Hard Believer

Hard Believer is the sixth studio album by English musician Fink. It was released globally by Ninja Tune's imprint R'COUP'D on 14 July 2014.^[1]

For the song by First Aid Kit, see The Big Black and the Blue.

Hard Believer
Studio album by Fink
Released	14 July 2014 (2014-07-14)
Recorded	November 2013 in Los Angeles
Length	55:00
Label	R'COUP'D, Ninja Tune
Producer	Billy Bush
Fink chronology
Fink Meets the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (2014) Hard Believer (2014) Horizontalism (2015)
Singles from Hard Believer
"Looking Too Closely" Released: 8 July 2014

Promotion

"Looking Too Closely" was released as the lead single to promote the album on 8 July 2014.^[2] An official music video for the song, directed by Joffrey Jans and Kai Kurve (Wolf&Lamm Directors Duo), was released onto YouTube on 2 July 2014.^[3]

On 7 October 2014, a music video for the second single, "Shakespeare", premiered on YouTube.^[4] It was directed by Oliver Murray.^[5] An extended play containing remixes of the song will be released digitally on 13 October 2014.^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard Believer"		5:26
2.	"Green and the Blue"		6:06
3.	"White Flag"		5:04
4.	"Pilgrim"	Fink, B. Mackichan	7:03
5.	"Two Days Later"		5:41
6.	"Shakespeare"		6:19
7.	"Truth Begins"		5:05
8.	"Looking Too Closely"		5:11
9.	"Too Late"		4:16
10.	"Keep Falling"	Fink, Ryan Keen	4:30

All tracks are written by Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker, except where noted

Personnel

Fink

• Fin Greenall – lead and harmony vocals, acoustic guitars, keyboards
• Guy Whittaker – electric and acoustic bass, BVs
• Tim Thornton – drums, electric and acoustic guitars, BVs

Additional musicians

• Ruben Hein – piano
• Zac Rae – synths and effects
• Mentrix - backing vocals

Chart performance

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7]	37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8]	45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9]	61
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	8
French Albums (SNEP)[11]	72
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	25
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13]	14
USA Heatseekers[14]	30

References

1. "Fink: The British band who conquered US television". BBC News. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
2. "Looking Too Closely - Single by Fink". iTunes. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
3. "Fink - Looking Too Closely (Official Music Video)". YouTube. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
4. "The new video for 'Shakespeare': Watch on Youtube". finkworld.co.uk. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
5. "Fink - 'Shakespeare'". YouTube. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
6. "Shakespeare (Remixes) - EP by Fink". iTunes. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
7. [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Austriancharts.at – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"] (in German). Hung Medien.
8. [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Ultratop.be – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"] (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
9. [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Ultratop.be – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"] (in French). Hung Medien.
10. [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Dutchcharts.nl – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"] (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
11. [UK&titel=Hard+Believer&cat=a "Lescharts.com – Fink [UK] – Hard Believer"]. Hung Medien.
12. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
13. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
14. "USA Heatseekers Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 25 July 2014.