All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend is the debut studio album by Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora. It was released on 11 March 2016 by Decca Records.[2] It was preceded by the Running with the Wolves extended play, which was released in May 2015. The album includes singles "Runaway", "Running with the Wolves", "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)", "Half the World Away", "Conqueror", "I Went Too Far", and "Winter Bird".

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
Studio album by Aurora
Released	11 March 2016
Recorded	2015–16
Genre	Art pop electropop[1]
Length	46:48 (standard) 64:40 (deluxe)
Label	Decca Glassnote
Producer	Aurora (exec.) Odd Martin Skålnes Magnus Skylstad Nicolas Rebscher Jeremy Wheatley Alf Lund Godbolt Electric Pablo Nouvelle
Aurora chronology
Running with the Wolves (2015) All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016) Infections of a Different Kind (Step 1) (2018)
Aurora studio album chronology
All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016) A Different Kind of Human (Step 2) (2019)
Singles from All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend
"Runaway" Released: 26 February 2015 "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 "I Went Too Far" Released: 5 July 2016 "Winter Bird" Released: 20 December 2016

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
DIY	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A-[5]
MusicOMH	[6]
The Guardian	[7]

All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend received generally positive 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 80, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 10 reviews.[3]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Odd Martin Skålnes and Magnus Åserud Skylstad, except where noted.

Standard edition[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Runaway"	Aurora Aksnes Magnus Åserud Skylstad		4:08
2.	"Conqueror"	Aksnes Geir Luedy Odd Martin Skålnes Skylstad	Skålnes Skylstad Jeremy Wheatley^[b]	3:27
3.	"Running with the Wolves"	Aksnes Michelle Leonard Nicolas Rebscher	Skålnes Rebscher Skylstad	3:14
4.	"Lucky"	Aksnes Skålnes		4:04
5.	"Winter Bird"	Aksnes Jonathan Wright		4:07
6.	"I Went Too Far"	Aksnes Skylstad Skålnes	Skålnes Skylstad Wheatley^[b]	3:27
7.	"Through the Eyes of a Child"	Aksnes Leonard Alf Lund Godbolt	Skålnes Skylstad Godbolt	4:34
8.	"Warrior"	Aksnes Leonard Alexander Knolle Rebscher Skylstad Janis Liphardt	Skålnes Skylstad Wheatley^[b]	3:43
9.	"Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)"	Aksnes Skålnes		3:20
10.	"Home"	Daniel Wilson Thomas Hull[9]		3:32
11.	"Under the Water"	Aksnes Edvard Førre Erfjord Henrik Barman Michelsen	Skålnes Electric Skylstad	4:24
12.	"Black Water Lilies"	Aksnes Skålnes Skylstad		4:42
Total length:				46:48

Deluxe edition[10]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(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"	George Alexander Aberle		2:59
16.	"Wisdom Cries"	Aksnes Leonard Rebscher	Rebscher	4:07
17.	"Running with the Wolves" (Pablo Nouvelle Remix)	Aksnes Leonard Rebscher	Skålnes Rebscher Skylstad Pablo Nouvelle (remixing)	3:50
Total length:				64:40

Notes

• "Conqueror" contains elements of "Now We Are Free" by Lisa Gerrard.
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional producer.

Personnel

• Aurora Aksnes – vocals, piano on "Runaway", "I Went Too Far", "Through the Eyes of a Child" and "Black Water Lilies", synth on "Runaway"
• Alf Lund Godbolt – synth on "Conqueror" and "Lucky", programming on "Through the Eyes of a Child"
• Nicolas Rebscher – synth on "Running with the Wolves", keyboards on "Wisdom Cries", programming on "Running with the Wolves" and "Wisdom Cries"
• Odd Martin Skålnes – synth on all standard edition tracks except "Conqueror", "Running with the Wolves", "Lucky", "Home" and "Under the Water", piano on "Home" and "Half the World Away", drums & percussion on "Conqueror", programming on "Conqueror", "Lucky", "Winter Bird", "I Went Too Far", "Under the Water", "Black Water Lilies" and "Half the World Away", bass guitar on "Conqueror", "Running with the Wolves", "Lucky", "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)" and "Home", acoustic guitar on "Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1,)" (Acoustic) and "Nature Boy"
• Magnus Åserud Skylstad – drums & percussion, synth on "Runaway", "Lucky", "Through the Eyes of a Child" and "Warrior", piano on "Conqueror"
• Oystein Skar – synth on "Home"
• Pete Davis – keyboards & programming on "Conqueror", "I Went Too Far" and "Warrior"
• Michelle Leonard – keyboards & programming on "Wisdom Cries"
• Edvard Eriford – programming on "Under the Water"
• Henrik Michelsen – programming on "Under the Water"
• Matias Monsen – cello on "Nature Boy"
• Askjell Solstrand – wurlitzer organ on "Half the World Away"
• Geoff Lawson – conduction of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on "Half the World Away"

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11]	51
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12]	50
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14]	95
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15]	43
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[16]	33
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[18]	24
Irish Albums (IRMA)[19]	66
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[20]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	41
UK Albums (OCC)[22]	28
US Billboard 200[23]	150
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[24]	21

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)[25]	2× Platinum	40,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone

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