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Total Life Forever by Foals
Total Life Forever is an album by Foals, released in 2010. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Spanish Sahara”, on 6 lists with a best position of #41.
Total Life Forever, Foals' second album, came out on Transgressive on 10 May 2010, and the Oxford band went a long way from home to make it, recording at Svenska Grammofon Studion in Gothenburg with Luke Smith producing. Before release they said it sounded like the dream of a dying eagle, which is about as good a summary as anyone managed: the math-rock twitch is still in there, but it has been stretched into long, aching swells.
Yannis Philippakis sings with real openness over the guitars and keys of Jimmy Smith and Edwin Congreave and Jack Bevan's taut drumming, and "Spanish Sahara" is the centerpiece, a slow build from hush to tidal crash. The album made number 8 on the UK chart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Total Life Forever on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish Sahara | 6 | #41 | – | 2010–2019 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.