Total Strife Forever

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{{Infobox album

| name = Total Strife Forever

| type = Album

| artist = East India Youth

| cover = East India Youth - Total Strife Forever.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 13, 2014

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| genre = {{flatlist|

| length = 51:00

| label = Stolen Recordings

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| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Culture of Volume

| next_year = 2015

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{{Album ratings

|MC = 81/100{{Cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/total-strife-forever/east-india-youth|title=Total Strife Forever Reviews - Metacritic|accessdate=January 29, 2014|publisher=Metacritic}}

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Total Strife Forever is the debut album by the electronic musician East India Youth. It was released on January 13, 2014 by Stolen Recordings.{{cite web|url=http://www.stolenrecordings.co.uk/artist/east-india-youth/|title=East India Youth : Stolen Recordings|work=Stolen Recordings|date=January 2014|accessdate=29 January 2014}} The album was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize.{{cite web |url=http://www.mercuryprize.com/aoty/shortlist.php?Year=2014 |title=2014 Shortlist - Barclaycard Mercury Prize |accessdate=2014-09-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912223850/http://www.mercuryprize.com/aoty/shortlist.php?Year=2014 |archivedate=2014-09-12 }}

The cover of Total Strife Forever was designed by Kohhei Matsuda (of Bo Ningen) and features a portrait of William Doyle by artist Tida Bradshaw.{{Cite AV media notes |title= Total Strife Forever |year= 2014 | type= liner notes }}{{cite web |url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2014/january/record-sleeves-of-the-month |title=Record Sleeves of the Month |last=Steven |first=Rachael |date= January 8, 2014 |website=Creative Review (CR Blog) |publisher= Creative Review |access-date= February 21, 2015}}

The album title is a pun on the Foals album Total Life Forever.

Track listing

{{Track listing

|total_length = 51:00

|title1 = Glitter Recession

|length1 = 4:19

|title2 = Total Strife Forever I

|length2 = 6:35

|title3 = Dripping Down

|length3 = 4:11

|title4 = Hinterland

|length4 = 6:16

|title5 = Heaven, How Long

|length5 = 6:09

|title6 = Total Strife Forever II

|length6 = 2:55

|title7 = Looking for Someone

|length7 = 4:15

|title8 = Midnight Koto

|length8 = 3:13

|title9 = Total Strife Forever III

|length9 = 4:41

|title10 = Song for a Granular Piano

|length10 = 4:01

|title11 = Total Strife Forever IV

|length11 = 4:25

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Chart positions

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Chart (2014)

!Peak
position

scope="row"| UK Albums ChartCharts Plus issue 648

| 85

scope="row"| UK Dance Chart

| 14

scope="row"| UK Indie Albums Chart

| 9

scope="row"| UK Indie Breakers Chart

| 3

scope="row"| UK Vinyl Albums Chart

| 6

References

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Category:East India Youth albums

Category:2014 debut albums

Category:Stolen Recordings albums

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