Album · 2017
How Did We Get So Dark?
by Royal Blood
How Did We Get So Dark? is a 2017 alternative rock album by Royal Blood. It runs 10 tracks across 35 minutes on Warner Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.6/5 from 22 ratings.
Alternative Rock · Rock · Hard Rock
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- 3.6 /5
- 22 ratings
- 79 /100
- 8 critics
- 10
- Tracks
- 35 min
- Runtime
- 131 bpm
- Tempo
- C# minor
- Key
Ratings
22 ratings · avg 3.6
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- The Spill Magazine5/5
- AllMusic4/5
- Financial Times4/5
- Classic Rock4/5
- Dork4/5
- NME4/5
- MusicOMH3.5/5
- Exclaim!6/10
- Metacriticaggregate71/100
- AnyDecentMusic?aggregate6.4/10
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How Did We Get So Dark? album cover

The How Did We Get So Dark? cover was designed by Richard Welland and WeThreeClub, photographed by Adrian Samson, and art-directed by Pascal Teixeira.
- Design
- Richard Welland, WeThreeClub
- Photography
- Adrian Samson
- Art direction
- Pascal Teixeira
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Tracklist
10 tracks · 35 min
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How Did We Get So Dark? is the second studio album by British rock duo Royal Blood. The album was released by Warner Bros. Records on 16 June 2017.
In brief
- Is How Did We Get So Dark? good?
- Riffiter listeners rate How Did We Get So Dark? 3.6/5 from 22 ratings.
- When was How Did We Get So Dark? released?
- How Did We Get So Dark? was released in 2017 on Warner Records.
- How many tracks are on How Did We Get So Dark??
- How Did We Get So Dark? has 10 tracks, with a runtime of 35 minutes.
- What genre is How Did We Get So Dark??
- How Did We Get So Dark? is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Rock, Hard Rock.
- What BPM is How Did We Get So Dark??
- How Did We Get So Dark? runs at a median tempo of 131 BPM across its tracks, most often in C# minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to How Did We Get So Dark??
- Listeners of How Did We Get So Dark? also rate Greatest Hits by Foo Fighters, AM by Arctic Monkeys, …Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age.
- Who produced How Did We Get So Dark??
- How Did We Get So Dark? was produced by Jolyon Thomas, Royal Blood and Tom Dalgety. Jolyon Thomas produced 8 of them.
Credits
- Produced by
- Mixed by
- Engineered by
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Rob BrinkmanJustin Smith- Played by
- Vocals by
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