On October 14, 2022, “Dirty Hit” label released “Being Funny in a Foreign Language”, the fifth 1975 (the) studio album. It was recorded January – May 2022, at “Electric Lady” in New York City, “Real World” in Box, Wiltshire, and was produced by Matthew Healy, George Daniel and Jack Antonoff.
Personnel:
- Matthew Healy – vocals, guitar, piano, clavinet, drums, percussion, string arrangements, creative direction
- Adam Hann – guitar, programming, keyboards, backing vocals
- Ross MacDonald – bass, double bass, keyboards, backing vocals
- George Daniel – drums, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, percussion, programming, backing vocals, string arrangements
- Jack Antonoff – guitar, piano, drums, backing vocals, violin, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, string arrangements
- Tommy King – keyboards, synthesizers
- BJ Burton – programming, synthesizers
- Jamie Squire – piano, Wurlitzer, clavinet, synthesizers, organ, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Oli Jacobs – Wurlitzer
- John Waugh – saxophone
- Zem Audu – saxophone
- Evan Smith – brass
- Bobby Hawk – strings, string arrangements
- Warren Ellis – strings, string arrangements
- Michelle Zauner – backing vocals
- Carly Holt – additional vocals
- Sabrina the Teenage DJ – programming
- Bobby Hawk – string arrangements
- Ben Hudson – additional programming
- BJ Burton – additional production
- Laura Sisk – engineer
- Oli Jacobs – engineer
- Dom Shaw – engineer assistant
- Katie May – engineer assistant
- Freddy Williams – engineer assistant
- John Rooney – engineer assistant
- Dani Perez Carasols – engineer assistant
- Liam Hebb – engineer assistant
- Evan Smith – additional engineering
- Jon Gautier – additional engineering
- Andrew Gearhart – additional engineering
- Dave Gross – additional engineering
- Manny Marroquin – mixing
- Chris Galland – mixing
- Robin Florent – mixing assistant
- Scott Desmarais – mixing assistant
- Jeremie Inhaber – mixing assistant
- Robin Schmidt – mastering
- Samuel Burgess-Johnson – artwork, creative direction
- Patricia Villirillo – creative direction
- Ed Blow – creative direction
- Samuel Bradley – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Matthew Healy and George Daniel, with co-writers as noted.
- The 1975 – BJ Burton, Tommy King
- Happiness – DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ
- Looking for Somebody (To Love) – Ilsey Juber, Jamie Squire
- Part of the Band – Jamie Squire
- Oh Caroline – Ilsey Juber, Jamie Squire, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
- I’m in Love with You – Adam Hann
- All I Need to Hear – Jamie Squire
- Wintering – Jacob Bugden
- Human Too – Jamie Squire, Benjamin Francis Leftwich
- About You
- When We Are Together – Rob Milton
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