Ask Me Anything (album)

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Ask Me Anything
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 27, 2015
Genre Pop
Label Universal Music New Zealand
Jamie McDell chronology
Six Strings and a Sailboat
(2012)
Ask Me Anything
(2015)
Singles from Ask Me Anything
  1. "Dumb"
    Released: 8 August 2014
  2. "Crash"
    Released: 1 January 2015
  3. "Back of My Mind (featuring Rai Thistlethwayte)"
    Released: 27 February 2015

Ask Me Anything is the second studio album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Jamie McDell. It was released 27 March 2015.

Contents

Singles

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Falling" Jamie McDell 3:49
2."Fly Honeys"
    3:29
    3."Dumb"
    • Mitchell Kenny
    • McDell
    • Esther Sparkes
    3:20
    4."Five Years from Now"McDell3:41
    5."Back of My Mind" (featuring Rai Thistlethwayte)
    • Stuart Crichton
    • McDell
    • Rai Thistlethwayte
    3:10
    6."Story of John"
      4:23
      7."Moon Shines Red"
      • Crichton
      • McDell
      4:11
      8."Crash"
      • Crichton
      • McDell
      3:16
      9."Six Miles"
      • Crichton
      • McDell
      4:27
      10."Wicked Man"
        4:34
        11."My Old Hands"
        • Crichton
        • McDell
        3:38
        12."This Time"
        • Crichton
        • McDell
        3:30
        13."Luck"
        • K Mitchell
        • McDell
        3:59

        Charts

        Chart (2015)Peak
        position
        New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [1] 7

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        References

        1. "Charts.nz – Jamie McDell – Ask Me Anything". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 3, 2015.