Gone Now

Gone Now is the second album by American indie pop act Bleachers, released on June 2, 2017.[3][4] The album deals with the difficulties of growing old as well as struggling with losing people in life, told over the course of day and a lifetime.[5] It takes inspiration from the pop sounds of the '80s, mixed with a modern view.

Gone Now
Studio album by
Bleachers
ReleasedJune 2, 2017
Genre
Length40:34
LabelRCA
Producer
Bleachers chronology
Terrible Thrills, Vol. 2
(2015)		 Gone Now
(2017)		 MTV Unplugged
(2017)
Bleachers studio album chronology
Strange Desire
(2014)		 Gone Now
(2017)
Singles from Gone Now
  1. "Don't Take the Money"
    Released: March 31, 2017
  2. "I Miss Those Days"
    Released: October 17, 2017[2]

Cover Art

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 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 mantle if I wasn't here anymore.[6]

The outfit was also used on the tour for Gone Now.[7]

Accolades
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?6.2/10[8]
Metacritic71/100[9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[10]
The A.V. ClubB−[11]
Consequence of SoundC−[12]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[13]
Exclaim!7/10[14]
NME[15]
Pitchfork6.1/10[16]
PopMatters7/10[17]
Q[18]
Rolling Stone[1]
Publication Accolade Year Rank Ref.
The Independent The 30 Best Albums of 2017
2017
27
[19]
NME NME's Albums of the Year 2017
2017
26
[20]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dream of Mickey Mantle"
Antonoff3:10
2."Goodmorning"
3:13
3."Hate That You Know Me"
3:06
4."Don't Take the Money"
3:36
5."Everybody Lost Somebody"
  • Antonoff
  • Evan Smith
  • Antonoff
  • Haynie[b]
3:55
6."All My Heroes"AntonoffAntonoff3:04
7."Let's Get Married"
3:06
8."Goodbye"Antonoff
2:57
9."I Miss Those Days"Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Kurstin[b]
3:38
10."Nothing Is U"AntonoffAntonoff2:23
11."I'm Ready to Move On/Mickey Mantle Reprise"
  • Antonoff
  • Organized Noize[b]
4:24
12."Foreign Girls"Antonoff
  • Antonoff
  • Sounwave[b]
4:01
Total length:40:34

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

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), linn drum (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
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[21] 92
New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[22] 6
US Billboard 200[23] 44
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[24] 6
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[25] 9

Terrible Thrills, Vol. 3

Similar to Terrible Thrills, Vol. 2 (2015), a cover album of Bleachers' first studio album Strange Desire (2014), Terrible Thrills, Vol. 3 Was released in March 2019 as a set of four 7-inch singles. A female artist covered songs from Gone Now, with its release accompanied by a Bleachers demo or rare song.[26]

Unless otherwise indicated, all tracks are performed by Bleachers.[27]

First 7"
No.TitleLength
1."Let's Get Married" (performed by Mitski) 
2."Mickey Mantle Comes Alive" 
Second 7"
No.TitleLength
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) 
Third 7"
No.TitleLength
1."Everybody Lost Somebody" (performed by Julien Baker) 
2."Goodmorning After a Breakup / Vietnam Documentary" 
Fourth 7"
No.TitleLength
1."Foreign Girls" (performed by Ani DiFranco) 
2."And, Nothing Is You" 

References
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  6. bleachers (March 28, 2018). "about: "goodbye"". YouTube. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
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  22. "NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. June 12, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
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  24. "Bleachers Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  25. "Bleachers Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
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