Power to Play

On 29 March 2023, McFly announced the album title and release date, following a series of cryptic social media posts.{{cite tweet|title=We've got some news… Our brand new album Power to Play will be out on 9th June 2023 ⚡️ The first single Where Did All The Guitars Go? drops THIS FRIDAY!|author=McFly|user=mcflymusic|number=1641062704977793025|access-date=29 March 2023|language=en}}{{cite web |last=McFly |title=Power to Play |date=2023 |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BZN9XN92 |access-date=29 March 2023 |publisher=BMG}} Describing the record, the band added: "At the start of the process, we all got together and said what we wanted this new album to be. We all had this one thing in common, and it was guitars. We love being on tour and playing live, and we hate this weird pressure where you don't get played on the radio if you have guitars in your songs [...] Guitars, honesty, energy, all these personality traits are what give us the band's identity. We want to reach that kid with long hair, get them excited about music and make them want to pick up a guitar and jump on their bed. That's what this record is about."

The album's lead single, "Where Did All the Guitars Go?" was released on 31 March 2023.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/where-did-all-the-guitars-go-single/1675855901|title=McFly - Where Did All The Guitars Go?|website=Apple Music|date=31 March 2023|access-date=8 April 2023}}

On 26 April 2023, McFly released the second single from Power to Play, "God of Rock & Roll".{{cite web|url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/158084/McFly-release-party-rock-anthem-God-Of-Rock-and-Roll-announce-UK-tour|title=McFly release party rock anthem, God Of Rock and Roll, announce UK tour|website=Music News|date=26 April 2023|access-date=26 April 2023}}

On 8 June 2023, McFly appeared on The One Show and confirmed "Honey I'm Home" would be the third single from Power to Play. The official video was released on 9 June 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqWPaDoohAo|title=McFly - Honey I'm Home (Official Video)|website=YouTube|date=9 June 2023|access-date=9 June 2023}}

Ben Devlin, reviewing for MusicOMH, rated the album 3.5/5 stars.{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/mcfly-power-to-play|title=McFly – Power To Play|website=MusicOMH|last=Devlin|first=Ben|date=9 June 2023|access-date=9 June 2023}} Cheri Amour for The Arts Desk called Power to Play "a defiant return to [McFly's] rock'n'roll roots".{{cite web|url=https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-mcfly-power-play|title=Album: McFly - Power to Play|website=The Arts Desk|last=Amour|first=Cheri|date=9 June 2023|access-date=9 June 2023}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Power to Play – Standard edition

| title1 = Where Did All the Guitars Go?

| writer1 = {{hlist|Tom Fletcher|Danny Jones|Harry Judd|Dougie Poynter|Jason Perry}}

| length1 = 4:00

| title2 = Land of the Bees

| writer2 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Steven Battelle|Perry}}

| length2 = 4:03

| title3 = Forever's Not Enough

| writer3 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|James Bay|Perry}}

| length3 = 4:41

| title4 = God of Rock & Roll

| writer4 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Battelle}}

| length4 = 3:31

| title5 = I'm Fine

| writer5 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Battelle|Todd Dorigo|Perry|Rat Boy}}

| length5 = 3:48

| title6 = Taking Back Tonight

| writer6 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Battelle}}

| length6 = 3:54

| title7 = Honey I'm Home

| writer7 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Perry|Tom Piggot Smith{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length7 = 4:09

| title8 = Route 55

| writer8 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Battelle|Mark Hoppus|Rat Boy}}

| length8 = 3:44

| title9 = Crash

| writer9 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Dan Carter|Dorigo}}

| length9 = 1:41

| title10 = Make It Out Alive

| writer10 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Battelle|Dorigo}}

| length10 = 3:17

| title11 = Shine On

| writer11 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Battelle|Perry}}

| length11 = 4:25

| total_length = 41:13

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{{Track listing

| headline = Power to Play – Deluxe edition

| title12 = Broken by You

| note12 = featuring Fresno

| writer12 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Ross McNae|Sam McTrusty|Lucas Silveira}}

| length12 = 3:05

| title13 = For the Kids

| writer13 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Perry}}

| length13 = 3:30

| title14 = Silence Is a Scary Sound

| writer14 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter}}

| length14 = 3:31

| title15 = I'm Fine

| note15 = Acoustic

| writer15 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Battelle|Dorigo|Perry|Rat Boy}}

| length15 = 3:43

| title16 = Forever's Not Enough

| note16 = Acoustic

| writer16 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Bay|Perry}}

| length16 = 4:09

| title17 = Forever's Not Enough

| note17 = Edit

| writer17 = {{hlist|Fletcher|Jones|Judd|Poynter|Bay|Perry}}

| length17 = 3:36

| total_length = 59:16

}}

Notes

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McFly

• Tom Fletcher – vocals, guitar
• Danny Jones – vocals, guitar, production
• Harry Judd – drums
• Dougie Poynter – vocals, bass guitar, guitar

Additional contributors

• Jason Perry – production (tracks 1–3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 16, 17)
• Robin Schmidt – mastering
• Chris Sheldon – mixing, engineering
• Marek Deml – engineering
• Adam Marc – synthesizer (tracks 2, 3, 17)
• Rachel Lander – cello (track 7)
• Gary Pomerol – viola (track 7)
• Magnus Johnston – violin (track 7)
• Tom Piggot Smith – violin (track 7)

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