Yungblud (album)

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Yungblud
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Studio album by
Yungblud
Released2 September 2022 (2022-09-02)
Recorded2021
StudioEastcote Studios London, UK
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length33:00
Label
Producer
Yungblud chronology
Weird!
(2020)		Yungblud
(2022)
Singles from Yungblud
  1. "The Funeral"
    Released: 11 March 2022
  2. "Memories"
    Released: 6 May 2022
  3. "Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today"
    Released: 29 June 2022
  4. "The Emperor"
    Released: 5 August 2022
  5. "Tissues"
    Released: 30 August 2022

Yungblud is the third studio album by English musician Yungblud, [2] released on 2 September 2022 [3] by Locomotion and Geffen Records. The lead single for the album, "The Funeral", was released on 11 March 2022, followed by the second single, "Memories" with Willow, on 6 May 2022. Yungblud was announced on 17 May 2022, via an online livestream in which Yungblud received a ribcage tattoo. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.6/10 [5]
Metacritic 69/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Clash 7/10 [9]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Kerrang! 3/5 [12]
The Line of Best Fit 6/10 [13]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Pitchfork 4.5/10 [15]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [16]

Yungblud received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from professional critics, the album has an average score of 69 out of 100, based on twelve reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [6] Aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave it 6.6 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus.

Commercial performance

Yungblud debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart with 22,825 units, becoming his second number one album in the country. [17] In the US, the album debuted at number 45 on the Billboard 200 chart with 13,000 album-equivalent units. [18]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Chris Greatti and Yungblud, except where noted.

Yungblud– Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Funeral"
Greatti3:30
2."Tissues"
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Meany
  • Torrey [a]
  • Schwartz [c]
3:35
3."Memories" (with Willow)
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Brady [a]
2:35
4."Cruel Kids"
 2:52
5."Mad"
  • Harrison
  • Gable
  • Greatti
  • Jonas Jeberg
  • Fedi
  • John Cunningham
  • Cervini
  • Greatti
  • Yungblud
  • Cervini
  • Liam Hall
2:25
6."I Cry 2"
  • Harrison
  • Gable
  • Greatti
 1:56
7."Sweet Heroine"
  • Harrison
  • Gable
  • Greatti
 2:31
8."Sex Not Violence"
 3:22
9."Don't Go"
  • Harrison
  • Gable
  • Greatti
  • Fedi
 2:29
10."Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today"
  • Harrison
  • Gable
  • Schwartz
  • Yungblud
  • Schwartz
  • Greatti [c]
1:56
11."Die For a Night"
  • Harrison
  • Gable
  • Greatti
  • Torrey
 1:32
12."The Boy in the Black Dress"
 4:17
Total length:33:00
Yungblud– Digital edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."The Emperor"
  • Harrison
  • Schwartz
  • Taylor
2:56
Total length:35:56
Yungblud– Physical deluxe edition [19] [20]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."The Funeral" (acoustic)
  • Harrison
  • Gable
  • Torrey
  • Greatti
Greatti3:33
14."The Funeral" (Live at The Shrine)
  • Harrison
  • Gable
  • Torrey
  • Greatti
Greatti4:01
Total length:40:34
Yungblud– Japanese edition [21]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Fleabag"
  • Harrison
  • Amy Allen
  • Brian Lee
  • Wells
  • Hein
2:56
16."Fleabag" (acoustic)
  • Harrison
  • Allen
  • Lee
  • Wells
  • Hein
  • Greatti
  • Wells
  • Crossey
  • Schwartz
3:10
Total length:46:40
Yungblud– Bedroom Sessions [22]
No.TitleLength
13."The Funeral" (Bedroom Acoustic)3:33
14."Memories" (Bedroom Acoustic)2:50
15."Tissues" (Bedroom Acoustic)4:16
16."Cruel Kids" (Bedroom Acoustic)2:56
17."Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today" (Bedroom Acoustic)2:11
18."Sweet Heroine" (Bedroom Acoustic)3:06

Note

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Chart performance for Yungblud
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [23] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [24] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [25] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [26] 5
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [27] 2
French Albums (SNEP) [28] 15
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [29] 3
Irish Albums (OCC) [30] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI) [31] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [32] 1
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [33] 5
Scottish Albums (OCC) [34] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [35] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [36] 32
UK Albums (OCC) [37] 1
US Billboard 200 [38] 45
US Top Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [39] 7

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