Mutual Friends (album) explained

Mutual Friends is the debut album by Swiss-German pop duo BOY. It was released on September 2, 2011, by Grönland Records. It was later released in the UK by Decca Records in June 2012. In February 2013, Nettwerk Records released it in North America. Of the album's twelve tracks, three became singles. Both of the band's music videos, "Little Numbers" and "Oh Boy" came from this album as well. The album received the 2012 European Border Breakers Award.

Track listing

All song were written by BOY and produced by Philipp Steinke.

Personnel

• Valeska Steiner - vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar, Melodica
• Sonja Glass - bass, acoustic guitar, programming, banjo, cello, organ
• Philipp Steinke - guitar, piano, keyboards
• Carl-Michael Grabinger, Thomas Hedlund, Bela Brauckmann, Marco Römer - drums
• Christian Kreutzer - guitar, banjo
• Jörg Sander, Deniz Erarslan, Thomas Hahn - guitar
• Percussion - Marco Möller
• Vibraphone - Eric Darken

Additional musicians:

• Choir - Jule Escherhaus
• Viola - John Catchings, Kris Wilkinson
• Violin - David Angell, David Davidson
• Clarinet - Taco Van Hettinga
• French Horn - Stefan Jon Bernharosson
• Trombone - Helgi Hrafn Jonsson, Jessica Buzbee
• Trumpet - Ari Bragi Karason
• Tuba - Timothy Buzbee

Other:

• Mario Lombardo - Artwork

Recorded & produced at Hahn & Hahn, LowSwing Tonstudio, ZwischengeschossMastering at Skyline Tonfabrik by Jens Dreesen, Kai Blankenberg

Credits as per discogs^[1]

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boy (16) - Mutal Friends. 2 September 2011 . Discogs.com. 1. English. 20 May 2017.