At Night, Alone.

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At Night, Alone.
File:MikePosnerAtNightAlone.jpg
Studio album by Mike Posner
Released May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)
Recorded 2013–16
Genre
Length 58:17
Label
Producer
Mike Posner chronology
The Truth
(2015)The Truth2015		 At Night, Alone
(2016)
Singles from At Night, Alone
  1. "I Took a Pill in Ibiza"
    Released: July 24, 2015
  2. "Buried in Detroit"
    Released: TBA

At Night, Alone. is the second studio album by American singer Mike Posner. It was released on May 6, 2016 by Island.[2] The album features guest appearances by Labrinth and Big Sean.[3]

The album received positive reviews from music critics, who celebrated the record's mature sound, and his autobiographic and introspective lyrical content. The album was considered a qualitative big step forward from previous solo album 31 Minutes to Takeoff.

Background

Mike Posner released his first single in two years, "The Way It Used to Be" in June 2013, and announced the release of his second album Pages.[4] In October 2013 Posner said in an interview with Billboard: "I've made maybe over 100 songs since the last album, so I've got a good 12, 15 I'm proud of".[5] A second single featuring Big Sean, "Top of the World" was released in December 2013.[6] In March 2014 Billboard reported that Pages would be released later that year, but the release never materialized. Instead, Posner released the extended play, The Truth in June 2015 on Island Records, featuring four tracks later featured on At Night, Alone.[7] "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" was released as a single on July 24, 2015, and found international success in a remix by Seeb. In August 2015, Posner said that he had recorded two albums (Pages and Sky High) since his debut album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff (2010), which were both shelved by his former label RCA Records because "they didn't have a hit".[8][9]

Posner said country singer Jake Owen encouraged him to "tell the truth" in his songs", and showed him artists like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard which made Posner realize that "you can just literally say the truth and it’s beautiful, and it’s heart-wrenching and it’s funny".[10][11] The album is inspired by country music according to Posner: "So, like, the way I was inspired by hip-hop when I first started and would sort of sing hip-hop, this new (music) is kind of my take on country music. It doesn't sound country and no one uses the word country to describe it, but it's me trying to do country and it comes out weird and different."[10]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3.5/5 stars[12]
Idolator 3.5/5 stars[1]
The Guardian 2/5 stars[13]

David Jeffries of AllMusic noted an improvement for Posner in the album, writing "this might not yet be the ultimate showcase for his talents, but At Night, Alone is both a welcome return and a significant step forward.". Jordan Simon of Idolator wrote that "Posner on the album places his bets as pop’s “born-again” countryman", saying also that the album "it’s not a pop jamboree. It is truth in advertising, an album exclusively optimized for solitude spent immersed in deep thought". Gwilym Mumford of The Guardian wrote, "[s]ome curios apart – the a cappella revolutionary hymn Only God Knows and rowdy folk-punk of Jade – there is little here that lingers long in the memory, with only Posner’s braggadocio and pinched vocals distinguishing him from the singer-songwriter crowd."

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "At Night, Alone."   Posner Posner 0:10
2. "I Took a Pill in Ibiza"   Posner
4:40
3. "Not That Simple"  
  • Posner
  • Adam Friedman
  • Ely Rise
  • Posner
  • Terefe
  • Friedman
 3:54
4. "Be As You Are"  
  • Posner
  • Friedman
  • Posner
  • Friedman
  • Terefe[a]
 3:53
5. "In the Arms of a Stranger"   Posner
  • Posner
  • Terefe
  • Friedman
  • MdL
 3:47
6. "Silence" (featuring Labrinth)
  • Posner
  • Terefe
 4:18
7. "Iris"  
  • Posner
  • Friedman
  • Posner
  • Friedman
  • MdL
 3:31
8. "Only God Knows"   Posner Posner 2:45
9. "Jade"   Posner
  • Posner
  • MdL
 3:41
10. "One Hell of a Song"   Posner
  • Posner
  • Friedman
  • MdL
 3:16
11. "Buried in Detroit"   Posner
  • Posner
  • Terefe
 4:08
12. "Thank You"   Posner
  • Posner
 0:08
13. "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (SeeB Remix) Posner
  • Posner
  • Terefe
  • SeeB[b]
 3:17
14. "Not That Simple" (Kyle Tree Remix)
  • Posner
  • Adam Friedman
  • Ely Rise
  • Posner
  • Terefe
  • Friedman
  • Kyle Tree[b]
 3:27
15. "Be As You Are" (JordanXL Remix)
  • Posner
  • Friedman
  • Posner
  • Friedman
  • Terefe[a]
  • JordanXL[b]
 3:23
16. "In the Arms of a Stranger" (Brian Kierulf Remix) Posner
  • Posner
  • Terefe
  • Friedman
  • MdL
  • Brian Kierulf[b]
 3:27
17. "Silence" (Sluggo x Loote Remix) (featuring Labrinth)
  • Posner
  • McKenzie
  • Posner
  • Terefe
  • Dave Katz[b]
  • Jackson Foote[b]
 3:09
18. "Buried in Detroit" (Lucas Löwe Remix) (featuring Big Sean)
  • Posner
  • Terefe
  • Jordan Orvosh[b]
 3:23
Total length:
 58:17
Notes
  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[b] signifies a remixer

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 93
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 120
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18] 19
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 184
Irish Albums (IRMA)[20] 87
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[21] 18
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[22]
[23]		 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 63
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 79
US Billboard 200[26] 12

References

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  17. ↑ "Mike Posner – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Mike Posner. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Mike Posner: At Night, Alone." (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
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  24. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Mike Posner – At Night, Alone.". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Mike Posner – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Mike Posner. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
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