Only Things We Love

Only Things We Love is the fourth studio album by American electronica band Blaqk Audio, consisting of Davey Havok and Jade Puget of AFI. The album was released on March 15, 2019. Ahead of the album, the duo released "The Viles".

Only Things We Love
Studio album by Blaqk Audio
Released	March 15, 2019
Recorded	2018
Genre	Futurepop[1] synth-pop[1]
Length	42:02
Label	Kobalt
Blaqk Audio chronology
Material (2016) Only Things We Love (2019) Beneath the Black Palms (2020)
Singles from Only Things We Love
"The Viles" Released: January 14, 2019

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Album of the Year	72/100[1]
Metacritic	70/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Kerrang!	[4]
PopMatters	[5]
Sputnikmusic	[6]

Background

Havok said during an interview with Matt Pinfield that the band's next album would be out in spring of 2019 and that 69 songs were written to choose from. In January 2019, Davey Havok visited the KITS (ALT 105.3) studios to showcase the single "The Viles". While at the studio, Havok also confirmed the album's title, Only Things We Love.^{[7][unreliable source][8][unreliable source]}

In an interview with Sam Moore of NME, Havok revealed the album would be released on March 15, 2019.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Infinite Skin"	3:17
2.	"The Viles"	3:35
3.	"Unstained"	3:31
4.	"Muscle and Matter"	4:03
5.	"Caroline in the Clip"	3:54
6.	"Maker"	3:20
7.	"Summer's Out of Sight"	3:18
8.	"OK, Alex"	2:45
9.	"Enemies Forever"	3:13
10.	"Dark Arcades"	4:02
11.	"Dark Times at the Berlin Wall"	3:08
12.	"Matrimony and Dust"	4:17
Total length:		42:02

Personnel

• Davey Havok – Lyrics and Vocals
• Jade Puget – Production, Recording and Engineering, All Music, Programming, Keyboards, Mixing and Mastering on "Dark Times at the Berlin Wall" and "OK, Alex"
• Eric Stenman – Mixing
• Mike Bell at Darkart Mastering – Mastering

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[10]	12

References

1. "Blaqk Audio – Only Things We Love – Reviews". Album of the Year. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
2. "Only Things We Love by Blaqk Audio Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
3. Yeung, Neil Z. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
4. Ruskel, Nick Z. (16 March 2019). "Blaqk Audio Only Things We Love". Kerrang!. No. 1764. p. 55.
5. Jacobs, Mark. "Blaqk Audio Blends '80s Electropop with Modern Sounds on 'Only Things We Love'". PopMatters. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
6. "Review: Blaqk Audio – Only Things We Love". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
7. AFI News Headquarters (2018-01-25). "Record should be out in March 2019 with the first single, "The Viles" debuting January 13th 2019 on altradio 105.3. Davey hopes to tour on the record". @AFINewsHQ. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
8. AFI News Headquarters (2018-01-25). "69 songs were written for Blaqk Audio to choose from for the next album". @AFINewsHQ. Retrieved 2018-03-07.
9. Moore, Sam (January 15, 2019). "Davey Havok and Jade Puget's Blaqk Audio announce new album 'Only Things We Love'". NME. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
10. "Blaqk Audio Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2019.