On July 19, 2019, “Good Soldier Records” label released the self-titled, debut Freya Ridings album. It was recorded in 2019, at “RAK Studios”, “Livingston Studios”, “The Church”, “Sleeper Sounds”, “Good Soldier Songs Studios”, “The Pool Recording Studio”, “One Eye Jack’s”, “Real World Studios”, “Amusement Studios”, “Echo Studios”, “Capitol Studios”, “Chateau Relaxeau” and “The Village Recorder” and was produced by Matt Chamberlain, Carey Willetts, Luke Fitton, Alex H. N. Gilbert, Chris Braide, Dave Bassett, Greg Kurstin, Daniel Nigro, Yves Rothman and Ollie Green.
Personnel:
- Freya Ridings – vocals, piano, handclaps, arrangements
- Daniel Nigro – acoustic and electric guitar, piano, autoharp, drums, programming, recording
- Leo Abrahams – guitar
- Jonathan Pilcher – guitar
- Luke Fitton – guitar
- Greg Kurstin – piano, guitar, bass, mellotron, drums, percussion, arrangements, recording, engineer
- Tom Crawley – piano
- Carey Willetts – keyboards, programming
- Ollie Green – bass, keyboards, handclaps, programming, recording, engineer
- Jamie Muhoberac – keyboards
- Yves Rothman – bass, synth, programming
- Liz Bradley – bass
- Steve Lewinson – bass
- Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion
- Garrett Ray – drums
- Matt Racher – drums, percussion
- Alex H. N. Gilbert – percussion, handclaps, arrangements
- Ilona Geller – violin, viola
- Chris Tombline, Jon Hill, Leo Payne, Mitch McGuggan – violin
- Pieter Lale, Sue Dench – viola
- Ann Marie Calhoun – viola
- Ann Lines, Audrey Riley, Ewan Philips – cello
- Irina Chirkova – cello
- Kinga Back – cello
- Simone Daly Richards – backing vocals, handclaps
- Emily Holligan – backing vocals, handclaps
- Brendan Reilly – backing vocals, handclaps
- Kate Brady, Zella Day – backing vocals
- Charlie Moss – handclaps
- David Campbell – arrangements
- Audrey Riley – arrangements
- Tom Elmhirst – programming, mixing
- Brandon Bost – programming assistant, mixing assistant
- Dan Priddy – programming, additional production
- Marc Crew – programming, additional production
- Dave Bassett – programming
- Fiona Cruickshank – recording
- Alex Pasco – recording, engineer
- Julian Burg – recording, engineer
- John Hanes – engineer, mixing
- Martin Cooke – engineer
- Nicolas Fournier – engineer
- Paul “P Dub” Walton – recording, additional engineering
- Daniel Moyler – recording, engineer
- Alex Williams, Amanda Merdzan, Ben Loveland, Connor Panayi, Darren Jones, Fraser Latimer, Gus Pirelli, Henri Davies, Joe Wander, Matt Rist, Oli Jacobs, Patrick Phillips, Rob Brinkman, Steve Genewick – recording assistant
- Brandon Bost – mixing, programming
- Tom Elmhirst – mixing, programming
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- James Rowan – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Freya Ridings, except where noted.
- Posion
- Lost Without You
- Castles – Daniel Nigro, Freya Ridings
- You Mean the World to Me – Freya Ridings, K. McIntosh
- Love Is Fire – Freya Ridings, M.I.R. Busbee
- Holy Water – A. Evert, A. Tirheimer, Frey Ridings, M. Moorris
- Blackout – Freya Ridings, Ollie Green
- Ultraviolet – Freya Ridings, Luke Fitton
- Still Have You – B. McKee, Chris Braides, Freya Ridings
- Unconditional
- Elephant – Luke Fitton, Freya Ridings
- Wishbone – J. M. Wright, Freya Ridings
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