Friendly Fire is the second studio album by
Sean Lennon, released on 2 October 2006[1] by
Capitol Records in the US, and
Parlophone in the UK. It reached #152 on the US
Billboard 200 chart and #5 in the
Top Heatseekers chart.[2] It stayed on the French album chart for 43 weeks and was certified silver.
Background
The inspiration behind most of the songs on Friendly Fire was Lennon's tumultuous relationship with actress
Bijou Phillips.[3] According to Lennon, Phillips cheated on him with his childhood best friend, Max LeRoy;[3] LeRoy died shortly afterwards in a motorcycle accident, before he and Lennon were able to resolve their differences.[3]