Hours is the second album by Welsh post-hardcore band Funeral for a Friend. The album was released on 13 June 2005, through record labels Atlantic and Ferret.

Four singles were released from the album: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History" and "Roses for the Dead".

Production Hours was produced, recorded and mixed by Terry Date, with co-production by the band. Production took place in Seattle, Washington, with some of the album being recorded in Pearl Jam’s Studio Litho facilities. Several unorthodox approaches were taken during vocal tracking, including Date recording Davies-Kreye singing on a public street ("History") and in a moving vehicle ("Drive").

Release

Hours was released on 13 June 2005. The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart and was their first album to appear on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 139.

The album produced four singles: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History", and "Roses for the Dead", all of which charted within the UK top 50.

The album has been released in four versions: Standard edition; special edition, with a bonus DVD containing interviews with the band and fans before the band's gig at the Give it a Name festival, and different cover; Japanese edition, with two bonus tracks; and limited Japanese edition with six bonus tracks.

Track listing All songs written by Funeral for a Friend

Personnel Funeral for a Friend

Kris Coombs-Roberts - guitar, backing vocals Gareth Davies - bass guitar, backing vocals Matt Davies - lead vocals Ryan Richards - drums Darran Smith - guitar

Additional personnel Co-produced by Funeral for a Friend Manda Maskens - speech vocals on "Streetcar" Storme, Lisa and Joel - speech vocals on "Streetcar" Brian Valentino - additional vocals on "History" Josh Evans - addition vocals on "History" Terry Date - production, recording, mixing Sam Hofstedt - assisted engineering at Studio X Floyd Reitsma - assisted engineering at Studio Litho Junichi Murakawa - mixing at Bay 7, Los Angeles, California Ted Jensen - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City John Mitchell - recording of phone vocals at Outhouse Studios, Reading, Berkshire

Charts Album + Chart performance for Hours Chart (2005) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA) 85

Singles YearSong titleChart positionsUK Singles2005"Streetcar"15"Monsters"36"History"212006"Roses for the Dead"39

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