Give Me the Future | ||||
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Released | 4 February 2022 | |||
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Length | 32:15 40:53 (deluxe) 70:47 (+ Dreams of the Past) | |||
Label | EMI | |||
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Bastille chronology | ||||
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Singles from Give Me the Future | ||||
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Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past | ||||
Singles from Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10[5] |
Metacritic | 72/100[6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
Clash | 8/10[8] |
DIY | [9] |
Gigwise | [10] |
NME | [11] |
The Independent | [12] |
musicOMH | [13] |
Pitchfork | 4.7/10[14] |
The Telegraph | [15] |
Give Me the Future is the fourth studio album by British indie pop band Bastille, released on 4 February 2022 through EMI Records. It was executive produced by Ryan Tedder.[16] The album was preceded by the singles "Distorted Light Beam", "Give Me the Future", and "Thelma + Louise",[17] and subsequently announced alongside the release of the fourth single "No Bad Days".[18] A fifth single titled "Shut Off the Lights"[19] launched nearly three weeks prior to the album release.
A deluxe version of the album was released on 7 February 2022. It includes the single "Survivin'” from their 2020 Goosebumps EP. Bastille toured the UK and Europe starting in April 2022 in support of the album.[20] A super deluxe version of the album, entitled Give Me the Future + Dreams of the Past, was released on 26 August 2022, split into three "paths": Give Me the Future, Dreams of the Past and Other People's Heartache, which includes fourteen new tracks and is the fifth installment into Bastille's series of mixtapes, Other People's Heartache.[21]
Dan Smith had a plan for the album prior to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, but the album took on more "prescient" themes as it was primarily worked on during the subsequent lockdowns. Smith said that "what is real and what is not has become pretty difficult to discern sometimes. We're in the age of deep fake, fake news and lying world leaders". The album has been characterised as pairing "tech-heavy themes with glistening, ambitious pop music",[22] as well as "a tribute to humanity in a tech age" that "reflects on the strangeness of living through times that can feel like science fiction".[20]
The album also includes a spoken-word interlude narrated by British actor and rapper Riz Ahmed titled "Promises".[23]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Distorted Light Beam" |
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| 2:57 |
2. | "Thelma + Louise" |
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| 2:17 |
3. | "No Bad Days" |
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| 3:05 |
4. | "Brave New World" (interlude) |
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| 0:27 |
5. | "Back to the Future" |
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| 2:53 |
6. | "Plug In..." | Smith |
| 2:40 |
7. | "Promises" (with Riz Ahmed) | Rizwan Ahmed | Ahmed | 1:25 |
8. | "Shut Off the Lights" |
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| 3:07 |
9. | "Stay Awake?" |
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| 3:07 |
10. | "Give Me the Future" |
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| 3:39 |
11. | "Club 57" |
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| 3:12 |
12. | "Total Dissociation" (interlude) |
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| 0:43 |
13. | "Future Holds" (featuring Bim) |
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| 2:43 |
Total length: | 32:15 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Back to the Innerverse" (interlude) |
| Smith | 0:20 |
15. | "Real Life" |
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| 2:20 |
16. | "Survivin'" |
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| 2:52 |
17. | "Shut Off the Lights" (Spinall remix) |
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| 3:06 |
Total length: | 40:53 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Back to the Innerverse" (interlude) | 0:20 |
2. | "Real Life" | 2:20 |
3. | "Family Ties" | 2:46 |
4. | "Distorted Light Beam" (reprise) | 3:23 |
5. | "Revolution" | 3:03 |
6. | "Survivin'" | 2:53 |
7. | "No More Bad Days" | 3:59 |
8. | "Hope for the Future" | 3:32 |
9. | "Other People's Heartache" (interlude) | 0:45 |
10. | "Run into Trouble" (featuring Alok) | 3:02 |
11. | "Remind Me" | 3:02 |
12. | "Eight Hours" (featuring Tyde) | 3:28 |
13. | "Dancing in the Dark" | 3:07 |
14. | "Running Away" | 2:52 |
Total length: | 70:47 |
Notes
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Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[24] | 69 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[25] | 30 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26] | 15 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27] | 53 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[28] | 10 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29] | 15 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[30] | 96 |
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31] | 1 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] | 28 |
UK Albums (OCC)[33] | 1 |
US Billboard 200[34] | 110 |
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[35] | 13 |
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[36] | 17 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[37] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |