Friendly Fire is the second studio album by Sean Lennon, released on 2 October 2006 by Capitol Records in the US, and Parlophone in the UK. It reached No. 152 on the US Billboard 200 chart and No. 5 in the Top Heatseekers chart. It stayed on the French album chart for 43 weeks and was certified silver.
The inspiration behind most of the songs on Friendly Fire was Lennon's tumultuous relationship with actress Bijou Phillips. According to Lennon, Phillips cheated on him with his childhood best friend, Max LeRoy; LeRoy died shortly afterwards in a motorcycle accident, before he and Lennon were able to resolve their differences.
The album was turned into a film, directed by Michele Civetta and written by Lennon and Civetta. The film stars Lennon, Bijou Phillips, Lindsay Lohan, Devon Aoki, Asia Argento, Jordana Brewster, Carrie Fisher and Harper Simon. Produced by Manu Gargi and Griffin Marcus for Quintessence Films, the story follows Lennon's discovery of Philips' alleged affair throughout a series of music videos. Throughout the film, many different scene settings were used. Scenes set in a circus, in a movie theater, at a fair, and during a Victorian sword fight. The scenes are connected with an overlying setting that represents Lennon's home, where we see Lennon creating art, writing, and eventually, mourn the loss of his relationship with Phillips. Lennon's mother Yoko Ono shared executive production credits with Lennon for the film.
All songs written by Sean Lennon, except where noted.
Bonus DVD