Who Believes in Angels?

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Who Believes in Angels?
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Studio album by
Elton John and Brandi Carlile
Released4 April 2025
RecordedOctober 2023 [1]
Studio Sunset Sound (Los Angeles)
Length44:08
Label Interscope
Producer Andrew Watt
Elton John chronology
The Lockdown Sessions
(2021)		Who Believes in Angels?
(2025)
Brandi Carlile chronology
In These Silent Days
(2021)		Who Believes in Angels?
(2025)

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Who Believes in Angels? received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 from ten critic scores. [9]

Commercial performance

Who Believes in Angels? debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 with 40,000 album-equivalent units, becoming John's twenty-second top-ten album and a fourth for Carlile. The album also debuted at number one on both the Top Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums' charts. [20]

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart with 22,843 album-equivalent units, [21] becoming John’s tenth album to achieve it and Carlile’s first. [22] John also joined Kylie Minogue and Michael Jackson as the fifth artist with the most topper albums on the chart. [23]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brandi Carlile, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, and Andrew Watt; "The Rose of Laura Nyro" was written with Laura Nyro. All tracks were produced by Andrew Watt.

Who Believes in Angels? track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The Rose of Laura Nyro"6:39
2."Little Richard's Bible"2:59
3."Swing for the Fences"3:22
4."Never Too Late"3:36
5."You Without Me"4:35
6."Who Believes in Angels?"5:13
7."The River Man"4:41
8."A Little Light"4:22
9."Someone to Belong To"4:20
10."When This Old World Is Done with Me"4:16
Total length:44:08

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Who Believes in Angels?
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [24] 26
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [25] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [26] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [27] 26
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [28] 52
Croatian International Albums (HDU) [29] 11
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [30] 21
French Albums (SNEP) [31] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [32] 2
Greek Albums (IFPI) [33] 64
Irish Albums (OCC) [34] 33
Italian Albums (FIMI) [35] 46
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [36] 6
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [37] 75
Scottish Albums (OCC) [38] 1
Swedish Physical Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [39] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [40] 1
UK Albums (OCC) [41] 1
US Billboard 200 [42] 9
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums ( Billboard ) [43] 1

References

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  2. ↑ "Elton John And Brandi Carlile 'Swing For The Fences' On New Single". Forbes. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Strauss, Matthew (5 February 2025). "Elton John and Brandi Carlile Announce Album, Shares New Song "Who Believes in Angels?": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Breihan, Tom (5 February 2025). "Elton John & Brandi Carlile Announce Collab Album Who Believes In Angels?". Stereogum. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Snapes, Laura (7 February 2025). "'He smashed his iPad and headphones. My lyrics got torn up': inside Elton John and Brandi Carlile's explosive duets album". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Newman, Melinda (1 April 2025). "Elton John on Working With Brandi Carlile on New Album: 'She Was Capable of Pushing Me, I'm Capable of Pushing Her'". Billboard . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Youngs, Ian (25 November 2024). "Elton John album on hold because he 'can't see' after eye infection". BBC News . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
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  22. ↑ Savage, Mark (11 April 2025). "Sir Elton John celebrates 'extraordinary' 10th UK number one album". BBC News . Retrieved 15 April 2025.
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