Critical reception
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These People received generally mixed-to-favourable reviews 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 51 based on 15 reviews.[3]
Track listing
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All tracks are written by Richard Ashcroft
Title 1. "Out of My Body " 4:30 2. "This Is How It Feels" 5:06 3. "They Don't Own Me " 5:48 4. "Hold On" 5:40 5. "These People" 4:49 6. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Hurt" 4:40 7. "Picture of You" 4:47 8. "Black Lines" 5:10 9. "Ain't the Future so Bright" 4:47 10. "Songs of Experience" 5:48 Total length: 51:05
Japanese bonus tracks Title 11. "How the West Was Lost" 3:26 Total length: 54:31
Personnel
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Richard Ashcroft - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, programming
Steve Wyreman, Adam Phillips - guitar
Chris Potter , Damon Minchella - bass
Geoff Dugmore - drums
Steve Sidelnyk - drums, programming
Mirwais Ahmadzaï - keyboards, programming on "Out of My Body"
Roy Kerr - additional programming on "Out of My Body"
Wil Malone - string arrangements
Perry Montague-Mason - string leader References
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^ a b Beaumont, Mark (19 May 2016). "Richard Ashcroft - 'These People' Review" . NME . Retrieved 30 July 2016 .
^ NME.COM. "Richard Ashcroft announces solo album 'These People' - hear new song 'This Is How It Feels' " . NME.COM .
^ a b "Reviews for These People by Richard Ashcroft" . Metacritic . Retrieved 30 July 2016 .
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "These People - Richard Ashcroft" . AllMusic . Retrieved 30 July 2016 .
^ Levitt, Jonathan. "Blurt Magazine Review" . Blurt . Retrieved 4 April 2021 .
^ James, Gareth (16 May 2016). "Clash Magazine Review" . Clash . Retrieved 4 April 2021 .
^ Goggins, Joe (19 May 2016). "Drowned in Sound Review" . Drowned in Sound . Retrieved 4 April 2021 .
^ Mongredien, Phil (22 May 2016). "Richard Ashcroft: These People review – bloated production and clunking metaphors" . The Guardian . Retrieved 30 July 2016 .
^ Jeakins, Daniel (20 May 2016). "Richard Ashcroft's return is big on ideas, but lacking direction" . The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved 4 April 2021 .
^ Konemann, Liam. "Loud and Quiet Review" . Loud and Quiet . Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2021 .
^ Dowden, Neil (28 May 2016). "MusicOMH Review" . MusicOMH . Retrieved 4 April 2021 .
^ Berman, Stuart (21 May 2016). "Richard Ashcroft: These People Album Review" . Pitchfork . Retrieved 30 July 2016 .
^ "Austriancharts.at – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Ultratop.be – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 21, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved 28 May 2016 .
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Richard Ashcroft – These People" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 21, 2016" . Chart-Track . IRMA . Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Album - Classifica settimanale WK 21 (dal 2016-05-20 al 2016-05-26)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 28 May 2016 .
^ "Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2016-05-20" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 31 October 2018.
^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Richard Ashcroft – These People" . Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 May 2016.
^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 31 October 2018.
^ "Richard Ashcroft Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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