These People (Richard Ashcroft album)

These People is the fourth studio album from British singer and musician, Richard Ashcroft. The album was released on 20 May 2016 through Righteous Phonographic Association, Cooking Vinyl and Harvest Records. This is his first solo album since his 2010's solo project album, United Nations of Sound, and also his first main studio album since 2006's, Keys to the World.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	51/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Blurt
Clash	4/10
Drowned in Sound	3/10
The Guardian
The Line of Best Fit	4/10
Loud and Quiet	6/10
MusicOMH
NME
Pitchfork

These People received generally mixed-to-favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 51 based on 15 reviews.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Ashcroft

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Out of My Body"	4:30
2.	"This Is How It Feels"	5:06
3.	"They Don't Own Me"	5:48
4.	"Hold On"	5:40
5.	"These People"	4:49
6.	"Everybody Needs Somebody to Hurt"	4:40
7.	"Picture of You"	4:47
8.	"Black Lines"	5:10
9.	"Ain't the Future so Bright"	4:47
10.	"Songs of Experience"	5:48
Total length:		51:05

Japanese bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"How the West Was Lost"	3:26
Total length:		54:31

Personnel

Richard Ashcroft - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, programming
Steve Wyreman, Adam Phillips - guitar
Chris Potter, Damon Minchella - bass
Geoff Dugmore - drums
Steve Sidelnyk - drums, programming
Mirwais Ahmadzaï - keyboards, programming on "Out of My Body"
Roy Kerr - additional programming on "Out of My Body"
Wil Malone - string arrangements
Perry Montague-Mason - string leader

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)	70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	43
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)	92
French Albums (SNEP)	97
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	51
Irish Albums (IRMA)	17
Italian Albums (FIMI)	34
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	138
Scottish Albums (OCC)	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)	32
UK Albums (OCC)	3
UK Independent Albums (OCC)	1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)	12

References

^ Beaumont, Mark (19 May 2016). "Richard Ashcroft - 'These People' Review". NME. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
NME.COM. "Richard Ashcroft announces solo album 'These People' - hear new song 'This Is How It Feels'". NME.COM.
^ "Reviews for These People by Richard Ashcroft". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "These People - Richard Ashcroft". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
Levitt, Jonathan. "Blurt Magazine Review". Blurt. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
James, Gareth (16 May 2016). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
Goggins, Joe (19 May 2016). "Drowned in Sound Review". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
Mongredien, Phil (22 May 2016). "Richard Ashcroft: These People review – bloated production and clunking metaphors". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
Jeakins, Daniel (20 May 2016). "Richard Ashcroft's return is big on ideas, but lacking direction". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
Konemann, Liam. "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
Dowden, Neil (28 May 2016). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
Berman, Stuart (21 May 2016). "Richard Ashcroft: These People Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
"Austriancharts.at – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
"Ultratop.be – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
"Ultratop.be – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
"Dutchcharts.nl – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
"Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 21, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
"GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 21, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
"Album - Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 2016-05-20 al 2016-05-26)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
"Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2016-05-20" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
"Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
"Swisscharts.com – Richard Ashcroft – These People". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
"Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
"Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
"Richard Ashcroft Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

External links

These People at Metacritic

v t e Richard Ashcroft
Studio albums	Alone with Everybody Human Conditions Keys to the World These People Natural Rebel Acoustic Hymns Vol 1
Project albums	United Nations of Sound
Singles	"A Song for the Lovers" "Money to Burn" "C'mon People (We're Making It Now)" "Check the Meaning" "Science of Silence" "Buy It in Bottles" "Break the Night with Colour" "Music Is Power" "Words Just Get in the Way" "Why Not Nothing" / "Sweet Brother Malcolm"
Featured singles	"The Test" (uncredited)
Related	The Verve RPA & The United Nations of Sound

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