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| Name = Black Friday
| Type = soundtrack
| Artist = ]
| Cover = IndianOcean_BlackFriday.jpg
| Cover size = 170
| Released = January 2005
| Recorded = 2004
| Genre = ], ], ]
| Length = 49:16
| Longtype =
| Language = ]
| Producer = ]
| Label = ]
| Lower caption = Black Friday
| Last album = '']''
| This album = ''Black Friday
| Next album =
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'''''Black Friday''''' is the ] and ] for the 2004 film ]. The album has been composed by the band ] and it is their first film soundtrack.<ref name="telegraph"></ref> It has a total of nine tracks - three songs and six instrumentals. The album was released in January 2005 by ''Times Music''.

''Black Friday'' was recorded over three months in 2003-04,<ref name="ie-2004"></ref> and ] (who produced ]) was the ] as well as co-producer.<ref name="official"></ref> The album's instrumentals make extensive use of ]s, ] and digital sounds;<ref name="official" /> the use of the saxophone, clarinet and electric guitar was a first for the band.<ref name="ie-2004" />

], the director of the film, is a fan of ''Indian Ocean'' and owns all their albums. He visited the band in Delhi along with Arindam Mitra, the producer of the film. "Nothing filmi for my film," he told the band about the kind of music he was expecting.<ref name="ie-2004" /> Kashyap gave the band a free hand when it came to the music.<ref name="indiaglitz"></ref> He gave the following reason for choosing ''Indian Ocean'' to compose the music for his film-
{{cquote|I wanted to use someone away from the pollution of Mumbai kind of music, sounds that are virgin, which have an eccentricity too. If you try some different beat here, people would label you with A.R. Rahman kind of music. I wanted to stay away from that too.<ref></ref>}}

The band created four tunes for the album, but only three made it into the final album.<ref name="indiaglitz" /> Kashyap was listening to some of their tracks and liked ''Bandeh''. Later ] wrote the words after getting "the feel of the song."<ref name="telegraph" /> He has also written the lyrics for the other two songs - ''Badshah In Jail'' and ''Bharam Bhap Ke''.

''Black Friday'' is the most successful album of ''Indian Ocean'', and the song ''Bandeh'' was an instant hit reaching a peak position of #2 on the film charts.<ref></ref><ref></ref>

==Track listing==
# "Bandeh" &ndash; 7:49
# "Badshah In Jail" &ndash; 7:27
# "Bharam Bhap Ke" &ndash; 8:37
# "Opening / Pre Blast" &ndash; 4:48
# "Bomb Planting" &ndash; 3:55
# "Memon House" &ndash; 6:18
# "RDX" &ndash; 3:12
# "Training" &ndash; 3:59
# "Chase" &ndash; 3:31

==Reception==
{{Album ratings prose|date=March 2010}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = ]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |first=Bhasker |last=Gupta |title=Review: ''Black Friday''|url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jjfixzwgldde~T1 |publisher=] |accessdate=2009-07-19}}</ref>
| rev2 = '']''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="IFM">{{cite web |first=Joginder |last=Tuteja|title=Black Friday |url=http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/musicreviews/fullstory.php?id=13652927 |publisher=]|accessdate=2010-03-05}}</ref>
| rev3 = Planet Bollywood
| rev3Score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref name="PB">{{cite web |first=Aakash |last=Gandhi|title=Black Friday |url=http://planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=041906051642 |publisher=Planet Bollywood|accessdate=2010-03-05}}</ref>
}}

The music was very well received with ''Planet Bollywood'' giving it a '''9.0''' rating, and ''India FM'' rating it '''3.5'''. The ''Business Standard'' called it "one of the best albums money can buy this season."<ref></ref> "Exhilarating, simply exhilarating," ''The Hindu'' said and termed the album "a must buy."<ref></ref>

''Indian Ocean'''s songs and score have been described as haunting<ref></ref> and goose bump inducing.<ref></ref>

==See also==
* ]
* ]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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