At Night, Alone.

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

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 his previous 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''. 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." A second single featuring Big Sean, "Top of the World" was released in December 2013. 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.''

"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".

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". 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."

Singles

"I Took a Pill in Ibiza" was first released on Mike Posner's extended play, ''The Truth'', on June 22, 2015. The remix version by Seeb was released on July 24, 2015.

Promotional singles

"Be as You Are" was released as promotional single in the United States on July 26, 2016. On February 17, 2017 a remix of "In the Arms of a Stranger" by Grey was released as promotional single.

Reception

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, "Posner on the album places his bets as pop's 'born-again' countryman," calling the album "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, "Some 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

Notes
* signifies an additional producer
* signifies a remixer

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes:

I Took a Pill in Ibiza
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals
* Eugene Huang – guitar
* Nikolaj Torp – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, whistle
* Martin Terefe – bass and background vocals
* Geoff Lea – drums
* Oskar Winberg – additional percussion
* Recorded by Sam Keyte at Kensaltown Recording Studios
* Vocals recorded by Mike Posner at Mike's House
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

Not That Simple
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals, piano and space echo
* Glen Scott – piano and organ
* Adam Friedman – guitar
* Martin Terefe – bass
* Kristoffer Sonne – drums and percussion
* Forrest D. Gray – string arrangement
* Recorded by Sam Keyte at Kensaltown Recording Studios, assisted by Kristian Larsen
* Vocals recorded by Mike Posner at Mike's House
* Additional recording by Oskar Winberg
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

Be as You Are
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals
* Adam Friedman – keyboards, guitar, drums and percussion, background vocals
* Simon Huber – bass
* Alex Toff – drums
* Oskar Winberg – percussion
* Ro Rowan – cello
* Vocals recorded by Mike Posner at Mike's House
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

In the Arms of a Stranger
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals, keyboards, space echo
* Glen Scott – keyboards
* Adam Friedman – guitar
* Martin Terefe – bass
* Kristoffer Sonne – drums
* Recorded by Sam Keyte at Kensaltown Recording Studios, assisted by Kristian Larsen
* Vocals recorded by Mike Posner at Mike's House
* Additional recording by Oskar Winberg
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

Silence
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals, keyboards, piano and space echo
* Glen Scott – keyboards
* Adam Friedman – guitar
* Martin Terefe – bass
* Kristoffer Sonne – drums
* Recorded by Sam Keyte at Kensaltown Recording Studios, assisted by Kristian Larsen
* Vocals recorded by Mike Posner at Mike's House
* Additional recording by Oskar Winberg
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

Iris
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals
* Adam Friedman – guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, background vocals
* Erick "Jesus" Coomes – bass
* MdL – drums and percussion
* Recorded by Adam Friedman, MdL and Mike Posner at Mike's House
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

Only God Knows
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals
* Norman Henry Mamey – "words of wisdom"
* Recorded by Mike Posner at Mike's House
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

Jade
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals
* Ely "The Creep" Rise – keyboards, organ
* Nick Maybury – guitar
* Bana Haffar – bass
* MdL – drums and percussion, programming
* Recorded by Mike Posner and Mason Levy at Mike's House
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

One Hell of a Song
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals
* James Valentine – guitar
* Erick "Jesus" Coomes – bass
* Adam Friedman – drums, percussion, background vocals
* MdL – drums
* Recorded by Mike Posner and Adam Friedman at Mike's House
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

Buried in Detroit
* Mike Posner – lead and background vocals, piano
* Glenn Scott – Rhodes piano
* Martin Terefe – bass
* Kristoffer Sonne – drums and percussion
* Steven Pemberton – drums
* Oskar Winberg, John Magnussen – additional percussion
* Norman Henry Mamey – orchestral arrangement and conductor
* Bob O'Donnell – orchestra contractor
* Michael Markman, Neil Sample, Leslie Katz, Rebecca Chung, Lisa Dondlinger, Lorand Lokuszta, Lorenz Gamma, Tamaa Chernyak-Pepp, Marisa Sorajja, Radu Pieptka – violins
* Nancy Roth, Pamela Goldsmith – violas
* Dennis Karamazyn, Paul Hochhalter – cellos
* Kevin Axt – brass
* Brian Scanlon, Jeff Driskhill, Phillip Feather, John Carr – woodwinds
* Gary Halopoff, Chris Tedesco – trumpets
* Charles Morillas, David Ryan, Craig Ware – trombones
* Amy Wilkins – harp
* Recorded by Sam Keyte at Kensaltown Recording Studios, assisted by Kristian Larsen
* Orchestra recorded by Dennis Sands at EastWest Studios
* Piano and additional vocals recorded by Josh Connolly, Dominic Jordan, Jimmy Giannos at the Hideout Recording Studio
* Additional recording by Oskar Winberg
* Mixed by Tony Maserati and Tyler Scott at Mirrorball Studios

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control

2016 albums
Albums produced by Mike Posner
Albums produced by Labrinth
Mike Posner albums