Postcards in the Sky

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Postcards in the Sky
Postcards in the Sky Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 20, 2017 (2017-10-20)
Genre Pop
Length57:21
Label Archie Music / Tone tree Music
David Archuleta chronology
No Matter How Far
(2013)
Postcards in the Sky
(2017)
Winter in the Air
(2018)
Singles from Postcards in the Sky
  1. "Numb"
    Released: November 3, 2016
  2. "Up All Night"
    Released: April 21, 2017
  3. "Invincible"
    Released: October 19, 2017
  4. "Seasons (ft. Madilyn Paige)"
    Released: January 25, 2018
  5. "Postcards in the Sky"
    Released: March 22, 2019

Postcards in the Sky is the sixth studio album by American singer David Archuleta. It was released on October 20, 2017, independently through his own Archie Music label, [1] , and is composed of sixteen tracks and is the first album by the singer to feature entirely original material since The Other Side of Down (2010). Its lead single, "Numb", was released on November 3, 2016.

Contents

Content

Earlier in release year, Archuleta released two extended plays that would build up to this album, Orion on May 19, with tracks "Numb", "Invincible", "Say Me", and "Up All Night", and Leo on August 25, with tracks "Other Things in Sight", "Someone to Love", "I'm Ready", and "Spotlight Down". The singles from this album were "Numb", "Up All Night", "Invincible", "Seasons", and the title track "Postcards in the Sky".

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Postcards in the Sky"David Archuleta, Jeffrey Trott, Victoria Horn 3:46
2."Invincible"Archuleta, Stephanie Mabey, Taylor S. Hartley3:56
3."Numb"Archuleta, Trent Dabbs, Jamie Kenney3:42
4."Someone to Love"Archuleta, Jeremy Bose, Cindy Morgan3:11
5."Spotlight Down"Archuleta, Kimberly Isabeau Miller, Shaun Balin, Camille Nelson3:10
6."I'm Ready"Archuleta, Cason Cooley, Annie Schmidt4:02
7."Other Things in Sight"Archuleta, Bose, Dabbs3:09
8."Say Me"Archuleta, Bose, Dabbs3:05
9."Upset With Me"Archuleta4:53
10."Up All Night"Archuleta, Miller, Balin, Kenney4:05
11."Waiting in the Stars"Archuleta, Horn, Drew Lawrence3:54
12."Seasons" (featuring Madilyn Paige)Archuleta, Mabey, Dustin Christiensen4:22
13."Cracks of Heaven"Archuleta, Kayliann Lowe, Pete Sallis, Robert Douglas Lowe,Jr.3:55
14."Shine a Light"Archuleta, Miller, Balin3:41
15."Aiming for Hope"Archuleta, Mabey, Christiensen3:42
16."A Little Goes a Long Way"Archuleta, Cooley, Katie Herzig 3:29
Total length:57:21

Reception

The album debuted at No. 43 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart [2] and peaked at number 40.

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [3] 40

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