2022 studio album by 5 Seconds of Summer
5SOS5 pop rock band5 Seconds of Summer , released on 23 September 2022 throughBMG Rights Management .[ 1] Complete Mess ", "Take My Hand ", "Me Myself & I ", "Blender " and "Older " (featuring Vietnamese-American singerSierra Deaton , partner of band memberLuke Hemmings ). The track list was revealed on 10 May 2022,[ 2] [ 3]
The band promoted the album whilst on theTake My Hand World Tour , which officially began inDublin on 3 April 2022.[ 4]
5 Seconds of Summer spent two years working on the album, beginning after the release ofCalm Luke Hemmings called the lyrical content written for the album "extremely introspective". The band wrote and produced most of the album themselves, including the first two singles, "Complete Mess" and "Take My Hand".[ 3] [ 4]
The album's lead single, "Complete Mess ", was released on 2 March 2022.[ 5] Billboard Hot 100[ 6]
The second single, "Take My Hand ", followed on 1 April 2022,[ 7] Irish Singles Chart .[ 8]
Third single "Me Myself & I " was released alongside the album announcement on 11 May 2022.[ 3] ARIA Singles Chart .[ 9]
The fourth single "Blender " was released with no prior announcement on 13 July 2022, after the band had begun performing it live on theTake My Hand tour.
The fifth single "Older " (featuring Sierra Deaton) was released on 7 September 2022, after the band released a snippet of Hemmings singing "Older" on their social media pages the previous day; however, it was not announced the song would be released the next day.[ 10] [ 11]
The promotional single "Bad Omens " was released on 23 September 2022. A video of the song, featuring a romance car, was released on 26 September 2022.
Matt Collar ofAllMusic gave the album a 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that "much of the album brings to mindthe Weeknd 's distinctive brand of atmospheric pop -- songs shot through with a yearning, after-hours regret and spiritual modern-rock uplift". He praised the songs "Complete Mess ", "Me Myself & I", "Take My Hand", and "Bad Omens".[ 12] Clash [ 13] The Indiependent praised it as "a beautifully hand-crafted album, symbolising eleven years of the band's musical experience."[ 15]
The album debuted at number two on theBillboard 200 with 48,000equivalent album units sold in its first week in the US, including 36,000 in pure album sales.[ 16] [ 17]
5SOS5 – Physical standard edition [ 18] [ 19] No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Complete Mess " Clifford 3:26 2. "Easy for You to Say" Hemmings Irwin Hood Clifford Clifford 4:00 3. "Bad Omens " Evigan 3:35 4. "Me Myself & I " 2:57 5. "Take My Hand " (Joshua Tree version) Hemmings Clifford 4:57 6. "Carousel" Clifford 3:56 7. "Older " (featuring Sierra Deaton) Clifford 3:17 8. "Haze" Hemmings Irwin Hood Clifford 5 Seconds of Summer Matthew Pauling 3:33 9. "You Don't Go to Parties" Colin Brittain 3:15 10. "Blender " Thomas 2:27 11. "Caramel" Feldmann 3:10 12. "Best Friends" Hemmings Irwin Hood Clifford 3:11 13. "Bleach" Hemmings Irwin Hood Clifford 3:01 14. "Red Line" Hemmings Irwin Hood Clifford Clifford 3:23 Total length: 48:08
5SOS5 – Digital edition and physical deluxe edition [ 20] [ 21] No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 15. "Moodswings" Clifford 2:34 16. "Flatline" 3:03 17. "Emotions" Clifford 3:18 18. "Bloodhound" Clifford 3:22 19. "Tears!" Brittain 3:27 Total length: 63:52
5SOS5 – Japanese edition [ 4] No. Title Length 20. "Complete Mess" (acoustic version) 2:52 Total length: 66:44
Notes
"Complete Mess", "Carousel", "Haze", "Blender", and "Tears!" are stylized inall caps . The album version of "Take My Hand " is fifty eight seconds longer than the original; it contains a voice memo from Luke Hemmings, recorded inJoshua Tree National Park . On vinyl, "Carousel" and "Blender" are switched places. 5 Seconds of Summer
Luke Hemmings – guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1–8, 10–16, 18), keyboards (tracks 1–6, 8, 10–13, 15–19), backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–15, 17–19), producer (track 8[ a] [ a] programmer (tracks 5, 8[ a] Michael Clifford – guitar (tracks 1–2, 4–19), lead vocals (tracks 1–2, 10, 12–13, 15, 17–18), keyboards (tracks 1–6, 8, 10–13, 15–19), backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–19), producer (tracks 1–2, 5–8,[ a] [ a] [ a] Calum Hood – bass guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1, 6, 8–10, 13, 15, 18), guitar (track 11), keyboards (all tracks), backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–19), producer (track 8[ a] [ a] [ a] Ashton Irwin – drums, lead vocals (tracks 8–9, 11, 19), keyboards (tracks 1–6, 8–13, 15–19), backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–19), producer (track 8[ a] [ a] [ a] Additional musicians
Technical personnel
Neal Avron –engineer (tracks 1, 5–6)Courtney Ballard – engineer (track 2) Jon Bellion – producer (track 4)Chris Bennion – assistant mix engineer (track 2) Michael Bono – engineer (track 11) Bryce Bordone – assistant mixer (tracks 4, 16) Colin "Doc" Brittain – producer (tracks 9, 19), instrumentation (tracks 9, 19), programmer (tracks 9, 19), vocal producer (tracks 9, 19) Zander Caruso – additional production (tracks 6–7), instrumentation (track 7), programmer (track 7), additional programmer (track 17), drum programmer (tracks 15, 17) Lionel Crasta – engineer (tracks 3–4), vocal producer (tracks 3–4) Tommy Dietrick – engineer Jason Evigan – producer (tracks 3–4), drum programmer (tracks 3–4), vocal producer (track 3) Rafael Fadul – engineer (tracks 3–4) John Feldmann – producer (tracks 11–12), instrumentation (track 11), programmer (track 11)Michael Freeman – engineer (tracks 8, 12, 15, 17, 19) Chris Gehringer – engineer (tracks 1–19)Serban Ghenea – engineer (tracks 4, 16)Eli Heisler – assistant mixer (track 7) Cameron Hogan – engineer (tracks 3–4) Wylie Hopkins – producer (track 13), instrumentation (track 13), programmer (track 13) Andy Inadomi – engineer (tracks 7, 15) Chris Kasych – engineer (tracks 2, 4–6, 8, 12–14) James Krausse – engineer (track 2) Rob Kinelski – engineer (track 7)Kevin McCombs – engineer (track 9, 19), additional production (tracks 9, 19) Dylan McLean – engineer (tracks 11–12) Jacob Munk – engineer (tracks 1–2, 6, 18–19) Pete Nappi – producer (track 4)Tim Nelson – additional production (track 1) Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – vocal producer (track 1)Matthew Pauling – producer (track 8), engineer (tracks 2–6, 8, 10, 15–16), instrumentation (track 8), programmer (track 8), vocal producer (track 6) Jackson Rau – engineer (tracks 3–4) Scott Skrzynski – assistant mixer (tracks 1, 5–6) Tyler Spry – additional production (tracks 2, 18) Sly – producer (track 16), engineer (track 16), instrumentation (track 16), programmer (track 16) Spike Stent – engineer (tracks 2–3, 9–11, 13–14, 18)Scott Stewart – engineer (tracks 11–12) Peter Thomas – producer (track 10), engineer (track 10), drum programmer (track 10) Josh Thornberry – engineer (tracks 11–12) Jake Torrey – additional production (track 10) Matt Wolach – assistant mixer (tracks 2–3, 9–11, 13–14, 18) Rami Yacoub – producer (track 16), engineer (track 16), instrumentation (track 16), programmer (track 16)Year-end chart performance for5SOS5 Chart (2022) Position Australian Artist (ARIA)[ 45] 35
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