The Epilogue (album)

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The Epilogue
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Studio album by
Released18 October 2024 (2024-10-18)
Length37:10
Label Island
Producer
  • Afterhrs
  • Nick Atkinson
  • Alex Borel
  • Peter Fenn
  • Colin Foote
  • Edd Holloway
  • Jon Hume
  • Jon Levine
  • Dean Lewis
  • Petey Martin
  • Sarcastic Sounds
  • Steve Solomon
Dean Lewis chronology
The Hardest Love
(2022)
The Epilogue
(2024)
Singles from The Epilogue
  1. "Trust Me Mate"
    Released: 29 September 2023
  2. "Memories"
    Released: 2 February 2024
  3. "The Last Bit of Us"
    Released: 29 March 2024
  4. "All I Ever Wanted"
    Released: 3 May 2024
  5. "Rest"
    Released: 9 August 2024
  6. "Empire"
    Released: 14 October 2024

The Epilogue is the third studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis, released on 18 October 2024. The album was written and recorded in-between Lewis' overseas live touring schedule. [1]

Contents

Speaking about the album, Lewis said, "An Epilogue traditionally sums up a book, answers any unanswered questions, and hints at what's to come. This is a new chapter. It feels like the ending of the last few years of my life and the beginning of the next. I really tried to define my own style. For me, the music wraps up the past and shines a light on what to expect going forward." [2]

Background

The album was announced in June 2024 with Lewis saying "My first album had a level of rawness. For the second, I was a little more cautious and pop-oriented, but the songs were meaningful to me. On this record, I started to get rawer and more acoustic again. I was trying to rekindle the simplicity of why things worked. I knew what I wanted to hear, so I embraced what made the first one special." [3]

The album will be supported by The Epilogue Australian tour commencing in Newcastle, New South Wales on 30 October 2024. [4]

Critical reception

Jo Forrest from Total Ntertainment said "Dean continues to write and perform with unmatched vulnerability, vibrancy, and vitality. As such, The Epilogue, represents both the culmination of an incredible journey thus far and a harbinger for where he may go next." [2]

Track listing

The Epilogue track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Empire"
  • Lewis
  • Sarcastic Sounds
3:04
2."All I Ever Wanted"
  • Lewis
  • Ian Franzino
  • Andrew Haas
  • Lewis
  • Afterhrs
3:09
3."Rest" (with Sasha Alex Sloan)
  • Lewis
  • Sasha Alex Sloan
  • Lewis
  • Alex Borel
  • Colin Foote
  • Petey Martin
3:13
4."All Your Lies"
  • Lewis
  • Atkinson
  • Holloway
3:13
5."I Still Do"
  • Lewis
  • Levine
3:05
6."Cold"
  • Lewis
  • Peter Fenn
  • Lewis
  • Fenn
2:51
7."Memories"
  • Lewis
  • Hume
2:59
8."Trust Me Mate"
  • Lewis
  • Hume
  • Lewis
  • Hume
2:58
9."Love of My Life"Lewis
  • Lewis
  • Borel
  • Foote
  • Dylan Nash [a]
3:01
10."Until the End"
  • Lewis
  • Borel
  • Adeliz Calderon
  • Foote
  • Lewis
  • Borel
  • Foote
3:03
11."Clélia's Song"
  • Lewis
  • Steve Solomon
  • Lewis
  • Solomon
3:14
12."The Last Bit of Us"
  • Lewis
  • Borel
  • Foote
  • Nash [a]
3:20
Total length:37:10

Note

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for The Epilogue
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 66
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [7] 44
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 18
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [11] 19

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