High (Royal Headache album)

High is the second and final studio album by Australian punk rock band Royal Headache, released on 21 August 2015 by What's Your Rupture?.

High
Studio album by
Royal Headache
Released21 August 2015
Recorded2015
GenrePunk rock
Length28:45
LabelWhat's Your Rupture?
Royal Headache chronology
Royal Headache
(2011)		 High
(2015)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.8/10[1]
Metacritic83/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Consequence of SoundC+[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]
The Guardian[6]
The Irish Times[7]
NME9/10[8]
Pitchfork8.0/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
Spin8/10[11]
Uncut7/10[12]

Steve Lamacq of UK radio station BBC Radio 6 Music selected High as his album of the year, describing it as an "anonymous but brilliant punk album".[13] In October 2017, High was listed at no.83 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[14]

Accolades
Publication Accolade Year Rank
Rough Trade Albums of the Year 2015 2015
8[15]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."My Own Fantasy"3:06
2."Need You"2:24
3."High"2:14
4."Another World"2:22
5."Wouldn't You Know"4:17
6."Garbage"4:01
7."Love Her If I Tried"3:03
8."Carolina"3:15
9."Little Star (The Ballad of Delores)"2:35
10."Electric Shock"1:29

References
  1. "High by Royal Headache reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. "Reviews for High by Royal Headache". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. Sendra, Tim. "High – Royal Headache". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. Corcoran, Nina (11 August 2015). "Royal Headache – High". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  5. Shemesh, Yasmine (19 August 2015). "Royal Headache: High". Exclaim!. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  6. Prescott, Shaun (21 August 2015). "Royal Headache: High review – rough, emotive rock with a sense of import". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. Clayton-Lea, Tony (21 August 2015). "Royal Headache: High | Album Review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  8. Wilkinson, Matt (18 August 2015). "Royal Headache – 'High'". NME. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. Minsker, Evan (18 August 2015). "Royal Headache: High". Pitchfork. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  10. Exposito, Suzy (22 September 2015). "High". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  11. Joyce, Colin (18 August 2015). "Review: Royal Headache Beat a Sophomore Hangover on 'High'". Spin. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  12. Watts, Peter (October 2015). "Royal Headache: High". Uncut (221): 81.
  13. "BBC – 6 Music Recommends Albums of the Year". BBC. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
  14. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
  15. "Albums of the Year 2015". roughtrade.com. 2015-11-25. Archived from the original on 2015-12-05. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
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