1313"		5:52
6.	"Rubbernecking"	Epworth	3:27
7.	"Jump Music"		4:38
8.	"Lose Your Mind"		4:09
9.	"Future This"	Daniel O'Sullivan	3:56
10.	"77"		4:43

iTunes bonus track[12]
No.	Title	Length
11.	"England"	3:13

Sample

• Lose Your Mind" contains a sample from Siouxsie and the Banshees 1980 song "Happy House".^[13]
• "Hit The Ground (Superman)" contains a sample from The Documentary 2005 song "Westside Story" by rappers The Game and 50 Cent.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Future This album liner notes.^[14]

• Milo Cordell – performer
• Robbie Furze – performer
• Tom Beard – band photograph
• Ian Burdge – cello (10)
• John Catlin – mixing assistant
• David Emery – other photography
• Paul Epworth – producer
• Alison Fielding – design
• Sally Herbert – additional string arrangements, violin (10)
• Joe Hartwell Jones – assistant engineer
• Zan Lyons – additional viola, performer, programming
• Tom Morris – additional drums
• Alan Moulder – mixing
• Chris Prendergast – drums (1)
• Q Prime Management – management
• Mark Rankin – engineer
• Jimmy Robertson – additional vocals (3, 4, 6, 8)
• Victoria Smith – performer (all tracks); drums (9)

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Australian Hitseekers Albums Chart[15]	12
Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart (Flanders)[16]	11
Belgian Heatseekers Albums Chart (Wallonia)[17]	20
UK Albums Chart[18]	96
US Heatseekers Albums[19]	6
US Independent Albums[19]	32

Release history

Country	Date	Label
Japan[20]	11 January 2012	Hostess Entertainment
Australia[21]	13 January 2012	Remote Control Records
Germany[22]		4AD
United Kingdom[23]	16 January 2012
United States[24]	17 January 2012
France[25]	24 January 2012

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