Pisces (James Arthur album)

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Pisces
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Studio album by
Released25 April 2025 (2025-04-25)
Studio
  • Miloco (London)
  • Wendy House (London)
  • The Beach (London) [1]
Genre Pop rock [2]
Length39:27
Label Columbia
Producer
  • Steven Solomon
  • TMS
James Arthur chronology
Bitter Sweet Love
(2024)
Pisces
(2025)
Singles from Pisces
  1. "ADHD"
    Released: 22 November 2024
  2. "Celebrate"
    Released: 17 January 2025
  3. "Embers"
    Released: 14 February 2025
  4. "Karaoke"
    Released: 7 March 2025
  5. "Cruel"
    Released: 25 April 2025

Pisces (stylised in all caps) is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter James Arthur, released on 25 April 2025 through Columbia Records. It serves as the follow-up to his fifth studio album, Bitter Sweet Love (2024), and was preceded by the four singles "ADHD", "Celebrate", "Embers", "Karaoke", and "Cruel". Production was handled by Steven Solomon, aside from the track "Water", which was produced by TMS.

Contents

In its first week, the album debuted at number three on the UK Albums Chart, marking his sixth top three album in the country. He also embarked on The Pisces World Tour, which began in May 2025 and will conclude in February 2026.

Background

Pisces was initially slated for a 21 March release, though was pushed back due to the visual album not being completely finished. [3] He titled the album after his astrological sign, feeling very connected to it with the qualities of being "caught between reality and fantasy". [2]

Arthur shared that Pisces was his most personal project to date, and aimed to distinguish it from his previous works. He explained of the album's sonic approach: "I wanted this album to have a different feel from anything I've done before. People expect big, emotional ballads with raspy vocals, but I like to think I've got a few strings to my bow. It was as simple as wanting to approach the songs and my vocal delivery in a more gentle way and create dreamy sounds". [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by James Arthur with co-writers noted.

Pisces track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Summer"
  • Steven Solomon
  • Jack Duxbury
  • Andrew Jackson
3:06
2."Cruel"
  • Solomon
  • Daniel Bingham
3:00
3."All My Love"
  • Solomon
  • Bingham
  • Duxbury
3:07
4."ADHD"
  • Solomon
  • Bingham
3:48
5."Gucci (Interlude)" 1:23
6."Celebrate"Solomon3:40
7."F.R.I.E.N.D.S"
  • Solomon
  • Bingham
3:35
8."Embers"
  • Solomon
  • Luke Higgins
4:15
9."Karaoke"
  • George Tizzard
  • Rick Parkhouse
  • Niamh Murphy
3:41
10."Yeah, No"Solomon2:47
11."Water"3:07
12."Hallelujah"
  • Solomon
  • Bingham
3:58
Total length:39:27

Note

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]

Musicians

Technical

Visuals

Charts

Chart performance for Pisces
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 15
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 78
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 51
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 34
Scottish Albums (OCC) [9] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [11] 3

References

  1. 1 2 Pisces (Media notes). James Arthur. Columbia Records.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. 1 2 Ewens, Hannah (20 April 2025). "James Arthur: 'I've never had to kiss arse – I got here on merit'". The Independent .
  3. @jamesarthur23; (10 March 2025). "Pisces is coming a little later than planned..." Retrieved 3 May 2025 via Instagram.
  4. "ADHD, Fatherhood and Finding Peace: James Arthur on Pisces". Fault. 25 April 2025.
  5. "Austriancharts.at – James Arthur – Pisces" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  6. "Ultratop.be – James Arthur – Pisces" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – James Arthur – Pisces" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  8. "Offiziellecharts.de – James Arthur – Pisces" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  9. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – James Arthur – Pisces". Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2025.