Reverie (Ben Platt album)

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Reverie
Ben Platt - Reverie (Official Album Cover).png
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 13, 2021 (2021-08-13)
Length39:55
Label Atlantic
Producer
Ben Platt chronology
The Politician: Music from the Netflix Original Series
(2019)
Reverie
(2021)
Dear Evan Hansen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
(2021)
Singles from Reverie
  1. "Imagine"
    Released: April 23, 2021
  2. "Happy to Be Sad"
    Released: July 16, 2021
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Reverie is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Ben Platt, released August 13, 2021, through Atlantic Records. [2] Two singles preceded the album: "Imagine" on April 23, and "Happy to Be Sad" on July 16. [3]

Contents

Commercial performance

Reverie debuted at number 84 on the US Billboard 200 selling 6,000 pure album sales in its first week. [4]

Track listing

Reverie track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."King of the World, Pt. 1"
1:06
2."Childhood Bedroom"
  • Stone
  • Kirkpatrick
3:17
3."Happy to Be Sad"
  • Pollack
  • Skelton
  • Stone [a]
4:24
4."I Wanna Love You But I Don't"3:24
5."Leave My Mind"
  • Pollack
  • Platt
  • Michaels
  • Stone
  • Kirkpatrick
  • Stone
  • Kirkpatrick
3:18
6."Dance with You"
  • Pollack
  • Stone
  • Abraham
  • Harding
3:19
7."King of the World, Pt. 2"
  • Platt
  • Pollack
  • McAnally
  • Inscore
  • Pollack [a]
  • Sarazen [a]
1:24
8."Carefully"
  • Pollack
  • Platt
  • Robotham
4:45
9."Chasing You"
  • Platt
  • Michaels
  • Stone
  • Pollack
  • Stone
  • Pollack
3:02
10."Come Back"
  • Nate Cyphert
  • Platt
  • Pollack
Jeff Gitty 3:36
11."Dark Times"
4:06
12."Imagine"
  • The Monsters & Strangerz
  • Bellion
  • Stone [v]
  • Pollack [v]
  • S. Johnson [v]
2:44
13."King of the World, Pt. 3"
  • Platt
  • Pollack
  • McAnally
  • Inscore
  • Pollack [a]
  • Sarazen [a]
1:30
Total length:39:55

Notes

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Reverie
Chart (2021-2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 67
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 160
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [7] 36
UK Albums Sales (OCC) [8] 32
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [9] 9
US Billboard 200 [10] 84

Release history

Reverie release history
RegionDateFormatsLabelRef.
VariousAugust 13, 2021 Atlantic [11] [12]

Tour

Poster for The Reverie Tour Reverie Tour poster.jpg
Poster for The Reverie Tour

On August 14, 2021, Platt announced his second concert tour to promote Reverie, scheduled to begin on February 23, 2022. [13] The tour was later postponed due to the COVID pandemic and rescheduled to begin on September 3, 2022 in Seattle, Washington before concluding in Miami, Florida on October 7, 2022, for a total of 20 stops. [14] The tour featured Aly & AJ and Chappell Roan [15] as its opening act. The set list included songs from Reverie, his first album Sing to Me Instead , some covers, and some Broadway tunes. [16]

Platt played tribute to the closing of Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen on September 18, 2022, by performing "Waving Through a Window" at the Nashville stop of the tour. [17]

References

  1. Donelson, Marcy. "Reverie - Ben Platt". AllMusic. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  2. "Ben Platt's Second Solo Album Reverie Set to Drop August 13". Broadway.com. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  3. Daw, Stephen. "First Out: New Music From Rebecca Black, Greyson Chance, K.Flay & More". Billboard . Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  4. Caulfield, Keith (August 26, 2021). "Jennifer Hudson's 'Respect' Soundtrack Debuts in Top 10 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart". Billboard. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
  5. "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 23 August 2021". The ARIA Report. No. 1642. Australian Recording Industry Association. August 23, 2021. p. 6.
  6. "Ultratop.be – Ben Platt – Reverie" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  7. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2022. 40. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  8. "Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company . Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  9. "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
  10. "Ben Platt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  11. "Reverie by Ben Platt". Apple Music . United States. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  12. "Credits / Reverie / Ben Platt". Tidal . United States. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  13. Wild, Stephi (August 13, 2021). "Ben Platt Announces THE REVERIE Concert Tour, Kicking Off in Spring 2022". Broadway World. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  14. Irvin, Jack (May 12, 2022). "Ben Platt Announces Fall 2022 Reverie Tour Dates with Aly & AJ: 'I'm Over the Moon'". People. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  15. "Ben Platt - Rescheduled | The Fabulous Fox Theatre". September 1, 2022. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
  16. Hamblin, Abby (August 31, 2022). "Ben Platt is back home on a concert stage, and it's a 'Reverie". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  17. Benefield, Chadwick (September 20, 2022). "10 Awesome Photos from the Ben Platt Concert at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville". WBKR. Retrieved September 24, 2022.