“Stories” is the second studio album by Swedish record producer and deejay Avicii. It was released on digital retailers on 2 October 2015 via PRMD Records.
It comes preceded by the promotional singles “The Days“, included on Ralph Lauren’s Denim & Supply commercial and the second promotional song “The Nights“, included on FIFA 15 game soundtrack. Both tracks will not be included in the album.
About the album, Avicii said:
It’s going to be a lot more song-oriented. True was an attempt at that, getting electronic music in a song format
During Future Music Festival in Australia, Avicii premiered brand new track called “Heaven” featuring vocals of Coldplay’s frontman Chris Martin, another track who missed the final album’s cut.
The producer teams up with Swedish multinational Volvo and released a re-work of Nina Simone’s classic “Feeling Good“ on May 8th. Another track which is not included on the album.
Avicii released the proper and official lead single “Waiting For Love“ on May 22nd. The next official singles, a double A-Side track “Pure Grinding” / “For a Better Day“, was released along the pre-order of the album on iTuens on August 28th.
The final album version of “Broken Arrows” with its official lyric video was premiered through Vevo on September 29th. The track “Ten More Days” was premiered on September 30th.
Tracklist:
Waiting for Love | Simon Aldred, Salem Al Fakir, Vincent Pontare, Tim Bergling & Martin Garrix
Talk to Myself | Sterling Fox, Tim Bergling, Alex Drury & Matt Hartke
Touch Me | Tim Bergling, Adriano Buffone, Gerrard O’Connell, Celeste Waite & Ash Pournouri
Ten More Days | Tim Bergling, Simon Aldred & Zak Zilesnick
For a Better Day | Alex Ebert & Tim Bergling
Broken Arrows | Zac Brown, Rami Yacoub, Carl Falk, Tim Bergling & Niko Moon
True Believer | Tim Bergling & Chris Martin
City Lights | Tim Bergling, Jonas Wallin, Noonie Bao & Ash Pournouri
Pure Grinding | Tim Bergling, Kristoffer Fogelmark, Albin Nedler & Earl Johnson
Sunset Jesus | Tim Bergling, Carl Falk, Rami Yacoub, Mike Posner, Gavin DeGraw, Dhani Lennevald, Alessandro Cavazza & Savan Kotecha
Can’t Catch Me | Tim Bergling, Matthew Miller, Wyclef Jean & Mike Einziger
Somewhere In Stockholm | Tim Bergling, Daniel Adams-Ray, Henrik Jonback, Jonas Wallin & Petter Tarland
Trouble | Tim Bergling, Carl Falk, Wayne Hector & Rami Yacoub
Gonna Love Ya | Tim Bergling, Alessandro Cavazza, Dhani Lennevald, Ash Pournouri & Marcus Thunberg Wessel
Japanese Edition
The Days | Salem Al Fakir, Tim Bergling, Brandon Flowers & Vincent Pontare
The Nights | Nicholas Furlong, Gabriel Benjamin, Jordan Suecof, John Feldmann & Tim Bergling