Album · Friendly Fires
Pala by Friendly Fires
Pala is an album by Friendly Fires, released in 2011. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 1 countdown appearance in total. The biggest is “Hawaiian Air”, on 1 list with a best position of #62.
Pala, the second album from St Albans' Friendly Fires, came out on XL Recordings on 16 May 2011, and it takes its name from the utopian island at the heart of Aldous Huxley's last novel, Island. That's about right for a record this sunlit: Paul Epworth produced it, and Ed Macfarlane, Edd Gibson and Jack Savidge fill it with the funk-driven, sweat-on-the-dancefloor pulse of a band that treats alternative dance as a kind of paradise it can build for three minutes at a time.
It followed a self-titled debut that had been shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, and it held its nerve, landing at number 6 in the UK. "Hawaiian Air" is the one that found the countdowns. The scarlet macaw on the cover came from the private collection of Norwegian fashion photographer Sølve Sundsbø. Three years later the band parted ways, and it would be 2019 before a third album arrived.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Pala on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian Air | 1 | #62 | – | 2011 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.