Ivory (Omar Apollo album)

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Ivory
IvoryOmarApolloAlbumCover.png
Studio album by
Omar Apollo
ReleasedApril 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)
Genre
Length40:54
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Label Warner
Producer
Omar Apollo chronology
Apolonio
(2020)		Ivory
(2022)		 Live for Me
(2023)
Singles from Ivory
  1. "Go Away"
    Released: July 8, 2021
  2. "Bad Life"
    Released: November 3, 2021
  3. "Invincible"
    Released: February 9, 2022
  4. "Killing Me"
    Released: March 11, 2022
  5. "Tamagotchi"
    Released: March 23, 2022
  6. "Evergreen"
    Released: October 4, 2022
Ivory standard track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ivory" Omar Velasco
0:45
2."Talk"
2:37
3."No Good Reason"Velasco
1:48
4."Invincible" (featuring Daniel Caesar)
  • Apollo
  • Caesar
3:36
5."Endlessly Interlude"VelascoApollo0:34
6."Killing Me"Velasco
  • Mike Hector
  • Lang
  • Apollo
  • Santander
2:45
7."Go Away"Velasco
3:27
8."Waiting on You"
  • Goldstein
  • Velasco
  • Goldstein
  • Santander
  • Apollo
  • Lang
2:31
9."Petrified"
  • Goldstein
  • Velasco
  • Goldstein
  • Lang
  • Apollo
3:17
10."Personally"
  • Goldstein
  • Velasco
  • Santander
  • Apollo
  • Lang
  • Goldstein
3:31
11."En El Olvido"Velasco
  • Manuel Barajas
  • Apollo
2:26
12."Tamagotchi"
 The Neptunes 2:48
13."Can't Get Over You"VelascoApollo1:02
14."Evergreen"
  • Halm
  • Barajas
  • Apollo
3:36
15."Bad Life" (featuring Kali Uchis)
  • Goldstein
  • Halm
  • Velasco
  • Halm
  • Apollo
3:17
16."Mr. Neighbor"
  • Goldstein
  • Velasco
  • Goldstein
  • Lang
  • Apollo
2:46
Total length:40:54
Ivory (Marfil) deluxe track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Endlessly"Velasco
  • Apollo
  • Santander
2:34
18."Highlight"
  • Manuel Lara
  • Velasco
  • Manuel Lara
  • Apollo
2:33
19."Archetype"Velasco
  • Lang
  • Apollo
  • Santander
2:49
20."Saving All My Love"
  • Halm
  • Velasco
  • Apollo
  • Halm
1:15
21."Pretty Boy"Velasco
  • Lang
  • Apollo
  • Santander
3:10

Charts

Chart performance for Ivory
Chart (2022)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 ( Billboard ) [63] 74
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [64] 1
US Top Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [65] 14
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [66] 27

Release history

Release dates and formats for Ivory
RegionDateFormatEditionLabelRef.
VariousApril 8, 2022 CD Standard Warner [67]
[68]
August 12, 2022Deluxe (Marfil) [69]
March 24, 2023 LP Standard [70]

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