Encore (Anderson East album)

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Encore
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2018 (2018-01-12)
Studio RCA Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Southern soul
Length40:43
Label Elektra
Producer
Anderson East chronology
Delilah
(2015)
Encore
(2018)
Maybe We Never Die
(2021)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Paste 7.8/10 [4]
PopMatters 8/10 [5]

Encore is the fourth studio album by American musician Anderson East. It was released in January 2018, under Elektra Records. "All on my Mind" earned East his first Grammy Award nomination for Best American Roots Performance.

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Critical reception

Encore was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 74, based on 7 reviews. [1]

Accolades

Accolades for
PublicationAccoladeRank
AllMusic AllMusic's Top Folk and American Albums of 2018
N/A [6]
PopMatters PopMatters' Top 50 Albums of 2018 – Mid-Year
N/A [7]

Track listing

Encore track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."King for a Day"3:44
2."This Too Shall Last"
3:42
3."House Is a Building"
  • East
  • Hemby
  • Raitiere
3:31
4."Sorry You're Sick" Ted Hawkins 2:27
5."If You Keep Leaving Me"
  • East
  • Raitiere
  • C. Stapleton
4:13
6."Girlfriend"
2:53
7."Surrender"
2:56
8."All on My Mind"3:44
9."Without You"4:18
10."Somebody Pick Up My Pieces" Willie Nelson 4:54
11."Cabinet Door"
  • East
  • Jillia Jackson
4:21
Total length:40:48

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 53
US Billboard 200 [9] 48
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [10] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [11] 5

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