Feels (Snoh Aalegra album)

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Feels
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Studio album by
Released20 October 2017 (2017-10-20) [1]
Genre
Length41:30
Label
Producer
Snoh Aalegra chronology
Don't Explain
(2016)
Feels
(2017)
Ugh, Those Feels Again
(2019)
Singles from Feels
  1. "Feels"
    Released: 22 November 2016
  2. "Nothing Burns Like The Cold"
    Released: 24 February 2017
  3. "Time"
    Released: 23 March 2017
  4. "Fool For You"
    Released: 18 September 2017
  5. "Sometimes"
    Released: 20 October 2017

Feels is the debut album by Swedish singer Snoh Aalegra. It was released on 20 October 2017 through ARTium.

Contents

Music

The album is a "nostalgic blend of soul and R&B" which Aalegra calls "cinematic soul". In the album Aalegra collaborated with Vince Staples, Vic Mensa, Logic, and Timbuktu. [2] The first single off the album is the song Feels released on November 22, 2016. While the second single, Nothing Burns Like the Cold was released on February 24, 2017, produced by Christian Rich and featuring Vince Staples. A year later, on 12 September 2018, her single "Nothing Burns Like the Cold" was used by Apple for their iPhone XS announcement video and commercials. [3] [4] The third single off the album "Time" was sampled by Drake on "Do Not Disturb", the closing track on his 2017 mixtape More Life . [2] [5]

Track listing

Feels track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."All I have (Intro)"
  • Maneesh
  • No I.D.
  • Leven Kali
  • Stelios Phili
1:54
2."Sometimes" (featuring Logic)
  • Atu
  • Dpat
3:12
3."Worse"Aalegra
  • Atu
  • Dpat
2:12
4."You Got Me"2:58
5."Out Of Your Way"
  • Aalegra
  • stephen feigenbaum
  • Brandon Eugene Owens
  • Allakoi "Mic Holden" Peete
3:46
6."You Keep Me Waiting"
  • No I.D.
  • Ryan Marrone
4:27
7."Fool For You"
  • Aalegra
  • Marcus Semaj
J.Valle3:14
8."Time"
  • Aalegra
  • Leven Kali
  • Snoh Aalegra
  • Leven Kali
3:44
9."Nothing Burns Like The Cold" (featuring Vince Staples) Christian Rich 3:29
10."Feels"AalegraNo I.D.3:47
11."Like I Used To" (featuring Timbuktu)
  • Dammo
  • Khirye Tyler
  • No I.D.
2:41
12."Walls"
3:17
13."Recent Times"AalegraAdrian Younge2:43
Total length:41:30

Sample credits:

“Nothing Burns Like the Cold” samples “Ike's Rap II” by Isaac Hayes and "In The Alley Ways by Ken Thorne.

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions and reference
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
Various20 October 2017 [1]

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