Automatic (Don Broco album)

Automatic is the second studio album by English four-piece rock band Don Broco. It was released in the United Kingdom on 7 August 2015. The album was included at number 13 on Rock Sound's top 50 releases of 2015 list.[6] On 11 November 2016, Automatic was re-released in the United States and Canada through American label SharpTone Records.[7]

Automatic
Studio album by
Released7 August 2015
Recorded2013–2015
StudioAngelic Studio (Brackley, Northamptonshire) Strongroom/AIR Lyndhurst Hall, London[1]
Genre
Length48:39
LabelSony Music Entertainment
ProducerJason Perry
Don Broco chronology
Priorities
(2012)
Automatic
(2015)
Technology
(2018)
Singles from Automatic
  1. "Automatic"
    Released: 18 May 2015
  2. "Superlove"
    Released: 13 July 2015
  3. "Nerve"
    Released: 13 November 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Bring the Noise8.5/10[2]
Drowned in Sound4/10[3]
Mosh[4]
Rock Sound8/10[5]

Track listing

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Standard listing
No.TitleLength
1."Superlove"3:27
2."Automatic"3:49
3."What You Do to Me"3:12
4."Fire"3:32
5."Nerve"3:31
6."Let You Get Away"3:42
7."I Got Sick"2:47
8."Keep on Pushing"3:19
9."Tough on You"3:39
10."Further"4:26
Total length:35:16
Deluxe version[8]
No.TitleLength
11."Money Power Fame"3:22
12."Bad Feeling"3:27
13."Wrong Place Wrong Time"3:05
14."You Wanna Know"3:21
US and Canada re-release[9]
No.TitleLength
1."You Wanna Know"3:21
2."Superlove"3:27
3."Automatic"3:44
4."Fire"3:32
5."Nerve"3:31
6."What You Do to Me"3:12
7."Money Power Fame"3:22
8."Keep on Pushing"3:19
9."Tough on You"3:39
10."Let You Get Away"3:42
11."I Got Sick"2:47
12."Wrong Place Wrong Time"3:05
13."Bad Feeling"3:27
14."Further"4:26
15."You Wanna Know" (Club Sex Mix)3:50

Personnel

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Credits taken from Automatic's liner notes.[10]

Don Broco

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  • Rob Damiani – lead vocals, electronics
  • Simon Delaney – lead and rhythm guitars
  • Matt Donnelly – drums, percussion, electronic beats, co-lead vocals
  • Tom Doyle – bass guitar

Production

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Charts

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Chart (2015) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 6

Certifications

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Certifications and sales for Automatic
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[12] Silver 60,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Release date Format Label
United Kingdom 7 August 2015[13] Digital download Sony Music Entertainment

References

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  1. ^ "Don Broco - Automatic". Discogs. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  2. ^ Black, Kathryn. "Don Broco Automatic". Bring the Noise. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  3. ^ Beardsworth, Luke. "Don Broco - Automatic". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  4. ^ Marshman, Jonathan Markwell (7 August 2015). "Don Broco – 'Automatic'". Mosh. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. ^ Biddulph, Andy. "DON BROCO ALBUM". Rocksound. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  6. ^ Bird, ed. 2016, p. 27
  7. ^ "Automatic by Don Broco". iTunes. 11 November 2016.
  8. ^ iTunes - Music - Automatic (Deluxe Version) by Don Broco
  9. ^ "Automatic by Don Broco". iTunes. 11 November 2016.
  10. ^ Automatic (liner notes). Don Broco. Sony Music. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  11. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  12. ^ "British album certifications – Don Broco – Automatic". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  13. ^ Automatic (Deluxe) by Don Broco, 7 August 2015, retrieved 8 November 2023

Sources

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  • Bird, Ryan, ed. (January 2016). "Top 50 Releases of the Year". Rock Sound (208). London: Freeway Press Inc. ISSN 1465-0185.