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| Length = | Label = | Producer = | Last album = ''Foster the People'' (2011) | This album = ''Torches'' (2011) | Next album = ''Supermodel'' (2014) | Misc = }} ''Torches'' is the debut studio album by American indie pop band Foster the People. It was released on May 23, 2011, on Columbia Records and Startime International in the United States. In 2010, the group parlayed the popularity of frontman Mark Foster's song "Pumped Up Kicks" into a record deal with Startime International and wrote the album to back up the song's popularity. "Pumped Up Kicks" proved to be a sleeper hit; after receiving significant airplay on modern rock stations, the song crossed-over onto contemporary hit radio and became one of 2011's most popular songs. Four additional singles were released from the album: "Helena Beat", "Call It What You Want", "Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)", and "Houdini", which had previously been released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom prior to the album's release. ''Torches'' received generally favorable reviews from critics and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. The record peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the US and number one on the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia. It has been certified platinum in Australia and the US,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Accreditations – 2012 Albums )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS&artist=%22Foster%20the%20People%22&format=&go=Search&perPage=50 )〕 Philippines, and Canada.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gold and Platinum Search: Foster the People )〕 ==Background and recording== Not long after the band formed, frontman Mark Foster wrote and recorded the song "Pumped Up Kicks" while working as a jingle writer at Mophonics. The song proved to be the band's breakthrough in 2010, going viral, earning the band a booking at the South by Southwest music festival in March 2010, and garnering attention from music industry professionals. Brent Kredel and Brett Williams were hired to co-manage the group and helped them obtain a record deal with Columbia Records imprint Startime International in May 2010. After the record deal was finalized, Kredel said, "The focus was to stop everything and not work on any marketing or touring, but to make an album that backed up 'Pumped Up Kicks.'" To avoid the band becoming overexposed, Startime allowed the group to pace themselves and not rush an album that would cash in on the popularity of the song. Isaac Green of Startime said, "You can't control everything, but you can be meticulous about the music." From July to September 2010, the group wrote new material that would appear on ''Torches'', and they chose Paul Epworth, Rich Costey, Tony Hoffer and Greg Kurstin to co-produce the record with Mark Foster.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torches (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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