Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022) is the third studio album from British producer Fred Gibson under the stage name Fred Again. It was released on October 28, 2022, through Atlantic Records. Similar to the previous two releases in the Actual Life series, Actual Life 3 incorporates samples and audio clips from existing material, such as Instagram videos. At the Grammy Awards 2024, it won Best Dance/Electronic Album and was shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Prize.
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Critical reception
Actual Life 3 was released to positive reviews. The album featured at 19th in Double J's 50 best albums of the year. It also featured on Billboard's top 50 list, garnering 41st.
It was nominated for Album of the Year at the 2023 Brit Awards.
In the 2022 Triple J Hottest 100, two of the album's songs were featured in the countdown. "Delilah (Pull Me Out of This)" was 14th and "Danielle (Smile on My Face)" was 100th. Although Pitchfork gave the album only 5.9/10, stating that "it feels slightly indulgent."
It won the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album at the Grammy's in 2024.
Track listing
Notes
All track titles are stylised with parenthetical text in all lowercase. As an example, "Eyelar (Shutters)" is stylised "Eyelar (shutters)".
^[a] signifies an additional producer.
Sample credits
"Delilah (Pull Me Out of This)" samples "Lost Keys" by Delilah Montagu.
"Bleu (Better With Time)" samples "You're Mines Still" by Yung Bleu.
"Danielle (Smile on My Face)" samples "Nice to Have" by 070 Shake.
"Kelly (End of a Nightmare)" samples "Take Hold of Me" by Wet.
"Clara (The Night Is Dark)" samples "The Storm is Passing Over" as performed by The Clara Ward Singers.
"Winnie (End of Me)" samples "The End of Me" by Winnie Raeder.
Personnel
Musicians
Fred Again – programming (1–5, 7, 8, 10–13), vocals (tracks 1, 6, 9, 12)
Benjy Gibson – programming (2, 5, 8)
Eyelar Mirzazadeh – vocals (2)
Parisi – programming (4, 7–12), bass (7, 10), synthesizer (7, 9, 11), sound effects (10), drums (11), keyboards (11)
Marco Parisi – bass (3), synthesizer (3, 8), programming (4), keyboards (5)
Giampaolo Parisi – drums (3, 8), programming (3, 4, 8), sound effects (5), bass (7, 10), synthesizer (7, 9)
Alex Gibson – programming (3)
Kieran Hebden – programming (3), drum programming (8)
Delilah Montagu – vocals (3, 10)
Kamille – vocals (4, 10)
Rob Milton – programming (5)
Dermot Kennedy – vocals (5, 10)
Jeremy Biddle – vocals (6)
Kelly Zutrau – vocals (9)
Clara Ward Singers – vocals (10, 11)
Jamie xx – programming (12)
Winnie Raeder – vocals (12)
Technical
Jay Reynolds – mastering, mixing (1, 2, 4, 6, 9–13)