Austin (album)

On May 15, 2023, Malone posted a video on Instagram to announce the album, which is titled after his real first name. The message hinted at a different artistic approach, possibly intensifying the sound of his fourth studio album, Twelve Carat Toothache (2022). Malone revealed that he played the guitar on every single song on the album, calling the creation process a "fun experience". He described the outcome as the "most challenging and rewarding music" he had ever made, which was a product of constantly making himself work to make it. That same day, Malone also announced a summer North American tour called the If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying Tour to accompany the release of the album, which later became a world tour that started on July 8 and ended on December 3, 2023. Singles On April 14, 2023, Malone released the lead single of the album, "Chemical". The second single of the album, "Mourning", was released on May 19. The third single, "Overdrive", was released on July 14. The fourth and final single, "Enough Is Enough", was sent to Italian contemporary hit radio, on September 8, 2023. ==Critical reception==

Austin was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received a weighted average score of 66, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Reviewing the album for American Songwriter, Thomas Galindo stated, "While his 17 new songs don't amount to a flawless masterpiece, they do paint a picture of a Post Malone who not only knows he needs to turn things around, but also intends to at any cost". Paul Attard of Slant Magazine commented that "little on the album could be regarded as hip-hop-oriented" as its tracks "are primarily structured around stadium-sized pop hooks", which he found "all follow the same overly simplistic pop structure". ==Commercial performance==

In the United States, Austin debuted at number two on Billboard 200 chart, earning 113,000 album-equivalent units (including 34,000 in pure album sales) in its first week. This became Malone's fifth top-five album on the chart after all his previous studio albums reached the top five. The album also accumulated a total of 101.14 million on-demand streams of the album's songs. ==Track listing==

All tracks produced by Post Malone, Andrew Watt, and Louis Bell, except where noted. ==Personnel==

Musicians • Post Malone – vocals, guitar (all tracks); drums (tracks 3, 7, 12, 15), tambourine (3), programming (4, 6), drum programming (5), piano (8, 15), bass guitar (12) • Louis Bell – programming (all tracks), piano (1–6, 8–11, 14, 15, 17, 18), drum programming (2, 3, 5–10, 12–15, 17, 18), bass programming (2, 4–10, 12–14, 17, 18), keyboards (2–10, 12–14, 17, 18) • Andrew Watt – guitar (1–6, 8–11, 14–17), bass guitar (1, 3, 6, 8–11, 14, 17, 18), drums (2–4, 6, 8–11, 14, 17, 18), keyboards (3), programming (4, 17, 18), piano (10) • David Campbell – string arrangement (1, 9, 11), conductor (11) • Paula Hochhalter – violin (1), cello (9, 11) • Josefina Vergara – violin (1) • Tammy Hatwan – violin (1) • Mick Jagger – maracas (3) • Max Martin – guitar, piano (7, 12); bass guitar (7), keyboards (12) • Rami Yacoub – bass guitar (7), guitar (13) • Jacob Braun – cello (9, 11) • Rodney Wirtz – viola (9, 11) • Linnea Powell – viola (9, 11) • Luke Maurer – viola (9, 11) • Songa Lee – violin (9, 11) • Sara Parkins – violin (9, 11) • Philip Vaiman – violin (9, 11) • Neil Samples – violin (9, 11) • Michele Richards – violin (9, 11) • Joel Pargman – violin (9, 11) • Mario De Leon – violin (9, 11) • Charlie Bisharat – violin (9, 11) Technical • Mike Bozzi – mastering • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing • Marco Sonzini – engineering (1–4, 6, 8–11, 14–18) • Paul Lamalfa – engineering (1–4, 6, 8–11, 14–18) • Louis Bell – engineering (4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15) • Jed Jones – engineering (13, 15), engineering assistance (2, 3, 6, 8, 9) • Joe Dougherty – engineering assistance (1, 2, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18) • Braden Bursteen – engineering assistance (2, 4, 15) • Tommy Turner – engineering assistance (2, 4, 15) • Kelsey Porter – engineering assistance (14, 17, 18) • Marc VanGool – guitar technician, studio technician ==Charts==

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