Yungblud (album)

Yungblud
Studio album by Yungblud
Released	2 September 2022 (2022-09-02)
Recorded	2021
Studio	Eastcote Studios London, UK
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	33:00
Label	Locomotion Geffen
Producer	Chris Greatti Dylan Brady Matt Schwartz Yungblud
Yungblud chronology
Weird! (2020) Yungblud (2022)
Singles from Yungblud
"The Funeral" Released: 11 March 2022 "Memories" Released: 6 May 2022 "Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today" Released: 29 June 2022 "The Emperor" Released: 5 August 2022 "Tissues" Released: 30 August 2022

Yungblud is the third studio album by English musician Yungblud,[2] released on 2 September 2022[3] by Locomotion and Geffen Records. The lead single for the album, "The Funeral", was released on 11 March 2022, followed by the second single, "Memories" with Willow, on 6 May 2022. Yungblud was announced on 17 May 2022, via an online livestream in which Yungblud received a ribcage tattoo.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.6/10[5]
Metacritic	69/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
American Songwriter	[8]
Clash	7/10[9]
The Guardian	[10]
The Independent	[11]
Kerrang!	3/5[12]
The Line of Best Fit	6/10[13]
NME	[14]
Pitchfork	4.5/10[15]
Rolling Stone	[16]

Yungblud received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album has an average score of 69 out of 100, based on twelve reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Commercial performance

Yungblud debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with 22,825 units, becoming his second number one album in the country.[17] In the US, the album debuted at number 45 on the Billboard 200 chart with 13,000 album-equivalent units.[18]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Chris Greatti and Yungblud, except where noted.

Yungblud – Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Funeral"	Dominic Harrison Jordan Gable Chris Greatti Jake Torrey	Greatti	3:30
2.	"Tissues"	Harrison Greatti Torrey Paul Meany Matt Schwartz Robert Smith	Greatti Yungblud Meany Torrey^[a] Schwartz^[c]	3:35
3.	"Memories" (with Willow)	Harrison Gable Greatti Willow Smith Omer Fedi Zakk Cervini Dylan Brady	Greatti Yungblud Brady^[a]	2:35
4.	"Cruel Kids"	Harrison Gable Greatti Schwartz Jim Irvin Adam Warrington Dan Smith Gregory Hein Andrew Wells		2:52
5.	"Mad"	Harrison Gable Greatti Jonas Jeberg Fedi John Cunningham Cervini	Greatti Yungblud Cervini Liam Hall	2:25
6.	"I Cry 2"	Harrison Gable Greatti		1:56
7.	"Sweet Heroine"	Harrison Gable Greatti		2:31
8.	"Sex Not Violence"	Harrison Greatti Caroline Pennell		3:22
9.	"Don't Go"	Harrison Gable Greatti Fedi		2:29
10.	"Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today"	Harrison Gable Schwartz	Yungblud Schwartz Greatti^[c]	1:56
11.	"Die For a Night"	Harrison Gable Greatti Torrey		1:32
12.	"The Boy in the Black Dress"	Harrison Gable Greatti Hein Ido Zmishlany		4:17
Total length:				33:00

Yungblud – Digital edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"The Emperor"	Harrison Schwartz Seton Daunt Ellis Taylor	Harrison Schwartz Taylor	2:56
Total length:				35:56

Yungblud – Physical deluxe edition[19][20]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
13.	"The Funeral" (acoustic)	Harrison Gable Torrey Greatti	Greatti	3:33
14.	"The Funeral" (Live at The Shrine)	Harrison Gable Torrey Greatti	Greatti	4:01
Total length:				40:34

Yungblud – Japanese edition[21]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Fleabag"	Harrison Amy Allen Brian Lee Wells Hein	Wells Greatti^[a] Mike Crossey^[a]	2:56
16.	"Fleabag" (acoustic)	Harrison Allen Lee Wells Hein	Greatti Wells Crossey Schwartz	3:10
Total length:				46:40

Yungblud – Bedroom Sessions[22]

No.	Title	Length
13.	"The Funeral" (Bedroom Acoustic)	3:33
14.	"Memories" (Bedroom Acoustic)	2:50
15.	"Tissues" (Bedroom Acoustic)	4:16
16.	"Cruel Kids" (Bedroom Acoustic)	2:56
17.	"Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today" (Bedroom Acoustic)	2:11
18.	"Sweet Heroine" (Bedroom Acoustic)	3:06

Note

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• ^^[a] indicates an additional producer
• "Fleabag" is stylized in lowercase

Personnel

Musicians

• Yungblud – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16), electric guitar (2, 10), keyboards (3, 12, 16), Wurlitzer electronic piano (7); bass guitar, drums, programming (16)
• Chris Greatti – bass guitar, electric guitar (all tracks); drums, programming (1); drum programming (3–12), synthesizer (3, 6, 8, 11), acoustic guitar (4–6, 9–11), Mellotron (5, 6, 8), background vocals (8, 10)
• Jake Torrey – bass guitar, drums, electric guitar (2); cymbals (4)
• Paul Meany – drum programming, synthesizer (2)
• Matt Schwartz – synthesizer (2, 10), electric guitar (10)
• Dylan Brady – drum programming (3)
• Willow – vocals (3)
• Omer Fedi – electric guitar (5)
• Nick Mira – percussion (5)
• Jordan Gable – background vocals (10)
• Tom Pallant – background vocals (10)
• Ed Juniper – drums (10)
• Adam Warrington – acoustic guitar (13), electric guitar (14)
• Ben Sharp – drums (14)
• Andrew Wells – bass guitar, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming (15)

Technical

• Randy Merrill – mastering
• Mike Crossey – mixing (1, 7, 11, 12, 15), engineering (1)
• Mitch McCarthy – mixing, engineering (2, 3, 5, 9, 13)
• Geoff Swan – mixing, engineering (4, 6)
• Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing, engineering (7)
• Lars Stalfors – mixing, engineering (10)
• Owen Charles – mixing, engineering (14)
• Clem Cherry – mixing (16)
• Robin Schmidt – engineering (1)
• Stephen Sesso – additional engineering (1, 8, 12, 13), mixing assistance (8, 12)
• Matt Cahill – additional engineering, mixing assistance (4, 6)
• Niko Battistini – additional engineering, mixing assistance (4, 6)
• Matthew Neighbor – additional engineering, mixing assistance (10)
• Matt Schwartz – co-mixing (16)

Charts

Chart performance for Yungblud

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[23]	1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24]	1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26]	5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[27]	2
French Albums (SNEP)[28]	15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29]	3
Irish Albums (OCC)[30]	1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[31]	6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[32]	1
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[33]	5
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34]	1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[35]	5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36]	32
UK Albums (OCC)[37]	1
US Billboard 200[38]	45
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[39]	7

See also

• List of 2022 albums (July–December)
• List of number-one albums of 2022 (Australia)
• List of number-one albums of 2022 (Ireland)
• List of number-one albums from the 2020s (New Zealand)
• List of number-one albums of 2022 (Scotland)
• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of the 2020s

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