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| How to Save a Life | ||||
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| Released | September 13, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2005 | |||
| Studio | Echo Park Studios (Bloomington, Indiana); Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York); Coupe Studios (Boulder, Colorado); FTM Studios (Lakewood, Colorado). | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, pop rock | |||
| Length | 45:56 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Aaron Johnson, Mike Flynn | |||
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How to Save a Life is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Fray. Released on September 13, 2005, by Epic Records, the album peaked within the top 15 of the Billboard 200 and was a top ten hit in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the UK. Its first two singles, "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and "How to Save a Life", both became hit songs and led the band to mainstream recognition.[1]
Critical responses to How to Save a Life were mixed, with some critics complimenting its similarities in style to British piano-driven bands like Keane and Coldplay, but in turn disparaging its unoriginality, as well as its schmaltzy and self-pitying lyrics. The album received double platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and was also certified platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK; it became the best-selling digital album of all time until Eminem's Recovery (2010), breaking the record held previously by Coldplay's X&Y (2005).[2][3][4] Billboard listed the album on their Best Digital Albums of the Decade list – at number 21.[5]
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- ^ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eminem-sets-new-record-with-one-million-in-digital-albums-sales-of-his-2010-album-recovery-125028409.html
- ^ "The Fray: 'How To Save A Life' Now The Biggest Selling Digital Album Of All Time!". Sony BMG. Archived from the original on October 8, 2009.
- ^ "The digital success of The Fray (3:38)". Reuters.
- ^ "Billboard – Music Charts, Music News, Artist Photo Gallery & Free Video". Billboard.