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Father of the Bride (album)

Father of the Bride is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend. It was released on May 3, 2019 by Columbia Records, as their first album on a major label.

Father of the Bride
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
RecordedJanuary 2016 – August 2018[a]
Studio
Genre
Length57:50
Label
Producer
Vampire Weekend chronology
Modern Vampires of the City
(2013)
Father of the Bride
(2019)
Singles from Father of the Bride
  1. "Harmony Hall" / "2021"
    Released: January 24, 2019
  2. "Sunflower" / "Big Blue"
    Released: March 6, 2019
  3. "This Life" / "Unbearably White"
    Released: April 4, 2019

The release marked the band's first project in nearly six years, following Modern Vampires of the City (2013), and the group's first project since multi-instrumentalist and producer Rostam Batmanglij's departure from the group. It was primarily produced by Modern Vampires of the City collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid and lead singer Ezra Koenig, and features numerous external collaborators, including Danielle Haim, Steve Lacy, Dave Macklovitch of Chromeo, DJ Dahi, Sam Gendel, BloodPop, and Batmanglij. The pop and indie rock album is musically diverse and heavily referential, contrasting heavy and direct lyrics against a bright spring-time musical mood, with its wide range of influences including country music and jam bands.

The album was preceded by three double singles: "Harmony Hall" / "2021", "Sunflower" / "Big Blue" and "This Life" / "Unbearably White". Upon release, it received widespread acclaim from music critics, earning the band their second Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album as well as their first nomination for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. It was also a commercial success, becoming the group's third consecutive album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200. The band promoted the album with a global tour, featuring an expanded seven-person lineup.

Background and recording

In May 2013, the band released Modern Vampires of the City to critical and commercial success, winning the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. The album was promoted with a world tour, which concluded in September 2014. Tired from the tour, the band took a break from writing and recording. During this period, Koenig created the animated television series Neo Yokio and co-wrote and produced "Hold Up" from Beyoncé's Lemonade. He also gradually relocated from New York City to Los Angeles.[3]

On January 26, 2016, Rostam Batmanglij announced his departure from the band via Twitter, emphasizing that he and Koenig would continue to collaborate.[4] Later the same day, Koenig announced that Vampire Weekend had begun working on their fourth album, under the working title Mitsubishi Macchiato, with Batmanglij contributing to the record.[5] In November 2016 it was reported that the group had signed to Columbia Records, marking their departure from XL Recordings.[6] During 2016 Koenig spent time writing the album and researching in libraries with grad students. In March 2017, he said the album would feature a "spring-time" vibe and at the time consisted of songs entitled "Flower Moon" and "Conversation".[7]

 
Danielle Haim of pop rock band Haim appears on three country-influenced duets with Koenig and contributes backing vocals throughout the album.

The album was primarily recorded in producer Ariel Rechtshaid's home studio in Silver Lake, Los Angeles – dubbed Effie Street Studios – as well as Vox Studios in Hollywood and Sony Music Studios in Tokyo.[1] This led to numerous collaborations with Danielle Haim, who lives with Rechtshaid.[8] In September 2017 Koenig said the album was "about 80% done".[9] Batmanglij was involved in the album, and in a December interview Koenig noted that their method of partnership had not changed despite Batmanglij's departure from the band. He also stated that working with Kanye West had inspired him to include a wider variety of musicians on the album, and that his songwriting for the album had been influenced by country singer Kacey Musgraves. On the influence he said, "I'm the type of person who has spent hours poring over the avant-garde poetic lyrics of certain songwriters, and there was something that felt so good [about how] from the first verse, you knew who was singing, who they were singing to, what kind of situation they were in", noting that this hadn't applied to many Vampire Weekend songs.[10] On August 4, 2018, Koenig announced that the album had been completed.[11]

Music and lyrics

The pop[12][13][14] and indie rock[15][16] album is heavily referential both lyrically and musically, channeling a springtime mood despite its "encyclopedic" density.[17] It explores a broader musical palette than past releases by the band, and contrasts warm, pleasant music against heavy and dark lyrics. Key musical styles explored throughout the album include R&B, soul, country, folk, rock, art pop and baroque pop.[18][19][20] The double album's wide range of musical styles has been compared to the Beatles' White Album (1968),[13][21] although Koenig considers the album closer to more thematically cohesive double albums such as Bruce Springsteen's The River (1980) and Paolo Conte's Aguaplano (1987).[8][22] The loose style of the album has been compared to jam bands such as the Grateful Dead[21] and Phish.[23] It has also been described as more American than previous the group's earlier work, with Koenig's voice and guitar both adapting a roots twang,[24] and songs channeling the Great American Songbook.[13]

The album's lyrical style is more direct and straightforward than Koenig's previous writing, inspired by American country singer Kacey Musgraves.[18] Themes explored on the album include lost youth, romantic downfall, political strife, uncertainty, doom, complacency, environmentalism, and existentialism, with an eventual arc towards redemption and rebirth.[13][23][25][26][27] Weddings and churches act as recurring motifs exploring love, and the album frequently features biblical imagery.[14] Koenig considers the album to be more lyrically cohesive than previous work, stating: "the genres, maybe, and the references go all over the place but I actually think lyrically it’s one of the most unified [Vampire Weekend] albums".[8]

Songs

"Hold You Now" has been described by The Times as "a gorgeous, folky opener". It contains a sample from Hans Zimmer's choral score for The Thin Red Line.[28] It is the first of three duets with Danielle Haim on the album, and its simple lyrics feature Koenig and Haim trading verses about seizing the moment in a relationship.[18] Koenig described these duets as the album's "tentpoles", taking inspiration from country duets by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn.[8][29] He chose to open the album with sparse vocals and acoustic guitar because he thought it was a "weird way to open a Vampire Weekend record".[8] "Harmony Hall" features warm and joyful music, with a "springtime" mood, and has been compared musically to the Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey" (1987). Influences from rave, baggy and Madchester music from 1990s England, such as "Unbelievable" by EMF, are also evident in its piano and beat, with Baroque elements in its bridge.[30][31][32] The "buoyant" music is juxtaposed against dark lyrics, with the track interpolating the line "I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die" from "Finger Back" on the band's previous album Modern Vampires of the City (2013).[33][34] The brief and eclectic "Bambina", inspired by Couperin's Les Barricades Mystérieuses, features vocoder and "crunchy" guitars.[35][36] The musically bright and upbeat "This Life" contains handclaps and lively guitars, with Koenig's lyrics exploring "spiritual uncertainty" with levity, interpolating the line "You’ve been cheating on, cheating on me / I’ve been cheating on, cheating on you" from "Tonight" by American rapper iLoveMakonnen.[37] It has been musically compared to "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison (1967).[17][37] "Big Blue" ambiguously explores religious and cosmic uncertainty, with the concise track including ambient arpeggios, sporadic drum samples, "flowery" harmonies, a choir and detuned guitar riffs as it builds dynamically.[38][23] Its sparse electronic backdrop has been compared to the music on Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak (2008), while its "weeping" guitar style has been compared to the works of George Harrison.[18]

The "lurching" art pop of "How Long?" contrasts jovial and funky keyboards, sound effects, harmonies and guitars against dark and bitter lyrics about the potential demise of Los Angeles.[12][18][39] Writing the song, Koenig was inspired by both hip hop and alternative rock from the 1990s.[8] "Unbearably White" is a "colorful" art pop song, which develops to incorporate isolated vocals, handbells, jazz fusion-inspired bass guitar, and orchestral surges, and lyrically discusses a failing relationship.[12][40][41] Despite the title's allusion to criticisms of the band, the track does not primarily explore race.[17][40] The cryptic "Rich Man" samples palm-wine guitarist S. E. Rogie,[26] and features lush strings, with Koenig "crooning" about romance, wealth and ratios.[42] Koenig began writing the song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards where the group won Best Alternative Music Album for Modern Vampires of the City.[8] "Married in a Gold Rush" is a "lush" country song, and the second on the album to feature Danielle Haim.[28]

The regretful and moody "My Mistake" incorporates jazz, lounge and experimentalism, featuring "watery" sampled field sounds.[14][20][23] The freak folk[43] and flamenco song "Sympathy" contains influences from Schaffel techno,[24] rave,[36] and English rock band New Order.[12] It has been described as "one of the band's most bonkers tracks to date",[44] while Koenig has characterized it as "the most metal Vampire Weekend’s ever gotten".[8] The unorthodox and psychedelic "Sunflower" opens with guitar, bass and scatted vocal runs in unison, reminiscent of prog, with its chorus shifting to warm soul-pop. It features abstract lyrics and channels the musical palette of the 1970s,[45][46] with Koenig comparing the track to the music of Phish.[8] The track features the Internet singer and guitarist Steve Lacy, who also contributed to companion track "Flower Moon",[47] which has been described as an auto-tuned chorale, in the style of the Beach Boys and music from Soweto.[12] "2021" is a minimal and romantic ballad,[48] built around a sample of ambient track "Talking",[1] composed in the 1980s by Haruomi Hosono for Japanese retail company Muji. It features a soft pulsing synthesizer and fingerpicked guitars, along with a distorted vocal sample of the word "boy" sung by Jenny Lewis.[49][48][50]

The anthemic and extravagant "We Belong Together" is the third and final duet with Haim,[28] and has been compared to "Mull of Kintyre" (1977) by Wings and the production work of Kanye West.[12] The track incorporates an early demo recorded by Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij at Martha's Vineyard in April 2012, as well as a separate idea Koenig wrote at a piano;[51] Koenig has described it as potentially the band's most "wholesome" song.[8] "Stranger" explores domesticity,[35] musically incorporating saxophones into its relaxed groove.[19] The song's lyric "things have never been stranger; things are gonna stay strange" has been widely highlighted as a microcosm of the album's core message.[52][53][26] Koenig has said that the song explores "when you’re in a house and you hear other people having a good time and you don’t feel left out because you have a sense of belonging".[8] The in media res narrative of "Spring Snow" laments a farewell to a lover, depicting harsh rays of sunglight and heavy snow against a musical backdrop of chamber pop with a Latin groove.[54][55][56] The "sad" album closer "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin" references the Balfour Declaration,[28] and has musically been compared to the works of Scottish electronic musician Sophie.[39] Koenig chose the three titular cities for their significance to the Jewish people, in order to explore the "struggle of identity". He also found significance in what the three cities represented more broadly, with Jerusalem signifying religion, New York signifying money and Berlin signifying culture.[57]

The album's Japanese bonus tracks include "Houston Dubai", a cover of Mickey Newbury's "I Don't Think Much About Her No More" (1969) and "Lord Ullin's Daughter". The latter song features English actor Jude Law reciting Scottish poet Thomas Campbell's poem of the same name over a stripped back rendition of "Big Blue".[58]

Artwork

I didn't want it to be a cool photograph of the earth in space, I wanted it to have a little bit of that tension of being Mother Nature, the planet that we live on, but also something border-line uncomfortable with that raw digital whiteness just surrounding it.

Ezra Koenig[57]

The album's simple cover artwork depicts a globe in a cartoon style that has been compared to the aesthetics of 1960s grass-roots group Another Mother for Peace, 1990s environmentalism and the early internet. The artwork also places emphasis on the Sony Music logo, and has been described as "in keeping with Koenig’s idiosyncratic idea of kitsch".[59][60] Discussing the cover, Koenig commented that he "always knew [he] wanted the Earth to be on this raw digital white background", and expressed interest in the idea of "bright, raw whiteness", such as on a blank piece of paper or the peak of a mountain, as well as on digital screens, relating the idea to the track "Unbearably White".[61] He also stated that the artwork relates to the album's motif of ecology, and a nostalgia for the optimism of environmentalism in the 1990s.[57] He initially considered using the poster for anime film Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition III: Return the World (2010) as the album's artwork, but decided that due to the album's length "the album cover ha[d] to be incredibly simple. Not full of texture and detail".[22] Koenig has likened this simplicity to the covers of other double albums such as the Beatles' White Album (1968), Fleetwood Mac's Tusk (1979) and Bruce Springsteen's The River (1980).[57]

Release and promotion

In September 2017, Koenig began teasing the album's progression through updates on the percentage of its completion.[62] Music from the album was debuted in June 2018 as a part of the band's first live show since 2014, in Ojai, California. At the show Koenig performed a snippet of "Flower Moon", noting that the song featured Steve Lacy.[63][64] During the group's Lollapalooza after-show in August, the group debuted new music from Koenig's phone for the audience, including "Harmony Hall" and "Sunflower".[65][66]

On January 17, 2019, Koenig announced the album title's initialism, FOTB, as well as its length. He also revealed that the album would be promoted by three monthly double A-side singles.[67] The album's first singles, "Harmony Hall" and "2021", were released on January 24, 2019, with the album's full title announced.[68] A music video for "Harmony Hall" was released in February, directed by Emmett Malloy.[69] The second double single, consisting of "Sunflower" featuring Lacy, and "Big Blue" was released on March 6, alongside an announcement of the album's May 3 release date and artwork.[66] The Jonah Hill-directed music video for "Sunflower" was released the following week.[70] The final double single was released on April 4, including "This Life" and "Unbearably White".[71] A music video for "This Life" was released on May 20, also directed by Malloy.[72]

On February 28, 2020, a deluxe version of the album was released on digital platforms, containing of three tracks which had previously only been available on the album's Japanese release.[73]

Tour and live performances

The band incorporated an expanded touring line-up to promote the album, with Brian Robert Jones, Greta Morgan, Garrett Ray and Will Canzoneri joining the group.[74][75] In January 2019, the band announced a North American tour, beginning on May 17 at Gulf Shores, Alabama, for Hangout Music Festival. Supporting acts for the tour include Angélique Kidjo, Despot and Soccer Mommy.[76] In March further performances were announced across Europe.[77] The group also promoted the album in a series of shows dubbed the "Three Little London Shows" in March.[78] On May 5, two days after the album's release, the band performed three consecutive sets at Webster Hall in New York City, including a performance of the album in full and a majority of the group's back catalogue, as well as appearances by Haim and Dev Hynes. The show concluded a three-stop tour of New York State.[79][80] During a September performance at Madison Square Garden, the band announced new 2020 tour dates.[81]

On March 21, the group appeared on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, performing "Harmony Hall" and a cover of "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee, in reference to the album's track of the same name.[82] In the week following the album's release, they appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing "This Life" and "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin" alongside Haim,[83] and on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, performing "Sunflower".[84] On June 26, the band performed a piano-driven version of "This Life" and a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm Goin' Down" (1985) at New York's Electric Lady Studios for the Spotify Singles series.[85] The group performed, promoting the album, at the Glastonbury Festival.

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10[86]
Metacritic82/100[87]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [88]
Chicago Tribune    [54]
The Daily Telegraph     [15]
The Guardian     [13]
The Independent     [25]
NME     [36]
The Observer     [14]
Pitchfork8.0/10[23]
Rolling Stone     [12]
Vice (Expert Witness)B+[27]

Father of the Bride was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album has received an average score of 82, based on 33 reviews.[87] The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 7.5 out of 10, based on its assessment of the critical consensus.[86]

David Fricke of Rolling Stone described the album as a "masterpiece", praising its meticulous attention to detail and musical breadth, and concluding that "Vampire Weekend now look like the smartest guys in the room, marshalling a sumptuous, emotionally complex music perfect in this pop moment".[12] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis wrote that the album showcased "a band pushing past their boundaries with striking results", and that the few ineffective ideas on the album are significantly outweighed by its highlights.[13] Kitty Empire of sister publication The Observer praised the album's breadth and maturity, writing that it "exudes warmth and no little sonic familiarity, while reflecting what is a radically altered set-up".[14] Chris DeVille of Stereogum wrote that the album could potentially be the group's magnum opus and that it "manages to be both a casual joyride and a multi-layered dissertation on the world’s ills".[52] Variety's Zack Ruskin asserted that the album consists of "inventive, often brilliant ideas delivered with little concern for how palatable listeners might find them", concluding that the album's pleasant music "could soundtrack an afternoon picnic" while its esoteric lyrics could "be used as fodder for a doctorate thesis on songwriting".[21] For The Wall Street Journal, Mark Richardson wrote that the album's quality justified the long wait for its release, writing that despite its length the album felt focused as opposed to sprawling.[89]

Jon Pareles of The New York Times praised the album's contrast between heavy lyrics and bright music,[26] while Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph complimented Koenig's "joyous" experimentation with music and incisive language, advising listeners not to take the record too seriously.[15] For The Independent, Jazz Monroe commended Koenig for maturing without becoming self-serious, writing that the album's low stakes and "unfashionable" nature were its strongest features.[25] In her review for AllMusic, Heather Phares wrote that the album "finds Vampire Weekend embracing change and delivering some of their most mature and satisfying music in the process".[88] Thomas Smith of NME praised the album's fun nature, writing that it "sounds like the work of some pals noodling away in the studio and shooting the shit" and "more often than not it’s a hit, not a miss".[36] In Robert Christgau's Expert Witness column for Vice, he applauded Koenig's complex exploration of class, describing it as a "sprightly, allusive, elusive, technically accomplished collection" that generally "bespeak[s] some fraught combination of lost youth, career anxiety, and, way down deep, political dismay." His one caveat was that the songs are "melodic yet seldom uplifting or effervescent".[27]

In a more critical review, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune described the album as "mild", noting that Koenig's lyrical expressions of discomfort were not conveyed through the pleasant music.[54] For Pitchfork, Mike Powell opined that the album was somewhat overlong and dispensable compared to past releases, and that its discussion of contentment and belonging felt unsuited to the group, but praised the album's braveness and new musical direction.[23] Steven Edelstone of Paste criticized the album's lyrics, and Koenig's adoption of a "derivative" musical style that did not fit the band, concluding that "it’s simply impossible not to wonder what happened and where they lost their way, culminating in a major disappointment for perhaps the most anticipated indie rock album in recent memory".[16] Spin's Jordan Sargent argued that the album was likely the band's worst, yet still rewarding. He praised the band's development, writing: "On the one hand, everything sounds spectacular; on the other, the album does contain some of the worst ideas the band has ever put to tape".[53]

Accolades and honors

At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, Father of the Bride was awarded Best Alternative Music Album.[90] The album was also the group's first to be nominated for Album of the Year, while "Harmony Hall" was nominated for Best Rock Song.[91]

The album appeared on multiple 2019 year-end lists. At Album of the Year, a website which creates an aggregate of music critic's year-end lists, Father of the Bride was listed at rank 11 for 2019.[92] Entertainment Weekly[43] and Thrillist[93] named it the best album of the year, while Vulture,[94] The Observer's Kitty Empire,[95] Us Weekly,[96] British GQ[97] and Stereogum[98] listed it in their top five. The Los Angeles Times,[99] Slant,[100] BrooklynVegan,[101] Rolling Stone,[102] Consequence of Sound[103] and Slate[104] included the album in their top ten, while it was listed among the top 25 by Billboard,[105] NME,[106] The Guardian,[107] Flood,[108] The Atlantic,[109] Paste,[110] GQ[111] and Pitchfork.[112] Other publications that included Father of the Bride in their year-end lists include Complex,[113] Uncut,[114] Uproxx,[115] Mojo,[116] and AllMusic.[117]

The album was also included in decade-end lists for the 2010s by BrooklynVegan (35),[118] Stereogum (84)[119] and Rolling Stone (92).[120]

Commercial performance

Father of the Bride debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 138,000 album-equivalent units, including 119,000 pure album sales. It is Vampire Weekend's third consecutive US number-one album.[121][122] Additionally, 13 songs from the album, including all six of its singles, reached the top 50 of Billboard's US Hot Rock Songs chart.[123] The album also reached number two in the UK[124] and Scotland,[125] and the top ten in Portugal,[126] Ireland,[127] Canada,[128] Australia[129] and the Flemish Region of Belgium.[130]

Track listing

Credits adapted from liner notes.[1]

Father of the Bride track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Hold You Now" (featuring Danielle Haim)2:33
2."Harmony Hall"Koenig
5:08
3."Bambina"Koenig
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
1:42
4."This Life"
4:28
5."Big Blue"Koenig
1:48
6."How Long?"
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
  • Macklovitch[a]
3:32
7."Unbearably White"Koenig
4:40
8."Rich Man"
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
2:29
9."Married in a Gold Rush" (featuring Danielle Haim)KoenigRechtshaid3:42
10."My Mistake"
3:18
11."Sympathy"
  • Koenig
  • Rechtshaid
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
3:46
12."Sunflower" (featuring Steve Lacy)Koenig
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
2:17
13."Flower Moon" (featuring Steve Lacy)
  • Koenig
  • Rechtshaid
  • Sam Gendel
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
  • Lacy[a]
3:57
14."2021"
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
1:38
15."We Belong Together" (featuring Danielle Haim)
  • Koenig
  • Batmanglij
Batmanglij3:10
16."Stranger"Koenig
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
4:08
17."Spring Snow"
  • Koenig
  • BloodPop
  • Gendel
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
  • BloodPop
  • Ross[a]
2:40
18."Jerusalem, New York, Berlin"Koenig
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
  • BloodPop[a]
  • Ross[a]
2:54
Total length:57:50
Japanese and deluxe bonus tracks[2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
19."Houston Dubai"Koenig
  • Rechtshaid
  • Koenig
2:19
20."I Don't Think Much About Her No More"Mickey Newbury
  • Rechtshaid
  • DJ Dahi
2:49
21."Lord Ullin's Daughter" (featuring Jude Law)
  • Rechtshaid
  • DJ Dahi
3:38
Total length:66:36

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer

Samples

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.[1][2]

Musicians

According to the album's liner notes.[c]

Technical

  • Ariel Rechtshaid – engineering (1–14, 16–21), mixing (1, 3, 5–14, 16–21)
  • Chris Kasych – engineering (1–14, 16–19)
  • John DeBold – engineering (1–14, 16–21)
  • Hiroya Takayama – engineering (1–14, 16–19)
  • Takemasa Kosaka – engineering (1–14, 16–19)
  • Dave Schiffman – engineering (2, 8, 9, 12, 19)
  • P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) – engineering (4)
  • Michael Harris – engineering (9, 13, 15, 16)
  • Buddy Ross – engineering (10), mixing (10)
  • Shawn Everett – engineering (11), mixing (1, 16)
  • Rostam Batmanglij – engineering (15), mixing (15)
  • Dalton Ricks – engineering (15)
  • Nick Rowe – engineering (15)
  • Jude Law – engineering (21)
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing (2, 4)
  • Chris Galland – mix engineering (2, 4)
    • Robin Florent – assistance (2, 4)
    • Scott Desmarais – assistance (2, 4)
  • Ezra Koenig – mixing (14, 19–21)
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
    • Chris Allgood – assistance

Artwork

  • Nick Harwood – art direction
  • Primo Kahn – cover design
  • Public-Library – cover design
  • Brendan Ratzlaff – illustration

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[150] Silver 60,000 

  Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Various May 3, 2019
CD 19075930132 (US)
LP 19075930141 (US)
Cassette 19075946164 (US)
Japan[151] May 15, 2019 Sony Records International CD SICP-6117

Notes

  1. ^ Except elements of "We Belong Together", recorded in April 2012.
  2. ^ Except "We Belong Together", recorded at The Stanley's House in Martha's Vineyard, Echo Park Backhouse and Vox;[1] and "Lord Ullin's Daughter", recorded at Heavy Duty in Burbank, CA.[2]
  3. ^ No official list of musicians has been released, and thus the following list is not comprehensive.[8][51][68][131][132]

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External links

  • Father of the Bride at AllMusic
  • Father of the Bride at Discogs (list of releases)

father, bride, album, father, bride, fourth, studio, album, american, indie, rock, band, vampire, weekend, released, 2019, columbia, records, their, first, album, major, label, father, bridestudio, album, vampire, weekendreleasedmay, 2019, 2019, recordedjanuar. Father of the Bride is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend It was released on May 3 2019 by Columbia Records as their first album on a major label Father of the BrideStudio album by Vampire WeekendReleasedMay 3 2019 2019 05 03 RecordedJanuary 2016 August 2018 a StudioEffie Street Silverlake California U S Vox Hollywood California U S Sony Akasaka Minato Japan b GenrePop indie rockLength57 50LabelSpring Snow ColumbiaProducerAriel Rechtshaid Ezra Koenig BloodPop DJ Dahi Rostam BatmanglijVampire Weekend chronologyModern Vampires of the City 2013 Father of the Bride 2019 Singles from Father of the Bride Harmony Hall 2021 Released January 24 2019 Sunflower Big Blue Released March 6 2019 This Life Unbearably White Released April 4 2019The release marked the band s first project in nearly six years following Modern Vampires of the City 2013 and the group s first project since multi instrumentalist and producer Rostam Batmanglij s departure from the group It was primarily produced by Modern Vampires of the City collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid and lead singer Ezra Koenig and features numerous external collaborators including Danielle Haim Steve Lacy Dave Macklovitch of Chromeo DJ Dahi Sam Gendel BloodPop and Batmanglij The pop and indie rock album is musically diverse and heavily referential contrasting heavy and direct lyrics against a bright spring time musical mood with its wide range of influences including country music and jam bands The album was preceded by three double singles Harmony Hall 2021 Sunflower Big Blue and This Life Unbearably White Upon release it received widespread acclaim from music critics earning the band their second Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album as well as their first nomination for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year It was also a commercial success becoming the group s third consecutive album to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 The band promoted the album with a global tour featuring an expanded seven person lineup Contents 1 Background and recording 2 Music and lyrics 2 1 Songs 3 Artwork 4 Release and promotion 4 1 Tour and live performances 5 Reception 5 1 Critical response 5 2 Accolades and honors 5 3 Commercial performance 6 Track listing 7 Personnel 7 1 Musicians 7 2 Technical 7 3 Artwork 8 Charts 8 1 Weekly charts 8 2 Year end charts 9 Certifications 10 Release history 11 Notes 12 References 13 External linksBackground and recording EditIn May 2013 the band released Modern Vampires of the City to critical and commercial success winning the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album The album was promoted with a world tour which concluded in September 2014 Tired from the tour the band took a break from writing and recording During this period Koenig created the animated television series Neo Yokio and co wrote and produced Hold Up from Beyonce s Lemonade He also gradually relocated from New York City to Los Angeles 3 On January 26 2016 Rostam Batmanglij announced his departure from the band via Twitter emphasizing that he and Koenig would continue to collaborate 4 Later the same day Koenig announced that Vampire Weekend had begun working on their fourth album under the working title Mitsubishi Macchiato with Batmanglij contributing to the record 5 In November 2016 it was reported that the group had signed to Columbia Records marking their departure from XL Recordings 6 During 2016 Koenig spent time writing the album and researching in libraries with grad students In March 2017 he said the album would feature a spring time vibe and at the time consisted of songs entitled Flower Moon and Conversation 7 Danielle Haim of pop rock band Haim appears on three country influenced duets with Koenig and contributes backing vocals throughout the album The album was primarily recorded in producer Ariel Rechtshaid s home studio in Silver Lake Los Angeles dubbed Effie Street Studios as well as Vox Studios in Hollywood and Sony Music Studios in Tokyo 1 This led to numerous collaborations with Danielle Haim who lives with Rechtshaid 8 In September 2017 Koenig said the album was about 80 done 9 Batmanglij was involved in the album and in a December interview Koenig noted that their method of partnership had not changed despite Batmanglij s departure from the band He also stated that working with Kanye West had inspired him to include a wider variety of musicians on the album and that his songwriting for the album had been influenced by country singer Kacey Musgraves On the influence he said I m the type of person who has spent hours poring over the avant garde poetic lyrics of certain songwriters and there was something that felt so good about how from the first verse you knew who was singing who they were singing to what kind of situation they were in noting that this hadn t applied to many Vampire Weekend songs 10 On August 4 2018 Koenig announced that the album had been completed 11 Music and lyrics EditThe pop 12 13 14 and indie rock 15 16 album is heavily referential both lyrically and musically channeling a springtime mood despite its encyclopedic density 17 It explores a broader musical palette than past releases by the band and contrasts warm pleasant music against heavy and dark lyrics Key musical styles explored throughout the album include R amp B soul country folk rock art pop and baroque pop 18 19 20 The double album s wide range of musical styles has been compared to the Beatles White Album 1968 13 21 although Koenig considers the album closer to more thematically cohesive double albums such as Bruce Springsteen s The River 1980 and Paolo Conte s Aguaplano 1987 8 22 The loose style of the album has been compared to jam bands such as the Grateful Dead 21 and Phish 23 It has also been described as more American than previous the group s earlier work with Koenig s voice and guitar both adapting a roots twang 24 and songs channeling the Great American Songbook 13 The album s lyrical style is more direct and straightforward than Koenig s previous writing inspired by American country singer Kacey Musgraves 18 Themes explored on the album include lost youth romantic downfall political strife uncertainty doom complacency environmentalism and existentialism with an eventual arc towards redemption and rebirth 13 23 25 26 27 Weddings and churches act as recurring motifs exploring love and the album frequently features biblical imagery 14 Koenig considers the album to be more lyrically cohesive than previous work stating the genres maybe and the references go all over the place but I actually think lyrically it s one of the most unified Vampire Weekend albums 8 Songs Edit Harmony Hall source source Lead single Harmony Hall incorporates influences from both rave and Baroque music This Life source source This Life interpolates rapper iLoveMakonnen while its upbeat music has been compared to Van Morrison s Brown Eyed Girl Sunflower source source The psychedelic Sunflower features Steve Lacy and is influenced by jam bands such as Phish Problems playing these files See media help Hold You Now has been described by The Times as a gorgeous folky opener It contains a sample from Hans Zimmer s choral score for The Thin Red Line 28 It is the first of three duets with Danielle Haim on the album and its simple lyrics feature Koenig and Haim trading verses about seizing the moment in a relationship 18 Koenig described these duets as the album s tentpoles taking inspiration from country duets by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn 8 29 He chose to open the album with sparse vocals and acoustic guitar because he thought it was a weird way to open a Vampire Weekend record 8 Harmony Hall features warm and joyful music with a springtime mood and has been compared musically to the Grateful Dead s Touch of Grey 1987 Influences from rave baggy and Madchester music from 1990s England such as Unbelievable by EMF are also evident in its piano and beat with Baroque elements in its bridge 30 31 32 The buoyant music is juxtaposed against dark lyrics with the track interpolating the line I don t wanna live like this but I don t wanna die from Finger Back on the band s previous album Modern Vampires of the City 2013 33 34 The brief and eclectic Bambina inspired by Couperin s Les Barricades Mysterieuses features vocoder and crunchy guitars 35 36 The musically bright and upbeat This Life contains handclaps and lively guitars with Koenig s lyrics exploring spiritual uncertainty with levity interpolating the line You ve been cheating on cheating on me I ve been cheating on cheating on you from Tonight by American rapper iLoveMakonnen 37 It has been musically compared to Brown Eyed Girl by Van Morrison 1967 17 37 Big Blue ambiguously explores religious and cosmic uncertainty with the concise track including ambient arpeggios sporadic drum samples flowery harmonies a choir and detuned guitar riffs as it builds dynamically 38 23 Its sparse electronic backdrop has been compared to the music on Kanye West s 808s amp Heartbreak 2008 while its weeping guitar style has been compared to the works of George Harrison 18 The lurching art pop of How Long contrasts jovial and funky keyboards sound effects harmonies and guitars against dark and bitter lyrics about the potential demise of Los Angeles 12 18 39 Writing the song Koenig was inspired by both hip hop and alternative rock from the 1990s 8 Unbearably White is a colorful art pop song which develops to incorporate isolated vocals handbells jazz fusion inspired bass guitar and orchestral surges and lyrically discusses a failing relationship 12 40 41 Despite the title s allusion to criticisms of the band the track does not primarily explore race 17 40 The cryptic Rich Man samples palm wine guitarist S E Rogie 26 and features lush strings with Koenig crooning about romance wealth and ratios 42 Koenig began writing the song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards where the group won Best Alternative Music Album for Modern Vampires of the City 8 Married in a Gold Rush is a lush country song and the second on the album to feature Danielle Haim 28 The regretful and moody My Mistake incorporates jazz lounge and experimentalism featuring watery sampled field sounds 14 20 23 The freak folk 43 and flamenco song Sympathy contains influences from Schaffel techno 24 rave 36 and English rock band New Order 12 It has been described as one of the band s most bonkers tracks to date 44 while Koenig has characterized it as the most metal Vampire Weekend s ever gotten 8 The unorthodox and psychedelic Sunflower opens with guitar bass and scatted vocal runs in unison reminiscent of prog with its chorus shifting to warm soul pop It features abstract lyrics and channels the musical palette of the 1970s 45 46 with Koenig comparing the track to the music of Phish 8 The track features the Internet singer and guitarist Steve Lacy who also contributed to companion track Flower Moon 47 which has been described as an auto tuned chorale in the style of the Beach Boys and music from Soweto 12 2021 is a minimal and romantic ballad 48 built around a sample of ambient track Talking 1 composed in the 1980s by Haruomi Hosono for Japanese retail company Muji It features a soft pulsing synthesizer and fingerpicked guitars along with a distorted vocal sample of the word boy sung by Jenny Lewis 49 48 50 The anthemic and extravagant We Belong Together is the third and final duet with Haim 28 and has been compared to Mull of Kintyre 1977 by Wings and the production work of Kanye West 12 The track incorporates an early demo recorded by Koenig and Rostam Batmanglij at Martha s Vineyard in April 2012 as well as a separate idea Koenig wrote at a piano 51 Koenig has described it as potentially the band s most wholesome song 8 Stranger explores domesticity 35 musically incorporating saxophones into its relaxed groove 19 The song s lyric things have never been stranger things are gonna stay strange has been widely highlighted as a microcosm of the album s core message 52 53 26 Koenig has said that the song explores when you re in a house and you hear other people having a good time and you don t feel left out because you have a sense of belonging 8 The in media res narrative of Spring Snow laments a farewell to a lover depicting harsh rays of sunglight and heavy snow against a musical backdrop of chamber pop with a Latin groove 54 55 56 The sad album closer Jerusalem New York Berlin references the Balfour Declaration 28 and has musically been compared to the works of Scottish electronic musician Sophie 39 Koenig chose the three titular cities for their significance to the Jewish people in order to explore the struggle of identity He also found significance in what the three cities represented more broadly with Jerusalem signifying religion New York signifying money and Berlin signifying culture 57 The album s Japanese bonus tracks include Houston Dubai a cover of Mickey Newbury s I Don t Think Much About Her No More 1969 and Lord Ullin s Daughter The latter song features English actor Jude Law reciting Scottish poet Thomas Campbell s poem of the same name over a stripped back rendition of Big Blue 58 Artwork EditI didn t want it to be a cool photograph of the earth in space I wanted it to have a little bit of that tension of being Mother Nature the planet that we live on but also something border line uncomfortable with that raw digital whiteness just surrounding it Ezra Koenig 57 The album s simple cover artwork depicts a globe in a cartoon style that has been compared to the aesthetics of 1960s grass roots group Another Mother for Peace 1990s environmentalism and the early internet The artwork also places emphasis on the Sony Music logo and has been described as in keeping with Koenig s idiosyncratic idea of kitsch 59 60 Discussing the cover Koenig commented that he always knew he wanted the Earth to be on this raw digital white background and expressed interest in the idea of bright raw whiteness such as on a blank piece of paper or the peak of a mountain as well as on digital screens relating the idea to the track Unbearably White 61 He also stated that the artwork relates to the album s motif of ecology and a nostalgia for the optimism of environmentalism in the 1990s 57 He initially considered using the poster for anime film Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition III Return the World 2010 as the album s artwork but decided that due to the album s length the album cover ha d to be incredibly simple Not full of texture and detail 22 Koenig has likened this simplicity to the covers of other double albums such as the Beatles White Album 1968 Fleetwood Mac s Tusk 1979 and Bruce Springsteen s The River 1980 57 Release and promotion EditIn September 2017 Koenig began teasing the album s progression through updates on the percentage of its completion 62 Music from the album was debuted in June 2018 as a part of the band s first live show since 2014 in Ojai California At the show Koenig performed a snippet of Flower Moon noting that the song featured Steve Lacy 63 64 During the group s Lollapalooza after show in August the group debuted new music from Koenig s phone for the audience including Harmony Hall and Sunflower 65 66 On January 17 2019 Koenig announced the album title s initialism FOTB as well as its length He also revealed that the album would be promoted by three monthly double A side singles 67 The album s first singles Harmony Hall and 2021 were released on January 24 2019 with the album s full title announced 68 A music video for Harmony Hall was released in February directed by Emmett Malloy 69 The second double single consisting of Sunflower featuring Lacy and Big Blue was released on March 6 alongside an announcement of the album s May 3 release date and artwork 66 The Jonah Hill directed music video for Sunflower was released the following week 70 The final double single was released on April 4 including This Life and Unbearably White 71 A music video for This Life was released on May 20 also directed by Malloy 72 On February 28 2020 a deluxe version of the album was released on digital platforms containing of three tracks which had previously only been available on the album s Japanese release 73 Tour and live performances Edit The band incorporated an expanded touring line up to promote the album with Brian Robert Jones Greta Morgan Garrett Ray and Will Canzoneri joining the group 74 75 In January 2019 the band announced a North American tour beginning on May 17 at Gulf Shores Alabama for Hangout Music Festival Supporting acts for the tour include Angelique Kidjo Despot and Soccer Mommy 76 In March further performances were announced across Europe 77 The group also promoted the album in a series of shows dubbed the Three Little London Shows in March 78 On May 5 two days after the album s release the band performed three consecutive sets at Webster Hall in New York City including a performance of the album in full and a majority of the group s back catalogue as well as appearances by Haim and Dev Hynes The show concluded a three stop tour of New York State 79 80 During a September performance at Madison Square Garden the band announced new 2020 tour dates 81 On March 21 the group appeared on BBC Radio 1 s Live Lounge performing Harmony Hall and a cover of Sunflower by Post Malone and Swae Lee in reference to the album s track of the same name 82 In the week following the album s release they appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performing This Life and Jerusalem New York Berlin alongside Haim 83 and on Jimmy Kimmel Live performing Sunflower 84 On June 26 the band performed a piano driven version of This Life and a cover of Bruce Springsteen s I m Goin Down 1985 at New York s Electric Lady Studios for the Spotify Singles series 85 The group performed promoting the album at the Glastonbury Festival Reception EditCritical response Edit Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingAnyDecentMusic 7 5 10 86 Metacritic82 100 87 Review scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 88 Chicago Tribune 54 The Daily Telegraph 15 The Guardian 13 The Independent 25 NME 36 The Observer 14 Pitchfork8 0 10 23 Rolling Stone 12 Vice Expert Witness B 27 Father of the Bride was met with widespread critical acclaim At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications the album has received an average score of 82 based on 33 reviews 87 The aggregator AnyDecentMusic gave it 7 5 out of 10 based on its assessment of the critical consensus 86 David Fricke of Rolling Stone described the album as a masterpiece praising its meticulous attention to detail and musical breadth and concluding that Vampire Weekend now look like the smartest guys in the room marshalling a sumptuous emotionally complex music perfect in this pop moment 12 The Guardian s Alexis Petridis wrote that the album showcased a band pushing past their boundaries with striking results and that the few ineffective ideas on the album are significantly outweighed by its highlights 13 Kitty Empire of sister publication The Observer praised the album s breadth and maturity writing that it exudes warmth and no little sonic familiarity while reflecting what is a radically altered set up 14 Chris DeVille of Stereogum wrote that the album could potentially be the group s magnum opus and that it manages to be both a casual joyride and a multi layered dissertation on the world s ills 52 Variety s Zack Ruskin asserted that the album consists of inventive often brilliant ideas delivered with little concern for how palatable listeners might find them concluding that the album s pleasant music could soundtrack an afternoon picnic while its esoteric lyrics could be used as fodder for a doctorate thesis on songwriting 21 For The Wall Street Journal Mark Richardson wrote that the album s quality justified the long wait for its release writing that despite its length the album felt focused as opposed to sprawling 89 Jon Pareles of The New York Times praised the album s contrast between heavy lyrics and bright music 26 while Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph complimented Koenig s joyous experimentation with music and incisive language advising listeners not to take the record too seriously 15 For The Independent Jazz Monroe commended Koenig for maturing without becoming self serious writing that the album s low stakes and unfashionable nature were its strongest features 25 In her review for AllMusic Heather Phares wrote that the album finds Vampire Weekend embracing change and delivering some of their most mature and satisfying music in the process 88 Thomas Smith of NME praised the album s fun nature writing that it sounds like the work of some pals noodling away in the studio and shooting the shit and more often than not it s a hit not a miss 36 In Robert Christgau s Expert Witness column for Vice he applauded Koenig s complex exploration of class describing it as a sprightly allusive elusive technically accomplished collection that generally bespeak s some fraught combination of lost youth career anxiety and way down deep political dismay His one caveat was that the songs are melodic yet seldom uplifting or effervescent 27 In a more critical review Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune described the album as mild noting that Koenig s lyrical expressions of discomfort were not conveyed through the pleasant music 54 For Pitchfork Mike Powell opined that the album was somewhat overlong and dispensable compared to past releases and that its discussion of contentment and belonging felt unsuited to the group but praised the album s braveness and new musical direction 23 Steven Edelstone of Paste criticized the album s lyrics and Koenig s adoption of a derivative musical style that did not fit the band concluding that it s simply impossible not to wonder what happened and where they lost their way culminating in a major disappointment for perhaps the most anticipated indie rock album in recent memory 16 Spin s Jordan Sargent argued that the album was likely the band s worst yet still rewarding He praised the band s development writing On the one hand everything sounds spectacular on the other the album does contain some of the worst ideas the band has ever put to tape 53 Accolades and honors Edit At the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards Father of the Bride was awarded Best Alternative Music Album 90 The album was also the group s first to be nominated for Album of the Year while Harmony Hall was nominated for Best Rock Song 91 The album appeared on multiple 2019 year end lists At Album of the Year a website which creates an aggregate of music critic s year end lists Father of the Bride was listed at rank 11 for 2019 92 Entertainment Weekly 43 and Thrillist 93 named it the best album of the year while Vulture 94 The Observer s Kitty Empire 95 Us Weekly 96 British GQ 97 and Stereogum 98 listed it in their top five The Los Angeles Times 99 Slant 100 BrooklynVegan 101 Rolling Stone 102 Consequence of Sound 103 and Slate 104 included the album in their top ten while it was listed among the top 25 by Billboard 105 NME 106 The Guardian 107 Flood 108 The Atlantic 109 Paste 110 GQ 111 and Pitchfork 112 Other publications that included Father of the Bride in their year end lists include Complex 113 Uncut 114 Uproxx 115 Mojo 116 and AllMusic 117 The album was also included in decade end lists for the 2010s by BrooklynVegan 35 118 Stereogum 84 119 and Rolling Stone 92 120 Commercial performance Edit Father of the Bride debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 138 000 album equivalent units including 119 000 pure album sales It is Vampire Weekend s third consecutive US number one album 121 122 Additionally 13 songs from the album including all six of its singles reached the top 50 of Billboard s US Hot Rock Songs chart 123 The album also reached number two in the UK 124 and Scotland 125 and the top ten in Portugal 126 Ireland 127 Canada 128 Australia 129 and the Flemish Region of Belgium 130 Track listing EditCredits adapted from liner notes 1 Father of the Bride track listingNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Hold You Now featuring Danielle Haim Ezra KoenigHans ZimmerAriel RechtshaidKoenig2 332 Harmony Hall KoenigRechtshaidKoenigRostam Batmanglij a 5 083 Bambina KoenigRechtshaidKoenig1 424 This Life KoenigMakonnen SheranMark RonsonRechtshaidKoenigDave Macklovitch a 4 285 Big Blue KoenigRechtshaidKoenigDJ Dahi1 486 How Long KoenigWilliam ShelbyStephen ShockleyLeon F Silvers IIIRechtshaidKoenigMacklovitch a 3 327 Unbearably White KoenigRechtshaidKoenigBloodPop a 4 408 Rich Man KoenigS E RogieRechtshaidKoenig2 299 Married in a Gold Rush featuring Danielle Haim KoenigRechtshaid3 4210 My Mistake KoenigLudwig GoranssonRechtshaidKoenigDJ DahiBuddy Ross a 3 1811 Sympathy KoenigRechtshaidRechtshaidKoenig3 4612 Sunflower featuring Steve Lacy KoenigRechtshaidKoenig2 1713 Flower Moon featuring Steve Lacy KoenigRechtshaidSam GendelRechtshaidKoenigLacy a 3 5714 2021 Haruomi HosonoKoenigRechtshaidKoenig1 3815 We Belong Together featuring Danielle Haim KoenigBatmanglijBatmanglij3 1016 Stranger KoenigRechtshaidKoenig4 0817 Spring Snow KoenigBloodPopGendelRechtshaidKoenigBloodPopRoss a 2 4018 Jerusalem New York Berlin KoenigRechtshaidKoenigBloodPop a Ross a 2 54Total length 57 50 Japanese and deluxe bonus tracks 2 No TitleWriter s Producer s Length19 Houston Dubai KoenigRechtshaidKoenig2 1920 I Don t Think Much About Her No More Mickey NewburyRechtshaidDJ Dahi2 4921 Lord Ullin s Daughter featuring Jude Law Koenig music Thomas Campbell text RechtshaidDJ Dahi3 38Total length 66 36 Notes a signifies an additional producerSamples Hold You Now contains a sample of God Yu Tekem Laef Blong Mi composed by Hans Zimmer from the film The Thin Red Line How Long contains elements of And the Beat Goes On written by William Shelby Stephen Shockley and Leon F Silvers III Rich Man contains a sample of Please Go Easy With Me written and performed by S E Rogie 2021 contains a sample of Talking written by Haruomi Hosono Personnel EditAdapted from the album s liner notes and Tidal 1 2 Musicians Edit According to the album s liner notes c Ezra Koenig lead vocals guitars Rostam Batmanglij 12 string acoustic guitar 15 Matt Chamberlain drums 15 Sam Gendel saxophone 10 Danielle Haim lead vocals 1 9 15 backing vocals 2 4 11 13 16 18 20 Tommy King piano 2 9 Steve Lacy lead vocals 12 13 backing vocals 10 acoustic guitar 10 Jude Law lead vocals 21 Greg Leisz electric guitar 2 16 pedal steel guitar 2 16 Jenny Lewis vocal sample 14 David Longstreth backing vocals 2 guitar 2 Jake Longstreth guitar 4 Serena McKinney violins 7 8 John Nixon guitar 16 Ariel Rechtshaid guitar 16 Buddy Ross synthesizers 2 7 10 17 18 Wurlitzer 2 7 piano 10 17 18 strings 10 backing vocals 10 17 Technical Edit Ariel Rechtshaid engineering 1 14 16 21 mixing 1 3 5 14 16 21 Chris Kasych engineering 1 14 16 19 John DeBold engineering 1 14 16 21 Hiroya Takayama engineering 1 14 16 19 Takemasa Kosaka engineering 1 14 16 19 Dave Schiffman engineering 2 8 9 12 19 P Thugg Patrick Gemayel engineering 4 Michael Harris engineering 9 13 15 16 Buddy Ross engineering 10 mixing 10 Shawn Everett engineering 11 mixing 1 16 Rostam Batmanglij engineering 15 mixing 15 Dalton Ricks engineering 15 Nick Rowe engineering 15 Jude Law engineering 21 Manny Marroquin mixing 2 4 Chris Galland mix engineering 2 4 Robin Florent assistance 2 4 Scott Desmarais assistance 2 4 Ezra Koenig mixing 14 19 21 Emily Lazar mastering Chris Allgood assistance Artwork Edit Nick Harwood art direction Primo Kahn cover design Public Library cover design Brendan Ratzlaff illustrationCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 2019 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 129 8Austrian Albums O3 Austria 133 13Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 130 8Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 134 24Canadian Albums Billboard 128 6Dutch Albums Album Top 100 135 11French Albums SNEP 136 38German Albums Offizielle Top 100 137 21Irish Albums OCC 127 5Italian Albums FIMI 138 77Japan Hot Albums Billboard Japan 139 58Japanese Albums Oricon 140 30New Zealand Albums RMNZ 141 24Norwegian Albums VG lista 142 14Portuguese Albums AFP 126 3Scottish Albums OCC 125 2Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 143 34Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 144 31Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 145 15UK Albums OCC 124 2US Billboard 200 121 1US Top Rock Albums Billboard 146 1 Year end charts Edit Chart 2019 PositionUS Billboard 200 147 200US Alternative Albums 148 20US Rock Albums 149 36Certifications EditRegion Certification Certified units salesUnited Kingdom BPI 150 Silver 60 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history EditRegion Date Label Format CatalogVarious May 3 2019 Spring SnowColumbia Digital downloadstreamingCD 19075930132 US LP 19075930141 US Cassette 19075946164 US Japan 151 May 15 2019 Sony Records International CD SICP 6117Notes Edit Except elements of We Belong Together recorded 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