Lukas Graham (Blue Album)

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Lukas Graham
Lukas Graham Blue Album.jpg
Studio album by Lukas Graham
Released 16 June 2015 (2015-06-16)
Genre Pop
Length 40:02
Label
Producer
Lukas Graham chronology
Lukas Graham
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Lukas Graham
(2015)
Singles from Lukas Graham
  1. "Mama Said"
    Released: 26 June 2014
  2. "Strip No More"
    Released: 16 June 2015
  3. "7 Years"
    Released: 18 September 2015
  4. "You're Not There"
    Released: 13 May 2016
Alternative cover
International edition cover

Lukas Graham (also known as Lukas Graham (Blue Album)) is the second studio album by Danish band Lukas Graham. It was released in Denmark on 16 June 2015 through Copenhagen Records. The album includes the singles "Mama Said", "Strip No More" and "7 Years". A version of the album incorporating "Drunk in the Morning" and "Better Than Yourself (Criminal Mind Pt 2)" from the band's debut (while removing "Hayo", the interlude and "Playtime") was released internationally on 1 April 2016, serving as the band's debut album in the United States and United Kingdom.

Reception

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 75/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[2]
Boston Globe favourable[3]
The Guardian 3/5 stars[4]
The New York Times favourable[5]

Lukas Graham received mostly favourable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 75, based on 5 reviews.[1]

Commercial performance

In Denmark, Lukas Graham was released on 16 June 2015 without any promotion. The album entered the Danish Albums Chart at number one and spent 19 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the chart. In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, with first-week sales of 24,093 copies, becoming the highest-charting album by a Danish act.[6][7]

Lukas Graham debuted at number one on the Australian Albums Chart, becoming the first number-one album by a Danish act since Aqua's Aquarium peaked at number one in 1998.

The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 in the United States, selling 34,000 copies. It is the highest charting album by a Danish act.[8] Danish singer Coco O previously charted at number two with the soundtrack to The Great Gatsby (2013).[9]

In Canada, the album debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 5,300 copies.[10]

Track listing

Standard version
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "7 Years"  
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
3:57
2. "Take the World by Storm"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Pilegaard
  • Ross Golan
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
3:11
3. "Mama Said"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Pilegaard
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
3:26
4. "Happy Home"  
3:37
5. "Hayo"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Pilegaard
  • Magnus Larsson
  • Christopher Steven Brown
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
  • Brown[b]
2:52
6. "When I Woke Up… (Interlude)"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Pilegaard
  • David Greenbaum
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
0:49
7. "Don't You Worry 'Bout Me"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Pilegaard
  • Brandon O'Bryant Beal
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
3:10
8. "What Happened to Perfect"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Pilegaard
  • Steven Brown
  • Golan
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
  • Brown[b]
3:56
9. "Playtime"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Pilegaard
  • Jim Duguid
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
4:12
10. "Strip No More"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Sebastian Fogh
  • Pilegaard
  • Larsson
  • O'Bryant Beal
  • Steven Brown
  • Mark Falgren
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
  • Brown[b]
3:27
11. "You're Not There"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Pilegaard
  • James Alan
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
3:21
12. "Funeral"  
  • Forchhammer
  • Ristorp
  • Forrest
  • Pilegaard
  • Steven Brown
  • Golan
  • Future Animals
  • Pilo
  • Brown[b]
4:04
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a co-producer

Charts and certifications

Release history

Region Release date Format Label Ref.
Denmark 17 June 2015 Copenhagen [34]
United Kingdom 1 April 2016 Warner Bros. [35]
United States [11]
Australia [36]

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