A Beautiful Disaster

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A Beautiful Disaster
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)
Genre Hip hop
Length40:01
Label
Producer
  • Casey Jarvis
  • Christopher Fulton
  • David Ray
  • Eric Flemming
  • ScatteredBrains
  • Seven
  • Still Matthews
JellyRoll chronology
Whiskey Sessions II
(2019)
A Beautiful Disaster
(2020)
Self Medicated
(2020)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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A Beautiful Disaster is the sixth solo studio album by American rapper JellyRoll. It was released on March 13, 2020 through Strange Music and It Goes Up. It features guest appearances from Krizz Kaliko, Lil Wyte, Struggle Jennings and Tech N9ne among others. [2] The album debuted at number 97 on the US Billboard 200 in the United States. [3]

Contents

Four music videos were released for the songs "Creature" with Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko, "I Need You", "Nothing Left at All" and "Tears Could Talk" with Bailee Ann. [4]

Track listing

A Beautiful Disaster track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Bottom"
2:37
2."I Need You"
  • J. DeFord
  • Fowler
  • Wallace
  • Stapleton
2:52
3."Nothing Left at All"
  • J. DeFord
  • David R. Stevens
3:24
4."Suicide"
3:43
5."Bottle and Mary Jane"
  • J. DeFord
  • Wallace
  • Stapleton
2:52
6."Creature" (featuring Tech N9NE and Krizz Kaliko)
4:00
7."Tears Could Talk" (featuring Bailee Ann)
  • J. DeFord
  • Bailee Ann DeFord
  • Vaughn Freitag
3:35
8."Staring at a Stranger" (featuring Struggle Jennings)
2:48
9."Love Me" (featuring Brianna Harness)
  • J. DeFord
  • W. Harness
  • Brianna Harness
  • Freitag
3:36
10."Jesus and Rock and Roll" (featuring Lil Wyte)
3:34
11."Life" (featuring Brix)
  • J. DeFord
  • Jerrico R. Moore
  • Robert Glover
  • Wallace
  • Stapleton
4:14
12."Pill Talking"
  • J. DeFord
  • Jarvis
  • Fulton
  • Summers
2:46
Total length:40:01

Charts

Chart performance for A Beautiful Disaster
Chart (2020)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 97
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [5] 9

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [6] Gold500,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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