Monsters

Production

Hours was produced, recorded and mixed by Terry Date, with co-production by the band. Production took place in Seattle, Washington, with some of the album being recorded in Pearl Jam’s Studio Litho facilities. Several unorthodox approaches were taken during vocal tracking, including Date recording Davies-Kreye singing on a public street ("History") and in a moving vehicle ("Drive").

Release

Hours was released on 13 June 2005. The album reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart and was their first album to appear on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 139.

The album produced four singles: "Streetcar", "Monsters", "History", and "Roses for the Dead", all of which charted within the UK top 50.

The album has been released in four versions: Standard edition; special edition, with a bonus DVD containing interviews with the band and fans before the band's gig at the Give it a Name festival, and different cover; Japanese edition, with two bonus tracks; and limited Japanese edition with six bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Funeral for a Friend

Personnel

Funeral for a Friend

Kris Coombs-Roberts - guitar, backing vocals

Gareth Davies - bass guitar, backing vocals

Matt Davies - lead vocals

Ryan Richards - drums

Darran Smith - guitar

Additional personnel

Co-produced by Funeral for a Friend

Manda Maskens - speech vocals on "Streetcar"

Storme, Lisa and Joel - speech vocals on "Streetcar"

Brian Valentino - additional vocals on "History"

Josh Evans - addition vocals on "History"

Terry Date - production, recording, mixing

Sam Hofstedt - assisted engineering at Studio X

Floyd Reitsma - assisted engineering at Studio Litho

Junichi Murakawa - mixing at Bay 7, Los Angeles, California

Ted Jensen - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City

John Mitchell - recording of phone vocals at Outhouse Studios, Reading, Berkshire

Charts