Beerbongs & Bentleys

Beerbongs & Bentleys
A disc wrapped in barbed wire inside a jewel case
Studio album by Post Malone
Released April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27)
Recorded 2016–2018[1]
Studio
  • Atrium, Calabasas, CA
  • Electric Feel, Hollywood, CA
  • Henson, Hollywood, CA
  • Quad, New York City, NY
  • Suite 100, Atlanta, GA
Genre
Length 64:26
Label Republic
Producer
Post Malone chronology
Stoney
(2016)		 Beerbongs & Bentleys
(2018)
Alternative cover
Barbed wire poking through Malone's left eye
Vinyl cover
Singles from Beerbongs & Bentleys
  1. "Rockstar"
    Released: September 15, 2017
  2. "Candy Paint"
    Released: October 20, 2017
  3. "Psycho"
    Released: February 23, 2018
  4. "Ball for Me"
    Released: May 8, 2018
  5. "Better Now"
    Released: June 5, 2018

Beerbongs & Bentleys (stylized in all lowercase) is the second studio album by American rapper Post Malone, released by Republic Records on April 27, 2018. It succeeds Malone's debut album Stoney, released in 2016. The album features guest appearances from Swae Lee, 21 Savage, Ty Dolla Sign, Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy and YG. It includes production from frequent collaborators Louis Bell and Frank Dukes, alongside London on da Track, Andrew Watt, Tank God, Twice as Nice, Teddy Walton, Scott Storch and PartyNextDoor, among others. The album was supported by five singles: "Rockstar", "Candy Paint", "Psycho", "Ball for Me" and "Better Now", with "Rockstar" and "Psycho" peaking at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Beerbongs & Bentleys received mixed reviews from critics, but performed well commercially, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200, with 461,000 album-equivalent units, 153,000 of which were pure sales. The album was also certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Singles

The album's lead single, "Rockstar" featuring 21 Savage, was released for digital download on September 15, 2017.[5][6] It was later sent to rhythmic and contemporary hit radio on September 26, 2017.[7][8] The song peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Post Malone and 21 Savage's first number-one song.[9][10]

The album's second single, "Candy Paint", was released on October 20, 2017.[11][12] The song peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[10]

The album's third single, "Psycho" featuring Ty Dolla Sign, was released for digital download on February 23, 2018.[13][14] It was later sent to rhythmic contemporary radio on February 27, 2018.[15] The song debuted at number two and later peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.[10]

"Ball for Me" featuring Nicki Minaj, was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio on May 8, 2018, as the album's fourth single.[16] The song peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100.[10]

"Better Now" was sent to US contemporary hit radio on June 5, 2018, as the album's fifth single.[17] The song peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?4.8/10[18]
Metacritic51/100[19]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[20]
Consequence of SoundC–[21]
Exclaim!8/10[22]
The Guardian[23]
HotNewHipHop70%[24]
NME[25]
Pitchfork5.6/10[26]
Rolling Stone[27]
Sputnikmusic2.8/5[28]
The Times[2]

Beerbongs & Bentleys received mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 51, based on 10 reviews.[19] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian complimented the album's production, hooks and Post Malone's voice, but criticized Malone's lyrics: "Over a protracted period of time – and Beerbongs & Bentleys goes on and on like a charity telethon – there's a paucity of original ideas, the sense that he has virtually nothing to say for himself, and that whatever he has, has already been said umpteen times before with considerably more skill, wit and impact."[23] Larry Bartleet of NME described the album as "voguish, trap-flavoured blandness", concluding Beerbongs & Bentleys is "more of a stultifying moodboard than an album with something to say" and that "its 18 tracks are homogenous playlist fodder targeted at the streaming machine."[25] Andrew Unterberger of Billboard commented that "the album doesn't throw enough different looks at listeners to justify its 18-track length, leading to an inevitable second-half sag" but "it does have a couple moments that see Post stretching his musical boundaries, to promising effect".[29] Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic said, "Beerbongs & Bentleys is an apt reflection of his lavish lifestyle and his subsequently begotten hardships, but its attempts at sincerity work only when Post Malone stops trying so hard."[20] Evan Rytlewski of Pitchfork concluded that Beerbongs & Bentleys "plays to Post's greatest strength: his melodic instincts. His best hooks are so tuneful and airless they directly target the ear's pleasure centers", but "Post Malone's singular, dour mood wears thin and grows stale after too long."[26]

Daniela Campos of Exclaim! wrote that the album represents "a focus on a rock-star rapper's lifestyle that's being pushed to the forefront for the public eye to decipher."[22] Jordan M. of Sputnikmusic saying "This moment of fuzzed-out, fucked-up pop music with questionably scant odes to rap music is not designed for posterity. To his credit, Post gets that, and is content to make overlong albums where every song can be a single. Not every song on Beerbongs & Bentleys can be a single, but there's enough of them hiding in there to make it one of 2018's more rewarding releases."[28]

Commercial performance

In the United States, on the day of its release, Beerbongs & Bentleys broke streaming records on Spotify.[30] The album achieved 47.9 million streams in the US and 78,744,000 streams globally on the music service within 24 hours.[31] It was projected to open with 460,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.[32] The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, opening with 461,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 153,000 coming from pure sales. It logged the largest week of the year for an album, and the biggest streaming week ever with 431.3 million on-demand audio streams in the country, surpassing the previous record held by Drake's More Life (2017), which started with 384.8 million.[33] In its second week, Beerbongs & Bentleys achieved 193,000 album-equivalent sales, 24,000 of which were pure sales, raising its two-week total to 663,000 album-equivalent sales.[34] It remained atop the chart for a third week, with 147,000 album-equivalent units, including 18,000 pure sales.[35] The following week, the album fell to number two with 123,000 album-equivalent units following the debut of Love Yourself: Tear by the Korean boy band BTS.[36][37]

On June 15, 2018, the album was certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for combined sales, streaming and track-sale equivalents of two million units in the United States.[38]

On May 12, 2018, the album broke the record for the most simultaneous top 20 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with nine songs in the top 20 of the Hot 100, shattering the previous record of six, which was shared by The Beatles and J. Cole. The Beatles held the record for 54 years, as they charted six songs in the top 20 on charts dated April 11 and April 18, 1964. J. Cole tied the mark on May 5, 2018. Malone also broke the record for the most simultaneous top 40 Hot 100 hits: 14.[39]

In the United Kingdom, Beerbongs & Bentleys debuted at number one, moving 46,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 35,000 units coming from streaming, giving Post Malone the third biggest opening week of streams for an album in the UK of all time.[40]

Track listing

Credits adapted from Post Malone's official website, Tidal and BMI.[41][42][43]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Paranoid"
3:44
2."Spoil My Night" (featuring Swae Lee)
3:14
3."Rich & Sad"
  • Post
  • Feeney
  • Walsh
  • Bell
Frank Dukes3:23
4."Zack and Codeine"
3:23
5."Takin' Shots"
3:37
6."Rockstar" (featuring 21 Savage)
  • Tank God
  • Bell
3:39
7."Over Now"
4:07
8."Psycho" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
  • Malone
  • Bell
3:41
9."Better Now"
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Feeney
  • Walsh
  • Frank Dukes
  • Bell
3:50
10."Ball for Me" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
Bell3:27
11."Otherside"
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Malone
  • Bell
3:48
12."Stay"
  • Post
  • Watt
  • Bell
  • Malone
  • Watt
3:28
13."Blame It on Me"
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Malone
  • Bell
4:22
14."Same Bitches" (featuring G-Eazy and YG)
3:31
15."Jonestown" (interlude)
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Te Whiti Warbrick
  • Nick Audino
  • Lewis Hughes
  • Malone
  • Bell
  • Twice as Nice[b]
1:51
16."92 Explorer"
  • Post
  • London Holmes
  • Bell
  • Aubrey Robinson
  • Kendall Roark Bailey
  • Jaison Harris
3:32
17."Candy Paint"
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Malone
  • Bell
3:49
18."Sugar Wraith"
  • Post
  • Bell
  • Malone
  • Bell
3:47
Total length:64:26

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer
  • ^[c] signifies an uncredited writer
  • "Rockstar" is stylized in lowercase letters
  • "Takin' Shots" features background vocals by PartyNextDoor
  • "Stay" features background vocals by Andrew Watt

Sample credits

  • "Same Bitches" contains interpolations from "Time of the Season", written by Rod Argent.
  • "92 Explorer" contains interpolations from "Money Counter", written by Jaison Harris.

Personnel

All programming and instrumentation is credited to the producers of each track, except where noted.[41]

Musicians

  • Austin Post – guitar (tracks 7, 12)
  • Andrew Watt – guitar, bass (tracks 7, 12), keyboards (track 7)
  • Tommy Lee – drums (track 7)
  • Louis Bell – drum programming, keyboards (track 7)
  • Twice as Nice – drum programming (track 15)

Technical

  • Louis Bell – recording (tracks 1–11, 13, 15–18), vocal production
  • Ethan Stevens – recording (track 6)
  • Lorenzo Cardona – recording (track 6)
  • Jonathan Whitfield – recording (track 14)
  • Roark Bailey – recording (track 16)
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing (tracks 1–3, 4–11, 13, 14 16, 18)
  • David Nakaji – mixing (tracks 3, 15)
  • Spike Stent – mixing (track 12)
  • Joe Fitz – mixing (track 17)
  • Chris Galland – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–11, 13, 14, 16, 18)
  • Robin Florent – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–11, 13, 14, 16, 18)
  • Scott Desmarais – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 2, 4–11, 13, 14, 16, 18)
  • Mike Bozzi – mastering

Charts

Chart (2018) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[44] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[45] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[46] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[47] 9
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[48] 1
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[49] 2
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[50] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[51] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[52] 1
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[53] 4
Irish Albums (IRMA)[54] 1
Italian Albums (FIMI)[55] 6
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[56] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[57] 1
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[58] 33
Scottish Albums (OCC)[59] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[60] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[61] 1
US Billboard 200[33] 1
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[62] 1

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[63] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[64] 4× Platinum 320,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[65] 2× Platinum 40,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[66] Gold 30,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[67] 2× Platinum 30,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[68] 3× Platinum 90,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[69] Gold 152,000[70]
United States (RIAA)[38] 2× Platinum 2,000,000double-dagger

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
double-daggersales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various April 27, 2018
  • CD
  • digital download
 Republic [71][42]
November 23, 2018 Vinyl [72]

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