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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
Released31 January 2020 (2020-01-31)
RecordedMay–December 2019
StudioParr Street Studios, Liverpool
Length34:05
LabelVirgin EMI
Producer
Blossoms chronology
Cool Like You
(2018) 		Foolish Loving Spaces
(2020) 		Blossoms in Isolation
(2020)
Singles from Foolish Loving Spaces
  1. "Your Girlfriend"
    Released: 20 June 2019
  2. "The Keeper"
    Released: 22 November 2019
  3. "If You Think This Is Real Life"
    Released: 27 January 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Clash8/10[3]
The Guardian[4]
musicOMH[5]
NME[6]

Background and recording

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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

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Foolish Loving Spaces track listing
No.TitleLength
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

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

Charts

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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

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[15] Silver 60,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Foolish Loving Spaces by Blossoms Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  2. ^ Yeung, Neil Z. "Foolish Loving Spaces – Blossoms". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ Hansen, Susan (28 January 2020). "Blossoms – Foolish Loving Spaces | Reviews". Clash. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. ^ Snapes, Laura (31 January 2020). "Blossoms: Foolish Loving Spaces review – marvellously uncool exuberance". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ Young, Martyn (31 January 2020). "Blossoms – Foolish Loving Spaces | Album Review". musicOMH. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  6. ^ Smith, Thomas (31 January 2020). "Blossoms – Foolish Loving Spaces". NME. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Blossoms New Album FOOLISH LOVING SPACES is Out Now". BroadwayWorld. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  8. ^ Copsey, Rob (7 February 2020). "Blossoms score second Number 1 album with Foolish Loving Spaces: 'We're the happiest lads in the world'". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Blossoms bid for No.1 with new album Foolish Loving Spaces | Talent | Music Week". www.musicweek.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  10. ^ Savage, Mark (6 February 2020). "Blossoms are making hit singles – but the charts haven't noticed". BBC. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Blossoms – Foolish Loving Spaces". Discogs. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Irish Albums Chart: 7 February 2020". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  14. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  15. ^ "British album certifications – Blossoms – Foolish Loving Spaces". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
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