''Case Study 01'' (stylized in

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) is the second studio album by Canadian singer and songwriter

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, released on June 28, 2019, through Golden Child Recordings. It features guest appearances from Brandy, Pharrell Williams, John Mayer, Sean Leon and

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Promotion

Caesar held a listening party in

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in the week leading up to the album's release. Along with invited music industry figures, the event was also open to the first 200 guests that arrived. Caesar also teased the album on social media, including with a video of a person walking across a desert set to a "muted keyboard melody" and a quote from scientist

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Critical reception

Jacob Carey of '' Exclaim!'' noted the "experimental nature" of the album, concluding: "Although ''Case Study 01'' may not receive the same critical reception as Freudian, it's a solid effort by an artist who is, more or less, still a rookie, attempting to diversify his sound early on in order to avoid cementing himself into gospel music for the entirety of his career." Aaron Williams of ''

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'' stated: "Even with Caesar's newfound physicality, ''Case Study 01'' is still a thoughtful, beautiful-sounding album. If nothing else, it proves he's still a smart, intriguing songwriter who could wring twice as much romance out of a couplet as any of his contemporaries. But there's also a sense that maybe he's trying a little too hard here as well." The album was longlisted for the

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Track listing

Notes * All track titles are stylized in

* signifies an additional producer * "Cyanide" contains additional vocals by

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and

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* "Entropy" and "Frontal Lobe Muzik" contains additional vocals by Sean Leon * "Too Deep to Turn Back" contains additional vocals by Arainna Reid * "Complexities" contains additional vocals by Liza Yohannes Sample credits * "Cyanide" contains samples from "Candy Maker", performed by

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. * "Entropy" and "Too Deep to Turn Back" contains a sample from "

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" as performed by

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, written by Andrew Cocup and Tom Findlay.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Daniel Caesar's Instagram. Musicians *

– production ; recording, programming * Alex Ernewein – production * Arianna Reid – additional vocals *

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– production * DJ Camper – additional keys * Ethan Ashby – additional production * John Mayer – production, additional vocals ; electric guitar * Jordan Evans – production ; additional production, drums *

– additional vocals * Liam Mitro – saxophone, flute * Liza Yohannes – additional vocals *

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– production ; electric bass *

– additional vocals , additional production , recording , strings ; additional music * Sean Leon – additional vocals *

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– production Technical * Alex Ernewein – recording * Ben "Bengineer" Sedano – assistant recording * Chad Franscoviak – recording * Gabriel Placentia – assistant recording * Jordan Evans – recording , additional drum programming , programming * Matthew Burnett – programming * Mikalai Skrobat – * Mike Larson – recording * Morning Estrada – recording *

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– recording * Riley Bell – mixing, mastering ; recording * Rob Bisel – recording

Charts

References

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