Found Heaven is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Conan Gray, released by Republic Records on April 5, 2024. The album was preceded by the singles "Never Ending Song", "Winner", "Killing Me", "Lonely Dancers", and "Alley Rose". To support Found Heaven, Gray embarked on his fifth headlining concert tour, Found Heaven On Tour in July 2024.
Background and release
Gray released his second studio album,
Superache, in June 2022.
In May 2023, Gray began teasing new music.
On May 19, he released the album's lead single, "Never Ending Song".
The second single, "Winner" was released on August 25.
"Killing Me" was released as the third single on October 31.
Gray announced
Found Heaven on January 31, 2024,
and released the fourth single "Lonely Dancers" on February 9.
Shortly afterwards, Gray announced an international tour to support the album and, on March 8, released "Alley Rose" as the fifth single.
He released music videos for the songs "Never Ending Song" and "Lonely Dancers". There are no music videos for the other songs, except for their lyric videos.
On Found Heaven, Gray worked with producers Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, and Shawn Everett, among others.
Critical reception
Found Heaven received generally positive reviews from music critics. Critics praised the album for its upbeat atmosphere, shift in lyricism, '80s aesthetics, and Gray's vocal performance. At
Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 76 based on five reviews.
Commercial performance
Found Heaven debuted at number fourteen on the US
Billboard 200, with 36,857 album-equivalent units,
Additionally, 16,000 of those sales were sold on vinyl alone, marking his third consecutive top ten on the
Vinyl Albums chart as well, and his first number one album.
The album also debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart,
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
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Conan Gray – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10–12)
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Pino Palladino – bass (tracks 1, 10)
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Omar Hakim – drums (tracks 1, 10)
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Michael Landau – guitar (tracks 1, 10)
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Money Mark – guitar (tracks 1, 10)
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Shawn Everett – keyboards (tracks 1, 10)
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Max Martin – background vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 11, 12); bass (2–4, 6, 7, 11); drum programming, piano (12)
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Ilya Salmanzadeh – programming (tracks 2, 4, 6), background vocals (2, 4); bass, drums, keyboards (2)
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Luka Kloser – background vocals, guitar (2, 8); bass, drums, keyboards, programming (8)
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Doris Sandberg – background vocals (track 2)
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Oscar Holter – bass, drums, keyboards, programming (tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12); guitar (3, 6, 7, 11)
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Greg Kurstin – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, percussion, piano, synthesizer programming (5, 9, 13); strings (13)
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Davide Rossi – cello, string arrangement, strings, viola, violin (track 5)
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Elvira Anderfjärd – background vocals (tracks 8, 11)
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Fat Max Gsus – background vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, programming (track 8)
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Tove Burman – background vocals (track 11)
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Mattias Larsson – bass (track 12)
Technical
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Randy Merrill – mastering
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Shawn Everett – mixing (tracks 1, 10), Audio engineer (1)
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Serban Ghenea – mixing (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 11, 12)
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Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 5, 9, 14)
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Bryce Bordone – mix engineering (tracks 2–4, 6–8, 11, 12)
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Jeremy Lertola – engineering (tracks 2–4, 6)
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Sam Holland – engineering (tracks 2–4, 6)
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Max Martin – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
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Michael Ilbert – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
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Oscar Holter – engineering (tracks 3, 4, 6, 13)
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Greg Kurstin – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
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Julian Burg – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
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Matt Tuggle – engineering (tracks 5, 9, 13)
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Ian Schick – engineering (track 8)
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Luka Kloser – engineering (track 8)
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Max Grahn – engineering (track 8)
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Amir Yaghmai – engineering (track 10)
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Ian Gold – mixing assistance, engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)
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Ivan Wayman – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)
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Nick Hodges – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 10)
Charts
