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Ritual by White Lies
Ritual is an album by White Lies, released in 2011. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 2 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bigger than us”, on 2 lists with a best position of #15.
Ritual, the second album from Ealing trio White Lies, arrived on Fiction Records in January 2011, two years after their debut, To Lose My Life..., had gone to number one in the UK. Alan Moulder and Max Dingel produced it at Assault & Battery Studios in London, and you can hear them pushing everything toward the rafters: the guitars are bigger and glassier, the synths pile up like storm clouds, and Harry McVeigh's voice has room to boom.
McVeigh sings and plays guitar, Charles Cave handles bass and Jack Lawrence-Brown drums, and together they go for the grand, dark-eyed gesture every single time. "Bigger than Us" led the way as the first single on 3 January 2011, and a Ritual short film strung it together with "Bad Love" and "Holy Ghost". The Hartridge twins, Alice and Jessica, stare out from a sleeve designed by Tom Hingston Studio.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Ritual on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bigger than us | 2 | #15 | – | 2011–2013 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.