# Future This

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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Future This
| type       = studio
| artist     = [the Big Pink](/source/the_Big_Pink)
| cover      = The Big Pink - Future This album cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2012|01|11|df=yes}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
* Smokehouse (London){{efn|Additional vocals on tracks 3, 4, 6 and 8}}
* The Fortress (London){{efn|Additional drums}}
| genre      =
* [Electronic rock](/source/Electronic_rock)
* [indie rock](/source/indie_rock)
* [shoegaze](/source/Shoegazing)
| length     = {{Duration|m=44|s=27}}
| label      = [4AD](/source/4AD)
| producer   = [Paul Epworth](/source/Paul_Epworth)
| prev_title = [A Brief History of Love](/source/A_Brief_History_of_Love)
| prev_year  = 2009
| next_title = The Love That's Ours	
| next_year  = 2022
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Future This
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Stay Gold
 | single1date = 14 November 2011
 | single2     = Hit the Ground (Superman)
 | single2date = 30 January 2012
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| MC = 60/100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/future-this |title=Future This – The Big Pink |publisher=[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic) |access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Jon |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/future-this-mw0002278900 |title=Future This – The Big Pink |publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)''
| rev2Score = B<ref>{{cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Tuyet |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/the-big-pink-future-this,67717/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119215124/http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-big-pink-future-this%2C67717/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2012 |title=The Big Pink: Future This |work=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club) |date=17 January 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[Clash](/source/Clash_(magazine))''
| rev3Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Pearlman |first=Mischa |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-big-pink-future-this |title=The Big Pink – Future This |work=[Clash](/source/Clash_(magazine)) |date=9 January 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound)''
| rev4Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Gourlay |first=Dom |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16725/reviews/4144302 |title=The Big Pink – Future This |publisher=[Drowned in Sound](/source/Drowned_in_Sound) |date=13 January 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305085138/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16725/reviews/4144302}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly)''
| rev5Score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Maerz |first=Melissa |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20560441,00.html |title=Future This review – The Big Pink |magazine=[Entertainment Weekly](/source/Entertainment_Weekly) |date=11 January 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120051445/https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20560441,00.html |archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Nicholson |first=Rebecca |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/12/the-big-pink-future-this-review |title=The Big Pink: Future This – review |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |date=12 January 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[NME](/source/NME)''
| rev7Score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Nicolson |first=Barry |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-big-pink/12600 |title=The Big Pink – 'Future This' |work=[NME](/source/NME) |date=13 January 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630123826/http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-big-pink/12600 |archive-date=30 June 2013}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| rev8Score = 5.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ian |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16122-future-this/ |title=The Big Pink: Future This |website=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website)) |date=16 January 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters)''
| rev9Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Bloom |first=David |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/153401-the-big-pink-future-this/ |title=The Big Pink: Future This |publisher=[PopMatters](/source/PopMatters) |date=19 January 2012 |access-date=10 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203095511/https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/153401-the-big-pink-future-this/ |archive-date=3 February 2013}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[Slant Magazine](/source/Slant_Magazine)''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Liedel |first=Kevin |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/the-big-pink-future-this/ |title=Review: The Big Pink, ''Future This'' |website=[Slant Magazine](/source/Slant_Magazine) |date=12 January 2012 |access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>
}}

'''''Future This''''' is the second studio album by English [electronic rock](/source/electronic_rock) duo [the Big Pink](/source/the_Big_Pink), released on 11 January 2012 by [4AD](/source/4AD). The album was preceded by the release of lead single "Stay Gold" on 14 November 2011.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Milo Cordell and Robbie Furze; additional writers indicated
| title1 = Stay Gold
| writer1 = [Paul Epworth](/source/Paul_Epworth)
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = Hit the Ground (Superman)
| writer2 = {{hlist|Epworth|[Laurie Anderson](/source/Laurie_Anderson)}}
| length2 = 4:56
| title3 = Give It Up
| writer3 = {{hlist|Epworth|Earl Randle}}
| length3 = 4:49
| title4 = The Palace
| writer4 = Epworth
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = 1313
| length5 = 5:52
| title6 = Rubbernecking
| writer6 = Epworth
| length6 = 3:27
| title7 = Jump Music
| length7 = 4:38
| title8 = Lose Your Mind
| length8 = 4:09
| title9 = Future This
| writer9 = [Daniel O'Sullivan](/source/Daniel_O'Sullivan_(musician))
| length9 = 3:56
| title10 = 77
| length10 = 4:43
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = [iTunes Store](/source/iTunes_Store) bonus track<ref>{{cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/future-this/id487664439 |title=Future This by The Big Pink |publisher=[iTunes Store](/source/iTunes_Store) |location=United Kingdom |access-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531131811/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/future-this/id487664439 |archive-date=31 May 2014}}</ref>
| title11 = England
| length11 = 3:13
}}

===Sample credits===
* "Hit the Ground (Superman)" features samples from "[O Superman](/source/O_Superman)" by [Laurie Anderson](/source/Laurie_Anderson).
* "Give It Up" incorporates elements of and features samples from "[I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down](/source/I'm_Gonna_Tear_Your_Playhouse_Down)" by [Ann Peebles](/source/Ann_Peebles).
* "Lose Your Mind" contains elements of "[Happy House](/source/Happy_House)" by [Siouxsie and the Banshees](/source/Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees).

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Future This''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Future This |type=liner notes |others=[The Big Pink](/source/The_Big_Pink) |publisher=[4AD](/source/4AD) |year=2012 |id=CAD3201CD}}</ref>

===The Big Pink===
* Milo Cordell
* Robbie Furze
* Victoria Smith – drums {{small|(track 9)}}
* Zan Lyons – additional viola, programming

===Additional musicians===
* [Sally Herbert](/source/Banderas_(duo)) – additional strings arrangement, violin {{small|(track 10)}}
* Ian Burdge – cello {{small|(track 10)}}
* Chris Prendergast – drums {{small|(track 1)}}

===Technical===
* [Paul Epworth](/source/Paul_Epworth) – production
* [Mark Rankin](/source/Mark_Rankin_(record_engineer)) – engineering
* Joe Hartwell Jones – engineering assistance
* [Alan Moulder](/source/Alan_Moulder) – mixing
* John Catlin – mixing assistance
* Jimmy Robertson – additional vocals recording {{small|(tracks 3, 4, 6, 8)}}
* Tom Morris – additional drums recording

===Artwork===
* Tom Beard – band photograph
* David Emery – booklet photography
* Alison Fielding – design

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Future This''
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2012)
! scope="col"| Peak<br>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Hitseekers Albums ([ARIA](/source/ARIA_Charts))<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue1143.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20120320232823/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20120316-0000/Issue1143.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-03-20 |title=ARIA Hitseekers – Week Commencing 23rd January 2012 |magazine=[The ARIA Report](/source/The_ARIA_Report) |issue=1143 |date=23 January 2012 |page=20 |access-date=9 June 2012 |via=[National Library of Australia](/source/National_Library_of_Australia)}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 12
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Heatseekers Albums ([Ultratop](/source/Ultratop) Flanders)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/2d8da/The-Big-Pink-Future-This |title=The Big Pink – Future This |language=nl |publisher=[Ultratop](/source/Ultratop) |access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref>
| 11
|-
! scope="row"| Belgian Heatseekers Albums ([Ultratop](/source/Ultratop) Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/2d8da/The-Big-Pink-Future-This |title=The Big Pink – Future This |language=fr |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=9 June 2012}}</ref>
| 20
|-
{{album chart|UK2|96|date=20120122|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UKIndependent|10|date=20120122|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|6|artist=The Big Pink|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|32|artist=The Big Pink|rowheader=true|access-date=30 June 2021}}
|}

==Release history==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Release history for ''Future This''
|-
! scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date
! scope="col"| Label
! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
! scope="row"| Japan
| 11 January 2012
| [Hostess Entertainment](/source/Hostess_Entertainment)
| align="center"| <ref name="jp">{{cite web |url=https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Big-Pink_000000000402902/item_Future-This_4233136 |title=Future This |publisher=[HMV Japan](/source/HMV_Japan) |access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| Australia
| rowspan="2"| 13 January 2012
| [Remote Control](/source/Remote_Control_Records)
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/future-this/659455 |title=Future This – Big Pink, The |publisher=[JB Hi-Fi](/source/JB_Hi-Fi) |access-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608090540/http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/future-this/659455 |archive-date=8 June 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| Germany
| rowspan="4"| [4AD](/source/4AD)
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indigo.de/unser_programm/titel/96411/ |title=BIG PINK, THE: Future This |language=de |publisher=Indigo |access-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412081036/http://indigo.de/unser_programm/titel/96411/ |archive-date=12 April 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| 16 January 2012
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=460554 |title=Big Pink: Future This |publisher=[HMV](/source/HMV) |access-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105034648/http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=460554 |archive-date=5 November 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| United States
| 17 January 2012
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Future-This-Big-Pink/dp/B0067F20D2 |title=Future This: The Big Pink |publisher=Amazon |location=United States |access-date=9 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114144632/http://www.amazon.com/Future-This-Big-Pink/dp/B0067F20D2 |archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| France
| 24 January 2012
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fnac.com/a3835584/The-Big-Pink-Future-this-CD-album |title=Future this : The Big Pink |language=fr |publisher=[Fnac](/source/Fnac) |access-date=30 June 2021}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:2012 albums
Category:4AD albums
Category:Albums produced by Paul Epworth
Category:The Big Pink albums

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