Waves (Rachel Platten album)

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Waves
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ReleasedOctober 27, 2017 (2017-10-27)
Recorded2017
Length45:21
Label Columbia
Producer
Rachel Platten chronology
Wildfire
(2016)
Waves
(2017)
I Am Rachel Platten
(2024)
Singles from Waves
  1. "Broken Glass"
    Released: August 18, 2017

Waves is the fourth studio album and second major record label album by American singer and songwriter Rachel Platten. It was released on October 27, 2017. [1]

Contents

Singles

The album's lead single, "Broken Glass", was released on August 18, 2017. [2]

Release and promotion

On October 4, 2017, Platten announced Waves via Twitter. [3] "Perfect for You" was released as the album's first promotional single on October 6, 2017. [4] "Collide" was released as the second promotional single on October 20, 2017. [5]

The album was released on October 27, 2017, worldwide, with a standard track edition with 13 songs, released to retailers and digital download and streaming services. A deluxe edition with three extra songs was released exclusively to Target stores [6] in the United States.

Commercial performance

Waves debuted at number 73 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 8,000 units which was a significant drop in comparison to her previous album Wildfire which debuted at number 5 with sales of 45,000. [7]

Track listing

Standard edition [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Perfect for You"
  • Chantry Johnson
  • The Wiild
  • Allan [a]
3:36
2."Whole Heart"
  • Evigan
  • Gian Stone [a]
3:11
3."Collide"
3:25
4."Keep Up"
Levine3:35
5."Broken Glass"
2:59
6."Shivers"
2:55
7."Loose Ends"
  • Platten
  • Evigan
  • Douglas
  • Evigan
  • Stone [a]
3:31
8."Labels"
  • Skelton
  • Tedder
2:59
9."Loveback"
Kirkpatrick3:22
10."Hands"
  • Platten
  • Cyphert
  • Kirkpatrick
  • Kirkpatrick
  • Levine
3:54
11."Fooling You"
Kirkpatrick3:49
12."Good Life"
  • Platten
  • Levine
Levine3:46
13."Grace"
  • Platten
  • Cyphert
  • Evigan
  • Douglas
  • Evigan
  • Stone [a]
4:19
Total length:45:21
Target and Japanese bonus tracks [9] [10]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
14."Even If It Hurts"
Jeberg3:11
15."Without You"
Levine3:29
16."Wild"
  • Platten
  • Levine
Levine3:05
Total length:55:06

Notes

Charts

Chart performance for Waves
Chart (2017)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [11] 142
South Korean Albums Overseas (Gaon) [12] 30
US Billboard 200 [13] 73

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