Black Pumas (album)

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Black Pumas
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Studio album by
Black Pumas
ReleasedJune 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
Genre Psychedelic soul [1]
Length39:41
Label ATO
Producer
Singles from Black Pumas
  1. "Black Moon Rising"
    Released: August 24, 2018 [2]
  2. "Fire"
    Released: March 6, 2019 [3]
  3. "Colors"
    Released: April 16, 2019 [4]

Black Pumas is the debut album by American band Black Pumas. It was released on June 21, 2019, through ATO Records. The deluxe edition was nominated for Album of the Year at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards on November 24, 2020, while "Colors" received two nominations for Record of the Year and Best American Roots Performance. [5]

Contents

The album reached its peak of number 86 on the US Billboard 200 with 10,000 album equivalent units. [6]

Track listing

Black Pumas track listing [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black Moon Rising"
  • Adrian Quesada
  • Eric Burton
3:41
2."Colors"Burton4:06
3."Know You Better"
  • Quesada
  • Burton
4:09
4."Fire"
  • Quesada
  • Burton
4:06
5."Oct 33"Burton4:49
6."Stay Gold"Burton4:35
7."Old Man"
  • Quesada
  • Burton
3:17
8."Confines"
  • Quesada
  • Burton
3:09
9."Touch the Sky"
  • Quesada
  • Burton
4:27
10."Sweet Conversations"Burton and Joshua Blue3:22
Total length:39:41
Deluxe edition bonus tracks [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fast Car" Tracy Chapman 5:41
2."I'm Ready"
  • Quesada
  • Burton
3:59
3."Red Rover"Burton3:53
4."Black Cat"
  • Quesada
  • Burton
3:16
5."Politicians in My Eyes"Bobby Dean Hackney3:52
6."Colors" (live in studio)Burton6:23
7."Oct 33" (live in studio)Burton5:44
8."Confines" (live in studio)
  • Quesada
  • Burton
4:49
9."Know You Better" (live at C-Boys)
  • Quesada
  • Burton
5:57
10."Eleanor Rigby"
5:36
11."Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"
  • Daniel Walsh
  • Harvey Price
4:18
Total length:53:28

Personnel

Black Pumas

Additional personnel

Production

Charts

Chart performance of Black Pumas
Chart (2019–2022)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 57
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [9] 79
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [10] 46
French Albums (SNEP) [11] 112
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 51
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [13] 81
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 58
US Billboard 200 [15] 86
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] 11
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [17] 4

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  5. ↑ "Grammy Nominations 2021: See the List". The New York Times . November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Black Pumas Hit No. 1 on Emerging Artists Chart, Rosé Debuts at No. 2". Billboard . 24 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 Black Pumas (Deluxe Edition) (booklet). ATO. 2019.
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  16. ↑ "Black Pumas Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Black Pumas Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
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