What Went Down

What Went Down
Studio album by
Released28 August 2015
Recorded2014–2015
StudioLa Fabrique
(Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France)
GenreIndie rock, alternative rock, hard rock
Length48:21
Label
ProducerJames Ford
Foals chronology
Holy Fire
(2013)
What Went Down
(2015)
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1
(2019)
Singles from What Went Down
  1. "What Went Down"
    Released: 16 June 2015
  2. "Mountain at My Gates"
    Released: 21 July 2015
  3. "Give It All"
    Released: 25 December 2015
  4. "Birch Tree"
    Released: 15 January 2016

What Went Down is the fourth studio album by British rock band Foals, released on 28 August 2015 via Transgressive Records in the United Kingdom.[1] The album is produced by James Ford, known for his work with Simian Mobile Disco, The Last Shadow Puppets and Arctic Monkeys amongst others. Frontman Yannis Philippakis called it their loudest and heaviest record to date.[2] What Went Down debuted at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and at number 58 on the Billboard 200, making it their highest charting album in the United States to date.

  1. ^ Kimberley-Marie Sklinar Green. "Foals share new material: all 12 seconds of it". Never Enough Notes. Archived from the original on 22 September 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Foals Interview: Yannis Philippakis On Their Most Volatile, Intense Album Yet". NME.