NEW LP
New sealed copy. 2024 reissue on yellow coloured vinyl.
How to Save a Life is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band The Fray. Released on September 13, 2005, through Epic Records, the record charted in the top 15 on the Billboard 200 and was a top ten hit in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the UK. The first two singles from the album, "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and "How to Save a Life" helped the album become a commercial success and brought the band mainstream popularity.
Critical reception to the album was mixed, with some critics complimenting its similarities in style to British piano-driven bands like Keane and Coldplay, but in turn disparaging its unoriginality and derivation, as well as schmaltzy and self-pitying lyrics. The album was certified double platinum by the RIAA, and was also certified platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and in the UK. The album went on to become the best-selling digital album of all time until Eminem's Recovery (2010), breaking the record held previously by Coldplay's X&Y (2005). It was ranked #21 on Billboard's list of the Best Digital Albums of the Decade.
TRACKLIST:
A1 She Is
A2 Over My Head (Cable Car)
A3 How To Save A Life
A4 All At Once
A5 Fall Away
A6 Heaven Forbid
B1 Look After You
B2 Hundred
B3 Vienna
B4 Dead Wrong
B5 Little House
B6 Trust Me
