''Native'' is the third
studio album
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by American
rock
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band
OneRepublic
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. It was released on March 22, 2013 through
Mosley Music Group
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and
Interscope Records
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in Germany and Ireland, March 25 worldwide except North America, and March 26 in North America. The album was originally planned to be released at the end of 2012 with the lead single being "
Feel Again
"Feel Again" is a song recorded by American rock band OneRepublic for their third studio album ''Native'' (2013). Originally intended as the album’s lead single, it was later rebranded as a promotional single. It was written and produced by Ry ...
", which was released on August 27, 2012. However, due to the album not being completed at the time, it was pushed back to early 2013. "Feel Again" was later branded as a promotional single, and on January 8, 2013, "
If I Lose Myself
"If I Lose Myself" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic for their third studio album, ''Native'' (2013). It was released as the album's first official single on January 8, 2013. The song was written by Ryan Tedder, Benny Blan ...
" was released as the lead single for the album.
The most successful single was the second single "
Counting Stars
"Counting Stars" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their third studio album, ''Native'' (2013). The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. It was released as the album's seco ...
", which peaked at number two on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming their highest-charting hit since "
Apologize" also peaked there in 2007. It has also become their biggest hit in the United Kingdom—it topped the charts there for two non-consecutive weeks—and has charted within the top ten in nine countries, including top five placements in Australia, Germany, Ireland and New Zealand. The album's fourth single, "
Something I Need
"Something I Need" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic. It was released on August 25, 2013, through Mosley Music and Interscope Records as the third single from their third studio album, ''Native'' (2013). The song was wri ...
", has since been certified 3× Platinum in Australia and Gold in New Zealand, peaking in the top 5 in both countries. Fifth single "
Love Runs Out
"Love Runs Out" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic for the 2014 reissue of their third studio album ''Native'' (2013). It was produced by Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote the song with Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, Zach Filkins
Z ...
" charted in the top 5 in thirteen countries, including the United Kingdom, whilst the sixth and final single "
I Lived
"I Lived" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic. It was released as the fifth and final single from the album, ''Native'' (2014). It was originally planned to be released as the fourth single in January 2014, but was shelved in ...
" was a minor success.
The album received positive reviews from critics. It charted in the top 20 in eleven countries worldwide. It has been certified Platinum in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Background
On February 4, 2012, OneRepublic announced via
Twitter
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that their third studio album was scheduled to be released in Autumn 2012, and that the band was hoping to release the lead single from the album around April or May. The band stated that they were "not rushing it", saying that the album "has to literally be the best thing we've ever done".
Album design
The artwork for the album was brought up on the idea of how different each member of the group is from each other and that each one is like a different animal. Frontman
Ryan Tedder
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is represented by a
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, drummer
Eddie Fisher
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is a
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, rhythm guitarist Drew Brown is an
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, bassist
Brent Kutzle
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is a
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, and lead guitarist
Zach Filkins
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Biography
Early life
A significant part of Filkins's childhood was spent intensely studying c ...
is a
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. Kutzle also came up with the idea of calling the album ''Native''. According to Kutzle, it means indigenous to every country and how different they are as individuals.
Tour
In support of the album, OneRepublic launched the
Native Tour
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on April 2, 2013. Beginning in Europe, the band performed a total of 21 shows throughout April and May. In June 2013, they announced a second leg, to be played alongside
Sara Bareilles
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which was to take place through 52 shows across North America until October. From here they would travel to Asia for a total of six shows across Lebanon, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and ending in the Philippines on November 6. Their final leg for 2013 was across Australia and New Zealand, marking their largest tour across Australia and their first visit to New Zealand. A total of four shows were played across Australia, beginning in Perth and ending in Melbourne; from here they went on to play two shows in New Zealand, one in Auckland and one in Wellington, ending November 17.
On January 29, 2014, the band began their second European leg, and their fifth leg of the tour. They played a total of 22 shows in February and early March, ending with two shows in
Paris
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on March 7. The band then traveled to the United Kingdom where they played seven shows, beginning in
London
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on March 16 and ending back in London on March 27 after a trip through the UK and Ireland. On May 10, 2014 the band embarked on their second US tour, their
Native Summer Tour
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, and their sixth overall leg, riding on the success of the song "Counting Stars." They played a total of 48 shows, ending in Aspen, Colorado on August 30. On April 8, 2014, the band announced a seventh leg of the tour, and the second European tour, beginning on October 19 at the
3Arena
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in
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. This leg would mark the band's first arena tour, and would include their first show at
The O2 Arena
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in London. They played a total of 23 shows across Europe, ending at the Meo Arena in Lisbon, Portugal on November 21, 2014. This marks OneRepublic's largest tour to date, playing a total of 185 shows throughout 2013-14.
In April 2015 they began the last leg of the tour. They performed in Canada, in Europe and, for the first time, in South America, including a show at
Rock in Rio
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.
Singles
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If I Lose Myself
"If I Lose Myself" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic for their third studio album, ''Native'' (2013). It was released as the album's first official single on January 8, 2013. The song was written by Ryan Tedder, Benny Blan ...
" was released as the lead single from the album on January 8, 2013. The song was used in Season 4 Premiere of ''
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''.The remix by Alesso song was featured in the season premiere of the 2013 revival season of ''
One Life to Live
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''.
*"
Counting Stars
"Counting Stars" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their third studio album, ''Native'' (2013). The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. It was released as the album's seco ...
" was announced as the second single from the album and was released on June 14, 2013. It was released as the lead single in the UK and several other countries. The song has become their most successful thus far from the album charting within the top five in Australia, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland and New Zealand, and being certified 5× Platinum in Australia and 2× Platinum in New Zealand. In the UK "Counting Stars" became OneRepublic's first ever number one single. In the U.S. "
Counting Stars
"Counting Stars" is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their third studio album, ''Native'' (2013). The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder and Noel Zancanella. It was released as the album's seco ...
", has peaked at number 2 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming their highest-charting hit since "
Apologize" also peaked there in 2007. The music video for the single was filmed in
Louisiana
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and was released on May 31.
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Something I Need
"Something I Need" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic. It was released on August 25, 2013, through Mosley Music and Interscope Records as the third single from their third studio album, ''Native'' (2013). The song was wri ...
" was announced as the album's third single for Oceania and parts of Europe on August 25, 2013. The music video was directed by Cameron Buddy and was released on October 7, 2013. It has been certified 3× Platinum in Australia and Platinum in New Zealand, despite little promotion due to the late success of "Counting Stars".
*"
Love Runs Out
"Love Runs Out" is a song recorded by American pop rock band OneRepublic for the 2014 reissue of their third studio album ''Native'' (2013). It was produced by Ryan Tedder, who co-wrote the song with Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, Zach Filkins
Z ...
" was announced as the fourth single from their album on April 9, 2014. The song was meant to be released as the lead single from the album, but Ryan stated, "The verse was an A, and everything else was an A, but the chorus was a B. So we tabled it." The song was released on April 14, along with a re-release of the album in the US.
The song was released to US radio on May 6, 2014.
*"
I Lived
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" was announced as the fifth single from the album on August 13, 2014.
It was originally planned to be released as the fourth single but was scrapped in favor of "Love Runs Out". On September 23, 2014,
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's remix was released as a single on
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.
Promotional singles
*"
Feel Again
"Feel Again" is a song recorded by American rock band OneRepublic for their third studio album ''Native'' (2013). Originally intended as the album’s lead single, it was later rebranded as a promotional single. It was written and produced by Ry ...
" was originally released as the
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from the then-untitled ''Native'' on August 27, 2012, however it was later rebranded as a promotional single. A portion of the proceeds from the sales of the single was donated to
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's
Every Beat Matters campaign to support training frontline health workers around the world. The single reached number 36 on the ''
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''
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and number 59 on the Canadian Hot 100.
*"What You Wanted" was released as a
promotional single
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from the album on February 19, 2013, available to download on
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in the month leading up to the album's release on available listings of the album. The song was also featured on the trailer for the movie adaptation of
John Green
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's novel, ''
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'' (2014).
Other songs
*"I Lived" was featured in an
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commercial for ''
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'' and ''
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''. It was also used in the series finale of ''
90210'',
as well as on various
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programs such as ''
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'' and
''First Take'' and in the first episode of ''
The Michael J. Fox Show
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''. It was also played at the end of the second episode of ''
Red Band Society
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''.
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and
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used the song during the introduction of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals games between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Chicago Blackhawks. The song was also covered by the
''Glee'' cast as the last song in
the series finale
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of ''
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''.
*"Life in Color" was used in the commercials leading up to the new season of
''America's Got Talent'' season eight. It was also used as the opening song for the Australian television show ''
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'' in 2013. A remix of the song was included on the official soundtrack to the American
epic biblical drama film ''
Son of God'' (2014). The song was also used in the promoting campaign for the Big Pony collection by
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, in addition to the 'Best Summer Ever' advertisement by
Malibu.
*"Au Revoir" was used in the
fifth episode of the
fifth season of
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''.
Critical reception
''Native'' received generally positive reviews from critics. At
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, a website which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 from reviews and ratings by mainstream critics, it currently holds a metascore of 65, based on seven reviews.
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asked the question "How do they stand out in a sea of other artists who sound so similar to them, primarily because as a songwriter, Tedder has largely defined much of the entire modern pop sound?"[ To this, Collar found that "In many ways, OneRepublic are a clearing house for mainstream pop sensibilities, and ''Native'' is no exception", which this leads him to espouse "Ultimately, all of this might seem like more of a knock against OneRepublic as pop opportunists, if the music weren't so dang catchy."][ At '']Entertainment Weekly
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'', Adam Markovitz signaled that this album "is chemically pure pop-rock: flavorless, transparent — and potent enough to melt your resistance like battery acid", and said that the album contains "soaring, evangelical choruses of prescription-strength goose-bump inducers like "Feel Again" and "If I Lose Myself.""[ Johan Wippsson of ]Melodic.net
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wrote that the band has taken its sound to the next level with "Coldplay
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's atmospheric and epic melodies."
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of ''Rolling Stone
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'' alluded to how "''Native'' is "catchy and predictable: big melodies, inspirational lyrics, production that sits between pop and rock and dance", but was critical of Tedder, who he called "a song savant who's a boring and characterless singer."[ ]musicOMH
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's Elliah Heifetz surmised that "Often enough though, ''Native'' does truly shine", which he noted the fact "there's no question the man can write", but that "it's just a real shame that Tedder seems to have forgotten how to write for his band. And this, ultimately, is what keeps Native from both from being a great OneRepublic album, and from its true potential as a great album by Ryan Tedder." Hellhound Music's Matt Crane found the release to be "filled with musical exploration, dense lyrical themes, emotional depth, and diverse instrumental execution." Elysa Gardner of ''USA Today
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'' evoked how "Ryan Tedder neither surprises nor disappoints, offering sturdy, atmospheric pop" on the album.[ ]Idolator
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's Emily Tan said that "''Native'' has OneRepublic demonstrating how they’ve grown as a band while also somewhat managing to stick to their musical foundations." At the ''Knoxville News Sentinel
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'', Chuck Campbell noted that with Tedder he "happily sticks to his guns, relentlessly firing off the ammo until he wins the battle with irresistible refrains and a mostly optimistic attitude", which contains some "unapologetic hokum in ''Native'', from the sweeping choruses to the upbeat themes to the quaint keyboards," and the album is not "artlessly endearing." In addition, Campbell highlighted the fact that with respect to the album "the sonic manipulation is transparent: The more blatant OneRepublic is with the hooks the better, plus the more extroverted sounds are far more effective than the subtler arrangements", which if it is "dance music, at least it's smart-ish dance music."[ Tony Cummings of ]Cross Rhythms
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claimed that "with such passionate vocals and Tedder's multi-layered production virtuosity the overall effect is pop rock of the highest standard."[
Haley Black of ''Highlight Magazine'' said that "''Native'' is no exception and the band keeps producing catchy tunes that appeal to a wide range of listeners", however Black cautioned that "Tedder's vocals are somewhat suffocated and the instruments that are supposed to be dominant are diluted by synthesizers. If many of the songs were slightly more stripped down, this record would have exceeded all expectations."] John Pareles of ''The New York Times
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'' gave a positive review of the album, when he praised that "The craftsmanship is painstaking and impressive: layer upon layer of glossy keyboards, reverberant guitars and choirlike backing vocals. But these crystal-palace productions are proud showcases for unctuous, sometimes oddly morbid lyrics." Victoria Segal of '' Q'' felt otherwise writing that "Ryan Tedder should have so strikingly failed to include one memorable tune on his own band's album," which is because she noted he has done them for the likes of Adele and Beyoncé. Also, Segal noted how the band would "go through all the emotions in a blaze of overproduced glory, but it's like being hit by a wrecking ball of polysterene ic a big swing with very little impact."
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number four on the ''Billboard'' 200, making it OneRepublic's first top 10 album. In its first week, ''Native'' sold 60,000 units, which is the band's best sales frame since 2007, when their debut album, ''Dreaming Out Loud
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'', sold 75,000 in its first week. ''Native'' was certified Gold by the RIAA on January 22, 2014, and Platinum a year later on January 23, 2015, reaching a million copies in sales in March 2015. In the United States, it has sold 1.1 million copies as of September 2016.
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number 35 and fell out of the top 75 the following week, but re-entered the chart at number 35 in September 2013 after the success of "Counting Stars". The album has since peaked at number nine. In July 2016, ''Native'' was certified gold for sales of 300,000 units in the UK. Worldwide, the album has been sold 5 million copies since 2017.
Track listing
2014 reissue
Notes
* signifies a co-producer
* signifies an additional producer
* signifies a remixer
Personnel
OneRepublic
* Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since th ...
– lead vocals, rhythm guitar
In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...
, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboard, tambourine, djembe
A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa.
According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...
* Zach Filkins
Zachary Douglas Filkins (born September 15, 1978) is an American musician, actor and songwriter. He is a guitarist for the pop rock band OneRepublic.
Biography
Early life
A significant part of Filkins's childhood was spent intensely studying c ...
– lead guitar, viola, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
* Drew Brown – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard, glockenspiel
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The glo ...
, tambourine, backing vocals
* Brent Kutzle
Brent Michael Kutzle (born August 3, 1985) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and film composer originating from Fountain Valley, California. He is the bassist and cellist for the pop rock band OneRepubli ...
– bass guitar, cello, acoustic guitar, keyboard, backing vocals
* Eddie Fisher
Edwin Jack Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show, ''The Eddie Fisher Show''. Actress Eli ...
– drums, percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
Additional musicians
* HarpEri – harp
* David McGlohon – backing vocals
* Bobbie Gordon – backing vocals
* Billy Kraven – backing vocals
* Trever Hoehne – backing vocals
* The Beauregards – backing vocals
* Benjamin Levin – backing vocals
* Chris Sclafani – backing vocals
* Danielle Edinburgh Wilson – backing vocals
* Jermon Wilson – backing vocals
* Margaret-Anne Davis – backing vocals
* Scott Yarmovsky – backing vocals
* Toni Skidmore – backing vocals
* Brian Willett – additional keyboards
* Tyler Sam Johnson – additional keyboards, production
* Jeff Bhasker – additional piano
* Aaron Anderson – pedal steel guitar
* Anthony King – French horn
* Cassius – all instruments on "Something's Gotta Give"
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
Certifications and sales
Release history
References
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OneRepublic albums
Interscope Records albums
Interscope Geffen A&M Records albums
2013 albums
Albums produced by Jeff Bhasker
Albums produced by Ryan Tedder
Albums produced by Emile Haynie
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