Phoenix (Rita Ora album)

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Phoenix
Rita Ora Phoenix cover.png
Studio album by
Rita Ora
Released23 November 2018 (2018-11-23)
Recorded2016–2018
StudioVarious (see below)
Genre
Length40:54
Label Atlantic UK
Producer
Rita Ora chronology
Ora
(2012)		Phoenix
(2018)		 Bang
(2021)
Singles from Phoenix
  1. "Your Song"
    Released: 26 May 2017
  2. "Anywhere"
    Released: 20 October 2017
  3. "Girls"
    Released: 11 May 2018
  4. "Let You Love Me"
    Released: 21 September 2018
  5. "Only Want You"
    Released: 1 March 2019

Phoenix is the second studio album by British singer Rita Ora, released on 23 November 2018 through Atlantic Records UK. The release was Ora's first album since Ora in 2012. Ora announced the album on 18 September 2018 and it was made available for pre-order the same day.

Contents

The album spawned three top ten UK singles including "Your Song", "Anywhere" and "Let You Love Me", as well as a top forty single, "Girls". Phoenix also includes two collaborations from other projects, including "Lonely Together" from Avicii's last release Avīci (01) (2017) and "For You (Fifty Shades Freed)" with Liam Payne, taken from the Fifty Shades Freed: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2018).

The album received generally favourable reviews from music critics. Phoenix charted in the top twenty in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand amongst other countries. Ora supported the album with two concert tours, The Girls Tour (2018) and the Phoenix World Tour (2019–2020).

Background

In December 2015, Ora started legal proceedings against Roc Nation, seeking release from the record label and citing that the contract she signed in 2008 was "unenforceable", due to California's "seven-year rule". The complaint stated that she had "only been permitted to release one album despite creating multiple additional records for release" and that her relationship with Roc Nation was "irrevocably damaged". [4] [5] In January 2016, Roc Nation filed a counter-lawsuit against Ora for breaking her recording contract. They reached a settlement in May 2016. [6]

In June 2016, it was confirmed that Ora had signed a global record deal with Atlantic Records UK. [7] Soon after, she began to work on her second studio album. In an interview with Billboard Radio China, Ora said of the process:

I had a bit of an issue, publicly, with putting out music which got me really, really, kind of devastated, and I was really down, and then I was really angry, and then I was really frustrated, and then I was really happy that it was happening. [8]

Elaborating on what fans could expect from the album, Ora said:

It was all these emotions, so my album is definitely a rollercoaster of emotions. [...] I'm still crazy – like, I still love to go out and party. Everyone who knows me knows that I love to have a good time, but I wanted this album to also be [something] you could put on and vibe with your friends. There's a lot of ups and downs, but I'm very, very proud of it. [8]

Music and lyrics

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"Anywhere" was produced by Swedish DJ Alesso (left) and would go on to reach number two on the UK Singles Chart, while Ora featured on Avicii's single "Lonely Together", the DJ's last release before his death in 2018.

Phoenix is a uptempo dance-pop [2] and pop record that was recorded between 2016 and 2018. [1] [9] It incorporates a mixture of genres including R&B-inspired vocals, [1] EDM-lite beats [2] as well as electronic anthems like "Lonely Together", Ora's joint collaboration with Avicii, "Anywhere" and the Rudimental collaboration, "Summer Love". [1] The latter also contains elements of drum and bass music. [10] Ora's vocals were described by The Guardian 's Tara Joshi as both "wispy" and "powerful", [2] and by NME ' Hannah Mylrea as "distinctive". [10] "Anywhere" was produced by Alesso and Sir Nolan, described by The Independent as a "hazy EDM banger" [11] and by Mylrea (of NME) as a "chunk of electropop". [10] Critics noted that it has several bridges and a gritty drop. [11] Meanwhile, on the mid-tempo track "Let You Love Me", Ora explores emotional barriers with lyrics that include "I wish that I could let you love me/ Say what's the matter with me?". [11]

"Your Song" has a minimalist production largely consisting of drum pads. [11] The song "New Look" takes a different direction; it is a Scandi-pop and tropical song produced by Swedish outfit Jack & Coke. [12] [10] Its production sounds like "it's being played on a radio with intermittent signal". [11] There are several collaborations on the album including "Keep Talking" which features Julia Michaels and was described by Joshi as both "intriguing" and "euphoric". [2] Another collaboration, "Girls", features American rapper Cardi B, American singer Bebe Rexha and British singer Charli XCX. It was described as AllMusic's Neil Yeung as a "bold statement" and a "saucy, sex-positive anthem for the 21st century". [1] Critics such as Joshi (The Guardian) noted that it was an ode to bisexuality. [2]

Themes on the album include love and in particular "struggling or heat-of-the-moment relationships" as seen on the songs "Falling to Pieces", "First Time High" and "Only Want You", [12] [13] with the latter also being released as a single and spawning a remix featuring vocals by American singer 6lack. "Falling to Pieces" features a trumpet interlude after each chorus and closes out the track with a trumpet outro. [13] Meanwhile, Padin Malvika from Clash noted that "First Time High" has a breezy sound that "leaves you feeling happier and lighter", [9] whilst "Only Want You" was noted for its electro production. [10]

Towards the end of the album, "Velvet Rope" and "Cashmere" are ballads that combine influences from jazz and R&B. [9] "Velvet Rope" is a "smooth, slowed-down R&B jam about a scorned ex-lover left wondering how her relationship collapsed." The song features a stripped back piano melody with a chorus of backing singers. [14] In a slight contrast, Billboard 's Sophie Ding said the song "features soaring, multilayered melodies over deep reverbs as Ora sings about exploring a new relationship". [15]

The album also includes Ora's joint single with Liam Payne, "For You", which was released in promotion of Fifty Shades Freed (2018), the third and final film in the erotic romantic drama film series Fifty Shades .

Promotion and release

Ora said that the album would be released sometime after March 2018. [8] [16] Then during an interview with Glamour (Germany), she announced that it was now coming out in autumn 2018. [17] [18] On 18 September 2018, Ora revealed the title of her second studio album and its release date, 23 November. The same day, the album was made available for pre-order.[ citation needed ]

In the eight days leading up to the album's release a number of songs were released as promotional countdown singles including: "Velvet Rope" on 15 November 2018, [14] "Cashmere" on 19 November 2018 [15] and "Falling to Pieces" on 21 November 2018. [13]

Singles

"Your Song" was released on 26 May 2017 as the album's lead single. [19] [20] The song peaked at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Ora's ninth single to reach the top ten in the UK. "Anywhere" was released on 20 October 2017 as the second single from the album. The song reached number two in the UK.

"Girls", featuring Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX, was released on 11 May 2018. [21] Ora performed the song live for the first time at the 2017 BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, one year before its official release. [22] "Let You Love Me" was released as the album's fourth single on 21 September 2018. Reaching a peak of number four, it made Ora the first British female solo artist with thirteen top ten songs in the UK. [23] The fifth and final single, "Only Want You" was released on 1 March 2019 with a feature from 6lack. [24]

Other songs

"Lonely Together" was released on 11 August 2017 as a joint single from Avicii's EP, Avīci (01) . The song reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. "For You" was released with Liam Payne on 5 January 2018 as the lead single from the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack. The song peaked at number eight in the UK. [25]

During November 2018, Ora released three promotional singles from the album, "Velvet Rope", "Cashmere" and "Falling to Pieces".

Tour

On 29 October 2018, Ora announced that she would be embarking on the Phoenix World Tour in 2019 in support of Phoenix, consisting of twenty-four dates across Europe, Asia and Oceania from 1 March until 29 May 2019. [26]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [27]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
auspOpStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Clash Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [28]

Phoenix received positive reviews from music critics. According to review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a weighted score of 76, based on seven reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". [27]

Phoenix was included on AllMusic's "favourite pop albums of 2018" year-end list. [29]

Track listing

Adapted from album booklet and liner notes. [30]

Standard edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Anywhere"
  • Alesso
  • Watt [a]
  • Sir Nolan
3:35
2."Let You Love Me"
  • Finn Keane
  • Fred
3:10
3."New Look"
  • Bao
  • Juber
 Jack & Coke 2:34
4."Lonely Together" (Avicii featuring Rita Ora)
  • Lee
  • Tamposi
3:03
5."Your Song" Edward Sheeran
Steve Mac 3:00
6."Only Want You"
  • Watt
  • Bell
3:00
7."First Time High"
  • Wotman
  • Julian Scanlan
  • Watt
  • Slushii
3:02
8."For You (Fifty Shades Freed)" (with Liam Payne)Tamposi
4:04
9."Summer Love" (with Rudimental)
  • Ora
  • Deleon Blake
  • Romeo Testa
4:17
10."Girls" (featuring Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX)
3:41
11."Keep Talking" (featuring Julia Michaels)
3:33
12."Hell of a Life"
  • Tamposi
  • Lee
  • Tamposi
  • Wotman
  • Lee
  • Bell
  • Watt
  • Bell
3:55
Total length:40:54
Japan limited edition bonus tracks [31]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Anywhere" (R3hab Remix)
  • Ora
  • Lee
  • Lambroza
  • Tamposi
  • Gale
  • Wotman
  • Lindblad
  • Watt
  • Sir Nolan
  • Alesso
2:54
14."Let You Love Me" (Möwe Remix)
  • Ora
  • Wiklund
  • Keane
  • Parmenius
  • Gibson
  • Juber
  • Fred
  • Keane
3:06
Total length:46:54
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
13."Velvet Rope"Ora
3:55
14."Falling to Pieces"
  • Ora
  • Lee
  • Ora
  • Wotman
  • Gale
  • Lee
  • Oliver Roddigan
4:21
15."Cashmere"
  • Tamposi
  • Ryan
  • Wotman
  • Julian Bunetta
  • Watt
  • Ryan
  • Bunetta
2:55
16."Soul Survivor"
  • Ora
  • Georgia Overton
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • Stargate
3:29
Total length:55:34


Notes

Personnel and credits

Credits and personnel adapted from Phoenix album notes. [30]

Performers

Musicians and technicians

  • Piers Aggett – piano, synthesizer
  • Alesso – instrumentation, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Amir Amor – drum programming, guitar
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Avicii – instrumentation, keyboards, programming
  • Louis Bell – engineer, instrumentation, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Conor Bellis – assistant engineer
  • Zara Beyounces – violin
  • Ben Billions – keyboards, producer
  • Tim Blacksmith – executive producer
  • Benny Blanco – instrumentation, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Cashmere Cat – instrumentation, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Jeff Citron – assistant engineer
  • Jonny Coffer – keyboards, piano, producer, programming
  • Jeremy Cooper – arranger, editing
  • Anna Croad – violin
  • Hales Curtis – design
  • Danny D. – executive producer
  • Rosie Danvers – cello, string arrangements
  • Fiona Davies – viola
  • Brendan Dekora – vocal engineer
  • Kesi Dryden – bass, keyboards
  • Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – engineer, programming
  • Michael Freeman – assistant mixer
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Fred Gibson – drums, guitar, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Kevin Grainger – mastering
  • Josh Gudwin – guitar engineer
  • John Hanes – engineer
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Tor Erik Hermansen – programming
  • Sam Holland – engineer
  • Jack & Coke – arranger, drums, instrumentation, keyboards, producer
  • Sally Jackson – violin
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing
  • Peter Karlsson – vocal producer
  • Finn Keane – drums, keyboards, producer, programming
  • Patrick Kiernan – violin
  • Dave Kutch – mastering
  • Paul Lamalfa – vocal engineer
  • Nolan Lambroza – instrumentation, keyboards, programming
  • Chris Laws – drums, engineer
  • Jeremy Lertola – assistant engineer
  • Steve Mac – keyboards, piano, producer
  • Eleanor Mathieson – violin
  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Steve Morris – violin
  • Jane Oliver – cello
  • Emma Owens – viola
  • Ali Payami – bass, drums, horns, keyboards, percussion, producer, programming
  • Geoff Pesche – mastering
  • Richard Pryce – double bass
  • Dann Pursey – engineer
  • Cory Rice – assistant engineer
  • Robbie Nelson – engineer
  • Lewis Roberts – additional production, keyboards, programming
  • David Rodriguez – engineer
  • Leon Rolle – keyboards, percussion
  • Rudimental – producer
  • Kotono Sato – violin
  • Chris Sclafani – engineer
  • Ed Sheeran – guitar
  • Sir Nolan – producer
  • Stargate – producer
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
  • Andrew Watt – bass, guitar, instrumentation, keyboards, producer, programming, vocal producer
  • Steven Weston – engineer
  • Deborah Widdup – violin
  • Jerome Williams – additional production, programming
  • Daniel Zaidenstadt – engineer, vocal engineer

Recording studios

Artwork

Charts

Certifications

Sales certifications for Phoenix
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [65] Gold40,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI) [66] Gold20,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ) [67] Platinum15,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway) [68] 3× Platinum60,000*
Poland (ZPAV) [69] Platinum20,000‡
Singapore (RIAS) [70] Gold5,000*
Taiwan (RIT) [71] Gold5,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [72] Platinum300,000 [73]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release formats for Phoenix
RegionDateFormatLabelEdition
Various23 November 2018
  • Standard
  • deluxe
8 February 2019 [74] LP
  • Deluxe

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