These Two Windows

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These Two Windows
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)
Genre Pop
Length27:57
Label Warner
Producer
Alec Benjamin chronology
Narrated for You
(2018)
These Two Windows
(2020)
(Un)Commentary
(2022)
Singles from These Two Windows
  1. "Must Have Been the Wind"
    Released: June 13, 2019
  2. "Jesus in LA"
    Released: July 16, 2019
  3. "Mind Is a Prison"
    Released: December 12, 2019
  4. "Demons"
    Released: January 17, 2020
  5. "Oh My God"
    Released: February 13, 2020
  6. "The Book of You & I"
    Released: March 5, 2020
  7. "Match in the Rain"
    Released: May 29, 2020

These Two Windows is the debut studio album by the American singer Alec Benjamin. [1] [2] [3] [4] It was released by Warner Music on May 29, 2020. [5] [6] It reached number 75 on the Billboard 200.

Contents

Commercial performance

On the UK Albums Chart, These Two Windows debuted at No. 52 with 1,677 sales units, marking Benjamin's first entry on that chart. [7]

Track listing

These Two Windows track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Mind Is a Prison" Alex Hope 2:42
2."Demons"
  • Benjamin
  • Ryan Vojtesak
  • Jonathan Hoskins
  • Charlie Handsome
  • Hoskins
2:42
3."Oh My God"
3:07
4."The Book of You & I"
  • Benjamin
  • Hope
Hope3:27
5."Match in the Rain"
Hope2:39
6."Jesus in LA"
John Cunningham2:51
7."I'm Not a Cynic"
  • Benjamin
  • Hope
Hope2:16
8."Alamo"
  • Benjamin
  • Friedman
  • Lambroza
  • Nathan Fertig
  • Russell Chell
  • Simon Rosen
  • David Biral
  • Denzel Baptiste
  • Sir Nolan
  • Simon Says
2:25
9."Must Have Been the Wind"
  • Benjamin
  • Hope
Hope2:57
10."Just Like You"
  • Benjamin
  • John Cunningham
Cunningham2:50
Total length:27:53
Japan bonus track [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Six Feet Apart"
  • Benjamin
  • Nathan Fatig
2:54
Total length:30:55

Charts

Chart performance for These Two Windows
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 70
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [10] 99
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 42
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [12] 80
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 75
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 52
US Billboard 200 [16] 75

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