Woodstock (Portugal. The Man album)

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Woodstock
Portugal. The Man Woodstock album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 16, 2017 [1]
RecordedJuly 2013 – April 2017
Genre Pop [2]
Length38:35
Label
Producer
Portugal. The Man chronology
Evil Friends
(2013)
Woodstock
(2017)
Chris Black Changed My Life
(2023)
Singles from Woodstock
  1. "Noise Pollution"
    Released: December 1, 2016
  2. "Feel It Still"
    Released: March 3, 2017
  3. "Live in the Moment"
    Released: October 30, 2017
  4. "Tidal Wave"
    Released: July 17, 2018 [3]
  5. "Easy Tiger"
    Released: December 14, 2018
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.9/10 [4]
Metacritic 70/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The A.V. Club C+ [7]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Paste 7.6/10 [9]
Pitchfork 6.6/10 [10]
PopMatters 8/10 [11]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

Woodstock is the eighth studio album by American rock band Portugal. The Man, released on June 16, 2017 through Atlantic Records. [12]

Contents

Background and recording

After having released Evil Friends in 2013, Portugal. The Man began work on a new project, under the working title Gloomin + Doomin. This album was eventually shelved, partly due to a conversation between John Gourley and his father and the discovery of a lost ticket stub from the Woodstock festival. Work began on the Woodstock album shortly thereafter, involving new music as well as material from the Gloomin + Doomin era. In 2014, the band often uploaded to their Instagram account while working on the album. [13]

Promotion

On December 1, 2016, the band released a single and accompanying music video for the track "Noise Pollution". The music video was directed by Michael Ragen, and shot on location in Alaska. [14] The label did not release nor promote this song to radio.

"Feel It Still" was released as the lead single from the album on March 3, 2017. It reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their first entry on the chart. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart, becoming the band's first chart-topper; as well as number one on the Alternative Songs chart, and is their first top ten on either chart. [15]

On April 28, 2017, "Number One" was released as a pre release buzz track from Woodstock, along with an official announcement and pre-orders for the album. [16]

"Live in the Moment" was announced to be the follow-up radio single to "Feel It Still" by Atlantic Records GM David Saslow in an interview with Sirius XM. [17] It was sent to triple-A radio October 30, 2017, [18] and later to alternative radio in November. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart and the Alternative Songs chart. It is their second Alternative Songs number one hit. The song was also released as part of the soundtrack of FIFA 18 , the video game by EA Sports.

Track listing

Woodstock [19]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Number One" (featuring Richie Havens and Son Little)
5:21
2."Easy Tiger"
3:37
3."Live in the Moment"
  • Portugal. The Man
  • Hill
  • Malik
  • Hill
  • Rallier [a]
4:06
4."Feel It Still"
  • Hill
  • Taccone
2:42
5."Rich Friends"
3:41
6."Keep On"
  • Portugal. The Man
  • Taccone
  • Taccone
  • Sonny DiPerri [a]
3:23
7."So Young"
  • Portugal. The Man
  • Burton
  • Kreher
Danger Mouse4:06
8."Mr. Lonely" (featuring Fat Lip)
  • Danger Mouse
  • Bates [a]
4:22
9."Tidal Wave"
  • Hill
  • Stint
3:31
10."Noise Pollution" (version A, vocal mix 1.3; featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Zoe Manville)Portugal. The Man
3:45
Total length:38:35

Notes

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [38] Gold7,500
Canada (Music Canada) [39] Platinum80,000
France (SNEP) [40] Gold50,000
United States (RIAA) [41] Platinum1,000,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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