Never Happy, Ever After

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Never Happy, Ever After
Never Happy, Ever After.jpg
Studio album by
As It Is
Released20 April 2015
RecordedOctober–November 2014, St. Cloud, Florida
Genre
Length36:17
Label Fearless
Producer James Paul Wisner, As It Is
As It Is chronology
This Mind of Mine
(2014)		Never Happy, Ever After
(2015)		 okay.
(2017)
Deluxe edition
Never Happy, Ever After Deluxe Edition Album Artwork.png
Deluxe edition album artwork
Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Speak Soft"3:16
2."Cheap Shots & Setbacks"2:53
3."Sorry"2:59
4."Drowning Deep in Doubt"3:48
5."Dial Tones"3:19
6."My Oceans Were Lakes"3:48
7."Concrete"2:58
8."Turn Back to Me"2:57
9."Can't Save Myself"3:46
10."Silence (Pretending's So Comfortable)"3:43
11."You, the Room & the Devil on Your Shoulder"2:56
Bonus tracks
Deluxe Edition [34]
No.TitleLength
12."Winter's Weather"3:16
13."Cheap Shots & Setbacks (acoustic version)"3:01
14."Dial Tones (acoustic version)"3:24
15."Concrete (acoustic version)" (featuring Ansley Newman)3:04

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [13]

Chart positions

Charts (2015)Peak
position
Scottish Albums Chart [35] 40
UK Albums Chart [36] 39
UK Album Downloads Chart [37] 37
UK Albums Sales Chart [38] 33
UK Physical Albums Chart [39] 52
UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart [40] 2
US Billboard 200 [41] 159
US Billboard Alternative Albums [42] 17
US Billboard Heatseekers Albums [43] 2
US Billboard Independent Albums [44] 14
US Billboard Top Album Sales [45] 77
US Billboard Top Rock Albums [46] 23

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