All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
Studio album by AURORA
Released	11 March 2016
Recorded	2015–16
Genre	Art pop indie pop
Length	46:48 (standard) 64:40 (deluxe)
Label	Decca Glassnote
AURORA chronology
Running with the Wolves (2015) All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016)
Singles from All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
"Running with the Wolves" Released: 10 June 2015 "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" Released: 25 August 2015 "Half the World Away" Released: 12 November 2015 "Conqueror" Released: 16 February 2016 "Warrior" Released: 4 March 2016

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend is the debut studio album by Norwegian singer Aurora. It was released on March 11, 2016 by Decca Records.^[1] It was preceded by the promotional singles “Under Stars“, “Runaway” and the breakthrough and proper lead single “Running with the Wolves”. The second single “Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)“, was released on September 4th.

Singles

• "Runaway" was released as the album's first single on 26 February 2015.

• "Running with the Wolves" was released as the second single on 10 June 2015.

• "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" was released as the album's third single on 25 August 2015. ^[2]

• "Half the World Away" was released a cover version. It was released on 6 November 2015 as a digital download. The song was selected as the soundtrack to the 2015 John Lewis Christmas advert. ^[3]

• "Conqueror" was released as the album's fifth single on 16 February 2016 with participation of actor Adam Thomas Wright.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend received general acclaim 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 80, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 10 reviews.^[4]

Track listing

Standard edition[5]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Runaway"	Aurora Aksnes Magnus Åserud Skylstad	4:08
2.	"Conqueror"	Aksnes Skylstad Geir Luedy Odd Martin Skålnes	3:27
3.	"Running with the Wolves"	Aksnes Michelle Leonard Nicolas Rebscher	3:14
4.	"Lucky"	Aksnes Skålnes	4:04
5.	"Winter Bird"	Aksnes Jonny Wright	4:07
6.	"I Went Too Far"	Aksnes Skylstad Skålnes	3:27
7.	"Through the Eyes of a Child"	Aksnes Leonard Alf Helge Lund	4:34
8.	"Warrior"	Aksnes Leonard	3:43
9.	"Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)"	Aksnes Skålnes	3:20
10.	"Home"	Aksnes Ian Griffiths Tom Griffiths Jochen Schmalbach Simon Triebel	3:32
11.	"Under the Water"	Aksnes Edvard Førre Erfjord Henrik Barman Michelsen	4:24
12.	"Black Water Lilies"	Aksnes Skålnes Skylstad	4:42
Total length:			46:48

Deluxe edition[6]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Half the World Away"	Noel Gallagher	3:18
14.	"Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" (Acoustic)	Aksnes Skålnes	3:38
15.	"Nature Boy" (Acoustic)	eden ahbez	2:59
16.	"Wisdom Cries"	Aksnes Leonard Rebscher	4:07
17.	"Running with the Wolves" (Pablo Nouvelle remix)	Aksnes Leonard Rebscher	3:50

Personnel

• Aurora Aksnes – vocals
• Alf Lund Godbolt – piano
• Odd Martin Skålnes – bass guitar, guitar
• Magnus Åserud Skylstad – drums
• Selma Frida Stang – synthesizer
• Silja Sol – synthesizer, backing vocalist
• Ida Myking – backing vocalist

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	51
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8]	50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10]	95
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11]	43
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[12]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13]	24
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14]	66
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[17]	28
US Billboard 200[18]	150

References

1. AURORA announces debut album, All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
2. Check Out Chilling 'Murder Song' from Norwegian singer, Aurora
3. Aurora reveals video for her Oasis cover, 'Half Of The World Away'
4. "Reviews for All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend by Aurora". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
5. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-my-demons-greeting-me/id1065969288
6. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/all-my-demons-greeting-me/id1065985699
7. Ryan, Gavin (2 April 2016). "ARIA Albums: Zayn Has the No 1 Album in Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
8. "Austriancharts.at – Aurora [NO – All My Demons Greening Me as a Friend"] (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
9. "Ultratop.be – Aurora [NO – All My Demons Greening Me as a Friend"] (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
10. "Ultratop.be – Aurora [NO – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend"] (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
11. "Aurora – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Aurora. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Aurora [NO – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend"] (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
13. "Offiziellecharts.de – Aurora [NO – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend"] (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
14. "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 11, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
15. http://lista.vg.no/artist/aurora/album/all-my-demons-greeting-me-as-a-friend/13750
16. "Swisscharts.com – Aurora [NO – All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend"]. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
17. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
18. "Aurora – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Aurora. Retrieved 22 March 2016.