The Bones of What You Believe

The Bones of What You Believe is the first studio album by Scottish synth-pop band Chvrches.

The album contains singles like "The Mother We Share", "Recover", "Gun", "Lies" and "Tether".

The album has been certified Gold by the BPI in the UK with sales of one hundred and eighty-four thousand copies.

 Accolades 
 Publication Accolade Rank   The 23 Best Albums of 2013 4  Billboard 15 Best Albums of 2013 13  Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2013 4  MusicOMH Top 100 Albums of 2013 23  NME 50 Best Albums of 2013 23  Paste The 50 Best Albums of 2013 8  Pitchfork The Top 50 Albums of 2013 36  The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s 180  PopMatters The 75 Best Albums of 2013 8  Rolling Stone 50 Best Albums of 2013 32  Slant Magazine The 25 Best Albums of 2013 22  Stereogum The 50 Best Albums of 2013 21 

Track listing

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Bones of What You Believe.

 Chvrches – production ; mixing at Wall 2 Wall Recording, Chicago 
 Jonny Scott – drums 
 Rich Costey – mixing at Eldorado Recording Studios, Burbank, California 
 Chris Kasych – Pro Tools 
 Martin Cooke – Pro Tools 
 Bo Hill – mix assistance 
 Eric Isip – mix assistance 
 Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine
 Amy Burrows – design

Charts

Weekly charts
 Chart (2013) Peakposition Japanese Albums (Oricon) 59

Year-end charts
 Chart (2014) Position US Independent Albums (Billboard) 34 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) 71

Certifications and sales

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Release history
 Region Date Format Edition Label  Australia 20 September 2013 CD Standard Liberation  Digital download   Germany CD Limited Vertigo Berlin  LP Standard  Digital download   Ireland CD Standard   Digital download   France 23 September 2013 Mercury  Italy Universal  United Kingdom  Standard   Digital download   United States 24 September 2013  Standard Glassnote  Digital download   Japan Hostess  25 September 2013 CD Standard  France 7 October 2013  Mercury  Italy 15 October 2013 CD Universal 

References

Category:2013 albums
Category:Chvrches albums