| God Said No | ||||
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| Released | June 28, 2024 | |||
| Studio | Abbey Road, London, UK | |||
| Length | 45:12 | |||
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| Label | Warner | |||
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God Said No is the second studio album by American singer Omar Apollo, released on June 28, 2024, through Warner Records. It includes contributions from Mustafa and actor Pedro Pascal, and was preceded by the singles "Spite", "Dispose of Me" and "Less of You". [1]
God Said No was partially recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, and produced alongside Teo Halm, Carter Lang and Blake Slatkin. [2]
Apollo stated that the album is a "reflection of [his] life for the past 2 years" and "doesn't feel like it's a bunch of songs put together", calling it "a sequence that is made to be listened to front to back". [3] It was called a "survey of the emotional wreckage that followed the end of a torrid love affair" in a press release. [4] Apollo titled the album after a remark of his own when the relationship ended, which is also intended as a play on the Spanish phrase "lo que será, será" (English for "whatever will be, will be"). [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 82/100 [5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 8/10 [6] |
| DIY |   [7] |
| Dork | [8] |
| NME | [9] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 [10] |
| Rolling Stone | [11] |
God Said No was met with critical acclaim upon release, receiving a score of 82 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic. [5] Larisha Paul of Rolling Stone praised the album as being "an emotionally harrowing look inside the psyche of a musician wringing every drop of meaning from the old adage that great art comes from great pain". [11]
NME reviewer Laura Molloy described the album as "Apollo's most atmospheric offering to date" and praised the "eclectic, expansive sonic palette that constantly drifts between genres yet is anchored in his diaristic musings on finite romance". [9] In The New York Times , God Said No was selected as a NYT Critic's Pick. Reviewer Jon Pareles praised the "enduring break-up songs". He noted that the lo-fi tone of the album "suggests troubled thoughts and uncomfortable conversations, small-scale and introspective—seemingly private, not overtly theatrical". [12]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Rolling Stone | The 100 Best Albums of 2024 | 59 | |
| Variety | The Best Albums of 2024 | Unranked | |
The album will be supported by the God Said No World Tour, which includes dates in the United States, Canada, Japan, Indonesia and Australia. The tour began in Melbourne, Australia at the Festival Hall on July 15, 2024, and will conclude in San Diego, California at the Rady Shell at Jacobs Park on October 11, 2024. [15]
God Said No debuted at number 56 on the US Billboard 200 and number 14 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart with 10,000 pure album sales. [16]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Be Careful with Me" |
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| 3:16 | |
| 2. | "Spite" | Velasco |
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| 2:39 |
| 3. | "Less of You" | Velasco |
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| 3:13 |
| 4. | "Done with You" | Velasco |
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| 2:38 |
| 5. | "Plane Trees" (featuring Mustafa) |
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| 3:31 |
| 6. | "Drifting" | Velasco |
| Halm | 4:23 |
| 7. | "Empty" | Velasco |
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| 3:17 |
| 8. | "Life's Unfair" | Velasco |
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| 2:58 |
| 9. | "Against Me" | Velasco |
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| 2:31 |
| 10. | "While U Can" | Velasco |
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| 3:06 |
| 11. | "Dispose of Me" |
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| 3:37 |
| 12. | "How" | Velasco |
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| 2:59 |
| 13. | "Pedro" |
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| 2:26 |
| 14. | "Glow" | Velasco |
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| 4:38 |
| Total length: | 45:12 | ||||
Note
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA) [17] | 11 |
| US Billboard 200 [18] | 56 |
| US Top Rock & Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [19] | 14 |
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