Freya Ridings (album)

Freya Ridings is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Freya Ridings, released on 19 July 2019 through Good Soldier Songs and AWAL.[1] It includes the singles "Lost Without You", which reached the UK top ten, as well as the lead single "Blackout", "Ultraviolet", "You Mean the World to Me" and "Castles".[1] It was also supported by the promotional single "Unconditional". It was named one of nine albums to look forward to in 2019 by Smooth Radio.[2] The album debuted inside the top 3 in the UK and Scotland's official charts, and has charted in countries like Germany and Ireland.

Freya Ridings
Studio album by
Freya Ridings
Released19 July 2019 (2019-07-19)
Length41:52
Label
Producer
Freya Ridings chronology
You Mean the World to Me
(2019)		 Freya Ridings
(2019)		 Blood Orange
(2023)
Singles from Freya Ridings
  1. "Blackout"
    Released: 5 May 2017
  2. "Lost Without You"
    Released: 3 November 2017
  3. "Ultraviolet"
    Released: 15 June 2018
  4. "You Mean the World to Me"
    Released: 1 March 2019
  5. "Castles"
    Released: 30 May 2019
  6. "Love Is Fire"
    Released: 29 November 2019

Background

Ridings stated that because the album was written over "such a long period of time", its "universal theme" is "loneliness", as she was "isolated" growing up and would play music on her school's pianos at lunchtime and "tell the kind of stories you would tell to a friend to the piano".[3]

Commercial performance

Freya Ridings debuted on the UK Albums Chart at number three, with sales of 14,779 units.[4]

Track listing

Adapted from iTunes.[1]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Poison"Freya Ridings
4:05
2."Lost Without You"RidingsGreen3:45
3."Castles"
3:31
4."You Mean the World to Me"
  • Ridings
  • Kieron McIntosh
Greg Kurstin3:12
5."Love Is Fire"
3:31
6."Holy Water"
  • Green
  • Willetts
  • Gilbert
3:43
7."Blackout"
  • Ridings
  • Ollie Green
  • Green
  • Gilbert
2:54
8."Ultraviolet"
Fitton3:35
9."Still Have You"
  • Braide
  • Green
  • Gilbert
3:53
10."Unconditional"Ridings
  • Green
  • Gilbert
3:17
11."Elephant"
  • Ridings
  • Fitton
  • Fitton
  • Green
  • Gilbert
3:14
12."Wishbone"
  • Ridings
  • Jonathan Wright
Willetts3:12
Total length:41:52

Charts
Chart performance for Freya Ridings
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[5] 19
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 27
Irish Albums (IRMA)[8] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[9] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 19
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 3
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[12] 16

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] Gold 100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Freya Ridings by Freya Ridings on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  2. Eames, Tom (3 January 2019). "9 new albums to look forward to in 2019". Smooth Radio. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. Mills, Sarah (24 November 2018). "A minute with – British singer Freya Ridings". Reuters. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. "Charts analysis: Sheeran secures second week at summit". Music Week. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Digital Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  6. "Austriancharts.at – Freya Ridings – Freya Ridings" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Freya Ridings – Freya Ridings" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. "Irish Albums Chart: 26 July 2019". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Freya Ridings – Freya Ridings". Hung Medien. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  12. "Freya Ridings Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
  13. "British album certifications – Freya Ridings – Freya Ridings". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 28 October 2021.


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