On May 10, 2010, “Transgressive Records” label released “Total Life Forever”, the second Foals studio album. It was recorded in September 2009, at “Svenska Grammofon Studios” in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was produced by Luke Smith. The writers and editors, and the readers poll of the UK magazine “The Fly” voted “Total Life Forever” the “Best album of 2010”.

Personnel:

• Yannis Philippakis– vocals, guitar, drums, art direction
• Jack Bevan – drums, art direction
• Jimmy Smith – guitar, art direction
• Walter Gervers – bass, art direction, backing vocals
• Edwin Congreave – keyboards, backing vocals, art direction
• Caroline Wickberg – additional vocals
• Ferg Peterkin – programming, engineer
• Mike Crossey– recording assistant
• Daniel Rejmer – engineer
• Catherine Marks – engineer, mixing
• Alan Moulder– mixing
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Big Active, Tinhead – artwork
• Steve Gullick, Dave Ma – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Yannis Philippakis, Jack Bevan, Jimmy Smith, Walter Gervers and Edwin Congreave.

1. Blue Blood
2. Miami
3. Total Life Forever
4. Black Gold
5. Spanish Sahara
6. This Orient
7. Fugue
8. After Glow
9. Alabaster
10. 2 Trees
11. What Remains