A Good Friend Is Nice

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A Good Friend Is Nice
A GOOD FRIEND IS NICE JACK AND JACK.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)
RecordedFebruary–December 2018
Genre Pop [1]
Length38:42
Label Island
Producer
Jack & Jack chronology
Gone
(2017)
A Good Friend Is Nice
(2019)
Singles from A Good Friend Is Nice
  1. "No One Compares to You"
    Released: October 5, 2018
  2. "Tension"
    Released: January 11, 2019

A Good Friend Is Nice is the debut studio album by American pop-rap duo Jack & Jack. It was released on January 25, 2019 via Island Records. The album was supported by an accompanying tour named Good Friends Are Nice. [2]

Contents

Background

The duo shared on their Instagram pages the album cover, a photo of them from their time in kindergarten, featuring the handwriting of five-year-old Johnson and the date 1-11-02. [3]

Singles

The album's lead single "No One Compares to You" was released on October 5, 2018. [4] [5] Jonas Blue's single "Rise" (which features the duo) is also included. [6] [7] The following single from A Good Friend Is Nice, "Tension", was released on January 11, 2019.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

Track listing adapted from iTunes. [8] Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."No One Compares to You"3:02
2."Lotta Love"
  • Jacob Manson
  • Jussifer
2:50
3."Barcelona"Ryan OG2:44
4."April Gloom"
  • Gilinsky
  • Johnson
  • Ogren
Ryan OG3:02
5."Promise Me"
  • James Wong
  • James John Abrahart Jr.
  • Andrew Jackson
Gladius3:38
6."Pose"
  • William Mosgrove
  • Gilinsky
  • Johnson
  • James Alexander Hau
NGHTxNGHT2:45
7."Used to You Now"
Big Taste 3:11
8."Day Dreaming"
Cook Classics 3:31
9."Meet U in the Sky"
Morgan Taylor Reid3:14
10."Tension"
Jerrod Bettis3:42
11."2 Cigarettes"
  • Gilinsky
  • Johnson
  • Ogren
  • Jeff Halavacs
  • Halatrax
  • Ryan OG
3:49
12."Rise" (Jonas Blue featuring Jack & Jack) Jonas Blue 3:14
Total length:38:42

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) [11] 36
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 124

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