VHS (album)

VHS
Studio album by X Ambassadors
Released June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)
Genre
Length 47:14
Label
Producer
X Ambassadors chronology
The Reason
(2014)		 VHS
(2015)
Singles from VHS
  1. "Jungle"
    Released: 2014
  2. "Renegades"
    Released: March 3, 2015
  3. "Unsteady"
    Released: October 13, 2015
  4. "Low Life"
    Released: June 28, 2016
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Addiction[1]
Billboard[2]
Brent Music Reviews[3]
Everything Mainstream[4]
Surviving the Golden Age[5]

VHS is the debut studio album by American rock band X Ambassadors. It was released on June 30, 2015 by KIDinaKORNER and Interscope Records. The album has spawned four singles so far, "Jungle", "Renegades", "Unsteady" and "Low Life".

The special edition titled as VHS 2.0 was released on June 10, 2016 with five additional tracks and the interludes removed.

Track listing

Standard edition
No. Title Length
1. "Y2K Time Capsule"   0:31
2. "Renegades"   3:15
3. "Moving Day" (Interlude) 0:19
4. "Unsteady"   3:13
5. "Hang On"   3:00
6. "Gorgeous"   3:17
7. "First Show" (Interlude) 0:11
8. "Fear" (featuring Imagine Dragons) 2:41
9. "Smoke" (Interlude) 0:24
10. "Nervous"   3:33
11. "Low Life" (featuring Jamie N Commons) 4:40
12. "Adam & Noah's Priorities" (Interlude) 0:27
13. "B.I.G."   3:29
14. "Feather"   3:17
15. "Superpower"   3:12
16. "Loveless"   3:19
17. "Jungle" (featuring Jamie N Commons) 3:09
18. "Good News on the Remix" (Interlude) 0:51
19. "Naked"   3:21
20. "VHS Outro"   1:25
Target exclusive bonus tracks[6]
No. Title Length
21. "Skin"   4:26
22. "Heist"   3:34
VHS 2.0
No. Title Length
1. "Renegades"   3:15
2. "Unsteady"   3:13
3. "Hang On"   3:00
4. "Gorgeous"   3:17
5. "Fear" (featuring Imagine Dragons) 2:41
6. "Nervous"   3:33
7. "Low Life" (featuring Jamie N Commons) 4:40
8. "B.I.G."   3:29
9. "Feather"   3:17
10. "Superpower"   3:12
11. "Loveless"   3:19
12. "Jungle" (featuring Jamie N Commons) 3:09
13. "Naked"   3:21
14. "Low Life 2.0" (featuring Jamie N Commons & A$AP Ferg) 3:26
15. "Kerosene Dreams"   3:53
16. "Collider" (featuring Tom Morello) 3:19
17. "Gorgeous (Upstate Sessions)"   3:44
18. "Eye Of The Storm"   3:47

Charts

Chart (2015–16) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 181
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 85
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 56
UK Albums (OCC)[11] 41
US Billboard 200[12] 7

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Canada (Music Canada)[13] Gold 40,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
United States 30 June 2015
[14]
United Kingdom 1 January 2016 Digital download [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Album Review of VHS by X Ambassadors". Alternative Addiction. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hampp, Andrew (July 3, 2015). "Alt-Rockers X Ambassadors Take a Page From Imagine Dragons on 'VHS'". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved July 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Overall, X Ambassadors' debut album is a strong showing.". Brent Music Reviews. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ Freecheck, Joel (June 22, 2015). "VHS – X Ambassadors, Everything Mainstream Album Review". Everything Mainsteam. blog. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  5. ↑ "The lyrics pop out, urging you to sing along as it distracts the fact that the music itself is quite mundane.". Surviving the Golden Age. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  6. ↑ "X Ambassadors - VHS - Target Exclusive". Target.
  7. ↑ "Ultratop.be – X Ambassadors – VHS" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ "X Ambassadors – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for X Ambassadors. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lescharts.com – X Ambassadors – VHS". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – X Ambassadors – VHS" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  12. ↑ "X Ambassadors – Chart history" Billboard 200 for X Ambassadors. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – X Ambassadors – VHS". Music Canada.
  14. ↑ "X Ambassadors - VHS [Explicit] - Amazon.com Music". Amazon.com.
  15. ↑ "iTunes - Music - VHS by X Ambassadors". iTunes Store (GB).
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