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
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| released = January 13, 2014
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| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 51:00
| label = Stolen Recordings
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| 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 |
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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:Stolen Recordings albums
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