Brightside (The Lumineers album)

Simone Felice, producer of the Lumineers' Cleopatra and III, returned to produce the album alongside David Baron, who also served as mixer and engineer. The album was recorded in two sessions that took place in early ("winter and spring") 2021 at Baron's Sun Mountain Studios in Boiceville, New York. Lead single "Brightside" was recorded in a single day. ==Critical reception==

Upon release, Brightside received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized score out of 100 to ratings from mainstream publications, the album received an weighted mean score of 72 based on four reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ==Track listing==

Notes • All tracks in the standard track listing are stylized in all caps. ==Personnel==

Credits adapted from the media notes of Brightside. The Lumineers • Wesley Schultz – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar • Jeremiah Fraites – piano, drums, drum programming, Firewood, Rhodes, electric guitar, tambourine, electric bass, glockenspiel Additional musicians • Simone Felice – background vocals, tambourine, claps, maracas • David Baron – synthesizers, Rhodes, sub bass, Hammond B3, minimoog, mellotron • Lauren Jacobson – violin, background vocals • Byron Isaacs – bass, background vocals • Diana DeMuth – background vocals • James Felice – background vocals • Cindy Mizelle – background vocals • Alex Waterman – cello • Palenville Firehouse – siren Production • Simone Felice – producer • David Baron – producer, mixing, engineering • Andrew Mendelson – mastering • Taylor Chadwick – assistant engineer • Andrew Darby – assistant engineer • Bobbi Giel – assistant engineer • Luke Armentrout – assistant engineer • Renée Hikari – studio assistant • Brian Hubble – piano technician • Rick Mullen – guitar technician • Derek Brown – drum technician • Sara Full – studio coordinator • Anthony Hook – Sara Full's assistant Artwork • Nicholas Sutton Bell – creative director, photographer ==Charts==