Gone Now
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| Released | June 2, 2017 | |||
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| Length | 40:34 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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Gone Now is the second studio album by American indie pop act Bleachers, released on June 2, 2017. The album deals with themes of growing old, as well as struggling with losing people in life, told over the course of day and a lifetime. It takes inspiration from the pop sounds of the 1980s, mixed with a modern view.
Artwork
The cover features Antonoff wearing a white prince outfit with his hand placed over his heart in a Polaroid-style frame. According to Antonoff, the photo of himself on the cover is a view of what he might look like if he were dead. In a series of videos breaking down the album, he stated:
That's why on the cover -- everyone's like, "what are you, a dictator?" And I'm like no, man, I'm dead. I'm supposed to be dead. I thought if I was dead, what would I look like? I'd be black and white, and I'd be regal, and dressed up. That's the picture you'd have on a mantel if I wasn't here anymore.
The outfit was also used on the tour for Gone Now.
Reception
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 6.2/10 |
| Metacritic | 71/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | B− |
| Consequence of Sound | C− |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 |
| NME | |
| Pitchfork | 6.1/10 |
| PopMatters | 7/10 |
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| Rolling Stone |  |
Gone Now received generally favorable reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a weighted average score of 71 based on 12 reviews.
Heather Phares of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, highlighting its exploration of nostalgia, personal loss, and emotional vulnerability. She praised the album's combination of personal songwriting and polished pop production, describing it as one of Antonoff's more immersive musical projects.
Jonathan Bernstein of Entertainment Weekly awarded the album an A−, praising Antonoff's artistic development and the record's cohesive exploration of grief and memory. The review highlighted the album's stronger conceptual direction compared with Bleachers' debut, Strange Desire (2014).
In a more mixed assessment, Sam Sodomsky of Pitchfork awarded the album 6.1 out of 10. He praised the anthemic qualities of songs such as "Don't Take the Money" and "Everybody Lost Somebody", as well as the more restrained arrangements of "All My Heroes" and "Nothing Is U". However, he criticized the album's uneven songwriting, repetitive musical ideas, and lack of lyrical depth.
Overall, critical responses frequently highlighted the album's ambitious production and emotional themes, while differing over the effectiveness of its songwriting and conceptual execution.
Accolades
| Publication | Accolade | Year | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Independent | The 30 Best Albums of 2017 | 2017 |
27 |
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| NME | NME's Albums of the Year 2017 | 2017 |
26 |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dream of Mickey Mantle" | Antonoff | 3:10 | |
| 2. | "Goodmorning" |
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| 3:13 |
| 3. | "Hate That You Know Me" |
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| 3:06 |
| 4. | "Don't Take the Money" |
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| 3:36 |
| 5. | "Everybody Lost Somebody" |
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| 3:55 |
| 6. | "All My Heroes" | Antonoff | Antonoff | 3:04 |
| 7. | "Let's Get Married" |
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| 3:06 |
| 8. | "Goodbye" | Antonoff | 2:57 | |
| 9. | "I Miss Those Days" | Antonoff |
| 3:38 |
| 10. | "Nothing Is U" | Antonoff | Antonoff | 2:23 |
| 11. | "I'm Ready to Move On/Mickey Mantle Reprise" |
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| 4:24 |
| 12. | "Foreign Girls" | Antonoff |
| 4:01 |
| Total length: | 40:34 | |||
Notes
Personnel
Musicians
- Jack Antonoff - lead vocals
- Evan Smith - background vocals (tracks 1 & 7), saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 9, 11 & 12) & horns (tracks 5, 7 & 10)
- Camilla Venturini - speaking voice (tracks 1, 5, 6 & 11)
- Nico Segal - trumpet (tracks 2, 8, 9 & 12)
- Lena Dunham - background vocals (tracks 2, 7 & 8)
- Andrew Dost - background vocals (track 2)
- Alfie Silbert - crying (track 2)
- Evan Winiker - bass (track 3)
- Sean Hutchinson - drums (tracks 3, 5 & 11)
- Lorde - background vocals (tracks 3 & 4)
- Carly Rae Jepsen - background vocals (track 3)
- Julia Michaels - background vocals (track 3)
- Sam Dew - background vocals (tracks 3, 8, 11 & 12)
- Mikey Freedom Hart - guitar (tracks 4, 7 & 11), piano (track 8)
- Greg Kurstin - keyboard (track 4), LinnDrum (track 4)
- Mike Riddleberger - drums (track 7)
- MØ - background vocals (track 7)
- Nicole Atkins - background vocals (track 9)
- Phillip Peterson - strings (track 10)
- Victoria Parker - strings (track 10)
- Sleepy Brown - background vocals (track 11)
Production
- Jack Antonoff - production, mixing (tracks 1, 3, 8 & 11)
- Laura Sisk - vocal production (tracks 1–3, 5–12), engineering
- Emile Haynie - co-production (track 2), additional production (track 5)
- Organized Noize - additional production (track 2 & 11)
- Tom Elmhirst - mixing (tracks 2, 5, 6, 10 & 12)
- Greg Kurstin - co-production (tracks 3 & 4), engineering (track 4), additional production (track 9)
- Vince Clarke - additional production (track 4)
- Julian Burg - additional engineering (track 4)
- Alex Pasco - additional engineering (track 4)
- Serban Ghenea - mixing (tracks 4 & 7)
- Nineteen85 - production (track 7)
- Sounwave - additional production (track 8 & 12)
- John Hill - additional production (track 8)
- Neal Avron - mixing (track 9)
Charts
| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Albums (Billboard) | 92 |
| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ) | 6 |
| US Billboard 200 | 44 |
| US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) | 6 |
| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) | 9 |
| US Indie Store Album Sales (Billboard) | 9 |
Terrible Thrills, Vol. 3
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| Label | RCA | |||
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Terrible Thrills, Vol. 3 is the second compilation album by American indie pop act Bleachers, released as a companion to Gone Now by RCA Records exclusively as a set of four 7-inch singles. The first single, a cover of "Let's Get Married" performed by Mitski, was released in March 2019; all subsequent singles were released on a monthly basis thereafter. Following Terrible Thrills, Vol. 2 (2015), it is a cover album composed of songs from Bleachers' second studio album covered by female artists, as well as rare songs and demos.
Track listing
Unless otherwise indicated, all tracks are performed by Bleachers.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Let's Get Married" (performed by Mitski) | |
| 2. | "Mickey Mantle Comes Alive" |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Miss the Last Days of Disco" | |
| 2. | "Don't Take the Money" (Demo) | |
| 3. | "All My Heroes / Hate That You Slow Me Down" (performed by Muna) |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Everybody Lost Somebody" (performed by Julien Baker) | |
| 2. | "Goodmorning After a Breakup / Vietnam Documentary" |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Foreign Girls" (performed by Ani DiFranco) | |
| 2. | "And, Nothing Is You" |
References
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- ↑ "Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- ↑ Antonoff, Jack (April 13, 2017). "on june 2nd i'm releasing my second album as bleachers. gone now". Instagram. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ↑ Yoo, Noah; Sodomsky, Sam (April 13, 2017). "Bleachers Announces New Album Gone Now". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ↑ bleachers (March 28, 2018). "the stories behind 'gone now'". YouTube. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
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- ↑ "Bleachers Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
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