Nectar (Joji album)

Nectar is the second studio album by Japanese singer-songwriter Joji, released on 25 September 2020 via 88rising. It features the singles "Sanctuary", "Run", "Gimme Love" and "Daylight" with Diplo, as well as collaborations with Benee, Lil Yachty, Omar Apollo, Yves Tumor and Rei Brown.[5]

Nectar
Studio album by
Joji
Released25 September 2020 (2020-09-25)
Genre
Length53:05
Label
Producer
Joji chronology
Ballads 1
(2018)		 Nectar
(2020)
Singles from Nectar
  1. "Sanctuary"
    Released: 14 June 2019
  2. "Run"
    Released: 6 February 2020
  3. "Gimme Love"
    Released: 16 April 2020
  4. "Daylight"
    Released: 6 August 2020
  5. "Your Man"
    Released: 20 October 2020[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Slant Magazine[3]
The Sydney Morning Herald[4]

Background

The album was announced on 16 April 2020 with the single "Gimme Love".[6] It was originally set to be released on 10 July 2020,[6] but on 12 June 2020 Joji announced that the album had been delayed to 25 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] Joji revealed the track listing on 11 September.[8][9]

Track listing
Nectar track listing[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ew"
  • George Miller
  • Daniel Tannenbaum
  • Tyler Reese Mehlenbacher
  • Craig Balmoris
  • Lucas Szulansky
  • Antoine Norwood
  • Daniel Nathan Krieger
  • Stuart Daniel Johnson
  • Bekon
  • The Donuts
3:27
2."Modus"
Stint3:27
3."Tick Tock"
  • Miller
  • Lawrence Jung
West1ne2:12
4."Daylight" (with Diplo)
  • Diplo
  • Jaeger
  • Kurstin
2:43
5."Upgrade"
  • Miller
  • Göransson
  • Karlsson
  • Ghaleb
1:29
6."Gimme Love"
  • Miller
  • Tannenbaum
  • Mehlenbacher
  • Sergiu Adrian Gherman
  • Krieger
  • Miller
  • Bekon
  • The Donuts
3:34
7."Run"
  • Miller
  • Parker
  • Stacy Jones[a]
  • Jaco Caraco[a]
3:15
8."Sanctuary"
Raisen3:00
9."High Hopes" (featuring Omar Apollo)
  • Bekon
  • The Donuts
3:02
10."Nitrous"
2:11
11."Pretty Boy" (featuring Lil Yachty)
  • Wimberly
  • Durham
2:36
12."Normal People" (featuring Rei Brown)
  • Miller
  • Rei Brown
  • Isaac Cords Sleator
  • Miller
  • Sleator
2:46
13."Afterthought" (with Benee)
  • Miller
  • Sleator
3:14
14."Mr. Hollywood"
3:22
15."777"
  • Miller
  • A. Norwood
  • Stephen Norwood
  • Deon Knight Jr.
  • Daniel Dalexis
  • Suburban Plaza
  • Lentz Martin
3:01
16."Reanimator" (featuring Yves Tumor)
  • Miller
  • Yves Tumor
  • Jacob Reske
Reske3:03
17."Like You Do"
  • McKenzie
  • Jay
  • Taffel
4:00
18."Your Man"
Jim-E Stack2:43
Total length:53:05

Notes

  • ^[a] indicates an additional producer.
  • "Modus" and "Nitrous" are stylised in all caps.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[10]

Musicians

Technical

  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • Rob Kinelski – mixing (1, 2, 4, 6–9, 11, 13, 17)
  • Tristan Hoogland – mixing (3, 5, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18)
  • Jeff Ellis – mixing (14)
  • George Miller – recording (1–3, 5, 9–13, 15, 16)
  • Francisco Ramirez – recording (1, 2, 6–10, 14, 15, 18), mixing (6)
  • Maximilian Jaeger – recording (4)
  • Omar Apollo – recording (9)
  • Lil Yachty – recording (11)
  • Rei Brown – recording (12)
  • Benee – recording (13)
  • Josh Fountain – recording (13)
  • Yves Tumor – recording (16)
  • Julian Burg – engineering (4)
  • Greg Kurstin – engineering (4)
  • Casey Cuayo – mixing assistance (1, 2, 4, 6–9, 11, 13, 17)
  • Eli Heisler – mixing assistance (1, 2, 9, 11, 13, 17)
  • Nathan Phillips – mixing assistance (14)
  • Alex Robles – engineering assistance (17)

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart performance for Nectar
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[11] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[12] 20
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[14] 68
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 4
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[16] 15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17] 21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18] 27
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 49
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 86
Irish Albums (OCC)[21] 11
Italian Albums (FIMI)[22] 97
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[23] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[24] 9
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[25] 25
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[26] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 42
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 6
US Billboard 200[29] 3

Year-end charts
Chart (2020) Position
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)[30] 43

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  4. Lal, Kish. "Joji, Grigory Sokolov, Eishan Ensemble and Rob Burke". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
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  29. "Machine Gun Kelly Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Tickets to My Downfall'". Billboard. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
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