Supermarket (Logic album)

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Supermarket
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Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 2019
Recorded2016–2019
Genre Alternative rock [1] [2]
Length49:08
Label
Producer
Logic chronology
YSIV
(2018)
Supermarket
(2019)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
(2019)

Supermarket is a soundtrack album by American rapper Logic. It was released on March 26, 2019, [3] by Def Jam Recordings and Visionary Music Group. The soundtrack serves as a tie-in for his novel of the same name. [3] The soundtrack was released to negative reviews by music critics, though it peaked at number 56 on the Billboard 200.

Contents

Promotion

The release date was announced on January 10, 2019. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim! 4/10 [5]
Pitchfork 2.9/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

The album received generally negative reviews. Danny Schwartz, writing for Rolling Stone , characterized Supermarket as "uniquely bad", "bold yet bland" and a "suite of vapid love songs". [1] Reed Jackson of Pitchfork described it as "a painful journey across guitar music of the past five decades." [6] Calum Slingerland of Exclaim! negatively reviewed both the album and the accompanying novel, stating that "those who aren't card-carrying Rattpack devotees will come away with little to chew on". [5]

The album peaked at number 56 on the Billboard 200, with 11,823 total album-equivalent units, 2,947 of which were pure album sales. [7]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal. [8]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Bohemian Trapsody"6:44
2."Can I Kick It" (featuring Juto)
  • 6ix
  • Juto
  • Logic
3:21
3."Time Machine"
  • Hall II
  • Ivatury
  • 6ix
  • Logic
3:48
4."Pretty Young Girl"
  • Hall II
  • Ivatury
  • 6ix
  • Logic
4:15
5."Supermarket"
  • Hall II
  • Ivatury
  • 6ix
  • Logic
3:03
6."Baby"
  • 6ix
  • Logic
3:58
7."By the Bridge"
  • Hall II
  • Ivatury
  • 6ix
  • Logic
4:02
8."Best Friend"
  • Logic
  • Milicevic
4:02
9."Lemon Drop"
  • Hall II
  • Ivatury
  • 6ix
  • Logic
2:13
10."I'm Probably Gonna Rock Your World"
  • DeMarco
2:32
11."Vacation from Myself"
  • Hall II
  • DeMarco
  • DeMarco
2:22
12."DeLorean"
  • Hall II
  • Ivatury
  • 6ix
  • Logic
4:28
13."I Love You Forever"
  • Hall II
  • Ivatury
  • 6ix
  • Logic
4:16
Total length:49:08

Notes

Sample credits

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [10] 82
US Billboard 200 [11] 56
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [12] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [13] 11

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