''Mutual Friends'' is the debut album by
Swiss
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pop duo
BOY
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Definition, etymology, and use
According to the ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary'', a boy ...
. It was released on September 2, 2011, by
Grönland Records
Grönland Records is a British–German independent record label founded in London, England; the company relocated to Berlin in 2009. "Grönland" (German for Greenland) refers both to the country, the label's founder, Herbert Grönemeyer and ...
. It was later released in the UK by
Decca Records
Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis (Decca), Edward Lewis after his acquisition of a gramophone manufacturer, The Decca Gramophone Company. It set up an American subsidiary under the Decca name, which bec ...
in June 2012. In February 2013,
Nettwerk Records
Nettwerk Music Group is an independent record label founded in 1984.
The Vancouver-based company was created by principals Terry McBride and Mark Jowett as a record label to distribute recordings by the band Moev, but the label expanded in Ca ...
released it in North America. Of the album's twelve tracks, three became singles. Both of the band's music videos, "
Little Numbers" and "Oh Boy" came from this album as well. The album received the 2012
European Border Breakers Award
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.
Track listing
All song were written by BOY and produced by
Philipp Steinke.
Personnel
*Valeska Steiner - vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, Melodica
*Sonja Glass - bass, acoustic guitar, programming, banjo, cello, organ
*Philipp Steinke - guitar, piano, keyboards
*Carl-Michael Grabinger, Thomas Hedlund, Bela Brauckmann, Marco Römer - drums
*Christian Kreutzer - guitar, banjo
*Jörg Sander, Deniz Erarslan, Thomas Hahn - guitar
*Percussion - Marco Möller
*Vibraphone - Eric Darken
Additional musicians:
*Choir - Jule Escherhaus
*Viola - John Catchings, Kris Wilkinson
*Violin - David Angell, David Davidson
*Clarinet - Taco Van Hettinga
*French Horn - Stefan Jon Bernharosson
*Trombone - Helgi Hrafn Jonsson, Jessica Buzbee
*Trumpet - Ari Bragi Karason
*Tuba - Timothy Buzbee
Other:
*Mario Lombardo - Artwork
Recorded & produced at Hahn & Hahn, LowSwing Tonstudio, Zwischengeschoss
Mastering at Skyline Tonfabrik by Jens Dreesen, Kai Blankenberg
Credits as per discogs
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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2011 debut albums
Boy (duo) albums
Decca Records albums
Grönland Records albums
Nettwerk Records albums
European Border Breakers Award–winning albums