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 will embark on his fifth headlining concert tour, Found Heaven On Tour in July 2024.

Background and release

Gray released his second studio album, '' Superache'', in June 2022. In May 2023, Gray began teasing new music. On May 19, he released the album's lead single, "Never Ending Song". The second single, "Winner" was released on August 25. "Killing Me" was released as the third single on October 31. Gray announced ''Found Heaven'' on January 31, 2024, and released the fourth single "Lonely Dancers" on February 9. Shortly afterwards, Gray announced an international tour to support the album and, on March 8, released "Alley Rose" as the fifth single.

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

Critical reception

''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.

Commercial performance

''Found Heaven'' debuted at number fourteen on the US ''Billboard 200'', with 37,000 album-equivalent units, consisting of 27,000 sales, landing him at number two on the US ''Top Album Sales'' chart, his highest peak thus far, and his third consecutive top ten on the chart following his first two albums. 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.

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

Track listing

Personnel

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

References

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2024 albums
Albums produced by Greg Kurstin
Albums produced by Ilya Salmanzadeh
Albums produced by Max Martin
Albums produced by Oscar Holter
Albums produced by Shawn Everett
Conan Gray albums
Republic Records albums