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Released | 2 September 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2021 | |||
Studio | Eastcote Studios London, UK | |||
Genre | Pop rock [1] | |||
Length | 33:00 | |||
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Yungblud chronology | ||||
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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]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 6.6/10 [5] |
Metacritic | 69/100 [6] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [7] |
American Songwriter | [8] |
Clash | 7/10 [9] |
The Guardian | [10] |
The Independent | [11] |
Kerrang! | 3/5 [12] |
The Line of Best Fit | 6/10 [13] |
NME | [14] |
Pitchfork | 4.5/10 [15] |
Rolling Stone | [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.
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]
All tracks are produced by Chris Greatti and Yungblud, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Funeral" |
| Greatti | 3:30 |
2. | "Tissues" |
| 3:35 | |
3. | "Memories" (with Willow) |
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| 2:35 |
4. | "Cruel Kids" | 2:52 | ||
5. | "Mad" |
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| 2:25 |
6. | "I Cry 2" |
| 1:56 | |
7. | "Sweet Heroine" |
| 2:31 | |
8. | "Sex Not Violence" |
| 3:22 | |
9. | "Don't Go" |
| 2:29 | |
10. | "Don't Feel Like Feeling Sad Today" |
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| 1:56 |
11. | "Die For a Night" |
| 1:32 | |
12. | "The Boy in the Black Dress" |
| 4:17 | |
Total length: | 33:00 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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13. | "The Emperor" |
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| 2:56 |
Total length: | 35:56 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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13. | "The Funeral" (acoustic) |
| Greatti | 3:33 |
14. | "The Funeral" (Live at The Shrine) |
| Greatti | 4:01 |
Total length: | 40:34 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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15. | "Fleabag" |
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| 2:56 |
16. | "Fleabag" (acoustic) |
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| 3:10 |
Total length: | 46:40 |
No. | Title | Length |
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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 |
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Chart (2022) | Peak position |
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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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