Everybody Needs a Hero is the second studio album by the Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist Orla Gartland, released on 4 October 2024 by New Friends.
Singles Everybody Needs a Hero was preceded by the release of five singles, "Kiss Ur Face Forever", "Little Chaos", "Mine", "The Hit" and "Late to the Party".
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Orla Gartland – vocals (all tracks), piano (track 1), electric guitar (2–4, 6–12), synthesizer (2, 3), bass (3, 5), acoustic guitar (5), drums (7) Tom Stafford – synthesizer (tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12), electric guitar (3–5, 7–9, 12), programming (3, 5–8, 10–12), drums (4, 6); modular synthesizer, bass (4, 7); backing vocals (4, 8), string arrangement (11) Pete Miles – percussion (tracks 2, 8), programming (3, 5, 7–9, 12), bass (6, 8, 9, 12) Nathan Cox – electric guitar (tracks 6, 9, 12), bass (8, 10), synthesizer (10) Mat Swales – drums (tracks 2, 3, 8, 10, 12) Tim Langsford – drums (tracks 5, 7–9) Lauren Aquilina – backing vocals (tracks 4, 5, 9) Isambard Warburton – drums (track 8) Soren Bryce – synthesizer, backing vocals (track 9) Grace Lightman – backing vocals (track 9) Declan McKenna – electric guitar, vocals (track 7) Will Harvey – violin (track 11) Guy Button – violin (track 11) Francesca Gilbert – viola (track 11) Maddie Cutter – cello (track 11) Dan Hillman – saxophone (track 8)
Technical Christian Wright – mastering Orla Gartland – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 11) Pete Miles – mixing (tracks 1, 6, 11) Geoff Swan – mixing (tracks 2–5, 7–10, 12) Tom Stafford – mixing (track 11)
Visuals Flower Up – creative direction, vinyl packaging design Greta Isaac – creative direction, art direction Nicole Ngai – photography Orla Gartland – liner notes
Charts + Chart performance Chart Peakposition
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