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Found Heaven

Found Heaven is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Conan Gray, released by Republic Records on April 5, 2024. The album was preceded by the singles "Never Ending Song", "Winner", "Killing Me", "Lonely Dancers", and "Alley Rose". To support Found Heaven, Gray embarked on his fifth headlining concert tour, Found Heaven On Tour in July 2024.

Found Heaven
Studio album by
Conan Gray
ReleasedApril 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)
Recorded2023
StudioNo Expectations Studios (Hollywood), MXM Studios, The Village Studios, Subtle McNugget Studios (Los Angeles), House Mouse Studios (Stockholm)
Genre
Length36:42
LabelRepublic
Producer
Conan Gray chronology
Superache
(2022) 		Found Heaven
(2024)
Singles from Found Heaven
  1. "Never Ending Song"
    Released: May 19, 2023
  2. "Winner"
    Released: August 25, 2023
  3. "Killing Me"
    Released: October 31, 2023
  4. "Lonely Dancers"
    Released: February 9, 2024
  5. "Alley Rose"
    Released: March 8, 2024

Background and release

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Gray released his second studio album, Superache, in June 2022.[1] In May 2023, Gray began teasing new music.[2] On May 19, he released the album's lead single, "Never Ending Song".[3] The second single, "Winner" was released on August 25.[4] "Killing Me" was released as the third single on October 31.[5] Gray announced Found Heaven on January 31, 2024,[6][7] and released the fourth single "Lonely Dancers" on February 9.[8] Shortly afterwards, Gray announced an international tour to support the album and, on March 8, released "Alley Rose" as the fifth single.[9][10] He released music videos for the songs Never Ending Song and Lonely Dancers. There are no music videos for the other songs, except for their lyric videos. This is also his first studio album without Dan Nigro's involvement, who produced his first two albums Kid Krow and Superache.

On Found Heaven, Gray worked with producers Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, and Shawn Everett, among others.[11]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[12]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [13]
Dork     [14]
Clash7/10[15]
DIY     [16]

Found Heaven has received generally positive reviews from music critics. Critics praised the album for its upbeat atmosphere, shift in lyricism, 80's aesthetics, and Gray's vocal performance. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 76 based on five reviews.[12]

Commercial performance

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Found Heaven debuted at number fourteen on the US Billboard 200, with 36,857 album-equivalent units,[17] Additionally, 16,000 of those sales were sold on vinyl alone, marking his third consecutive top ten on the Vinyl Albums chart as well, and his first number one album.[18]

The album also debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart,[19] making it his second top-ten entry and his highest peaking one thus far.

Track listing

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Found Heaven track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Found Heaven"Conan GrayShawn Everett2:57
2."Never Ending Song"
  • Martin
  • Ilya
2:35
3."Fainted Love"
  • Gray
  • Martin
2:50
4."Lonely Dancers"
  • Gray
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • Ilya
2:29
5."Alley Rose"GrayGreg Kurstin3:29
6."The Final Fight"
  • Gray
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • Salmanzadeh
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • Ilya
2:09
7."Miss You"
  • Gray
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • Martin
  • Holter
2:23
8."Bourgeoisieses"
  • Gray
  • Max Grahn
  • Luka Kloser
  • Fat Max Gsus
  • Kloser
2:31
9."Forever with Me"
  • Gray
  • Kurstin
Kurstin3:35
10."Eye of the Night"GrayEverett2:21
11."Boys & Girls"
  • Gray
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • Martin
  • Holter
2:22
12."Killing Me"
  • Gray
  • Martin
  • Holter
  • Martin
  • Holter
3:24
13."Winner"
  • Gray
  • Kurstin
Kurstin3:37
Total length:36:42

Personnel

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Musicians

  • Conan Gray – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10–12)
  • Pino Palladino – bass (tracks 1, 10)
  • Omar Hakim – drums (tracks 1, 10)
  • Michael Landau – guitar (tracks 1, 10)
  • Money Mark – guitar (tracks 1, 10)
  • Shawn Everett – keyboards (tracks 1, 10)
  • Max Martin – background vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 11, 12); bass (2–4, 6, 7, 11); drum programming, piano (12)
  • Ilya Salmanzadeh – programming (tracks 2, 4, 6), background vocals (2, 4); bass, drums, keyboards (2)
  • Luka Kloser – background vocals, guitar (2, 8); bass, drums, keyboards, programming (8)
  • Doris Sandberg – background vocals (track 2)
  • Oscar Holter – bass, drums, keyboards, programming (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12); guitar (3, 6, 7, 11)
  • Greg Kurstin – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, percussion, piano, synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13); strings (13)
  • Davide Rossi – cello, string arrangement, strings, viola, violin (track 5)
  • Elvira Anderfjärd – background vocals (tracks 8, 11)
  • Fat Max Gsus – background vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, programming (track 8)
  • Tove Burman – background vocals (track 11)
  • Mattias Larsson – bass (track 12)

Technical

  • Randy Merrill – mastering
  • Shawn Everett – mixing (tracks 1, 10), engineering (1)
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 11, 12)
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 5, 9, 14)
  • Bryce Bordone – mix engineering (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 11, 12)
  • Jeremy Lertola – engineering (tracks 2–4, 6)
  • Sam Holland – engineering (tracks 2–4, 6)
  • Max Martin – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
  • Michael Ilbert – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
  • Oscar Holter – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
  • Greg Kurstin – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
  • Julian Burg – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
  • Matt Tuggle – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
  • Ian Schick – engineering (track 8)
  • Luka Kloser – engineering (track 8)
  • Max Grahn – engineering (track 8)
  • Amir Yaghmai – engineering (track 10)
  • Ian Gold – mixing assistance, engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)
  • Ivan Wayman – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)
  • Nick Hodges – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)

Charts

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Chart performance for Found Heaven
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 26
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[24] 98
Croatian International Albums (HDU)[25] 16
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[27] 11
Irish Albums (OCC)[28] 26
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[29] 33
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 8
Scottish Albums (OCC)[31] 2
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[32] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[33] 84
UK Albums (OCC)[34] 4
US Billboard 200[35] 14

References

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