Holy Fire

Holy Fire is the title of the third studio album by British group Foals, released on 11 February 2013 on Transgressive records.

The album entered the charts at no.2 in the UK, their highest album chart placing at that point.

The release of Holy Fire was preceded by the singles Inhaler (awarded best track of 2012 at the NME awards in February 2013) and My Number, which reached number 23 in the UK Singles Chart to become their highest charting single to date. (See also Singles section below)

In 2019 Holy Fire was placed at no.29 in NME’s Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s. "“I can’t get enough space,” howled frontman Yannis Philippakis on the call-to-arms ‘Inhaler’, capturing the 21st Century anxiety that drove ‘Holy Fire’ and defined the era. From the shameless bop of ‘My Number’ to the tender but paranoid ‘Late Night’, Foals’ third album saw them assume their ultimate form to create something so muscular, dancey, ambient and ultimately widescreen that it cemented them as the artful and conscious arena rock daddies the decade needed." The album was the subject of an edition of BBC Radio 1's Essential Albums in February 2023, ten years after its release.

Personnel

 * Yannis Philippakis – vocals, guitar
 * Jimmy Smith – guitar
 * Walter Gervers – bass, backing vocals
 * Edwin Congreave – keyboards, backing vocals
 * Jack Bevan – drums

Tracklisting
standard CD

1. Prelude - Foals (4:08)

2. Inhaler - Foals (4:53)

3. My Number - Foals (4:01)

4. Bad Habit - Foals (4:40)

5. Everytime - Foals (4:02)

6. Late Night - Foals (5:28)

7. Out of the Woods - Foals (3:25)

8. Milk & Black Spiders - Foals (5:17)

9. Providence - Foals (4:08)

10. Stepson - Foals (4:49)

11. Moon - Foals (4:53)

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Singles

 * Inhaler (radio edit), rel. 05 November 2012
 * My Number (radio edit); Orig. rel. 17 December 2012; RSD 7" rel. 20 April 2013, B-side Bluebird.
 * Late Night (radio edit), rel. 22 April 2013
 * Bad Habit (radio edit), rel. 19 July 2013