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Across only three days of December 2013, Journals was released, Justin Bieber announced his retirement -- surprise! -- and Justin Bieber's Believe opened in theaters. Journals, an unpromoted collection heavy on R&B-oriented ballads, arrived in a dead zone for new releases -- not that last-minute holiday shoppers could have stuffed stockings with it anyway, as no physical edition was available. Many of its songs appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, but only two of them remained for a second week. In another odd twist, perhaps an act of sabotage or one of confused mercy, the album was not submitted for sales tracking, so it did not appear on the Billboard 200, where it would have presumably landed in a low slot. As for the film, that grossed barely two-million on its opening weekend. The entertainer's career was in a bizarre state. Roughly a year later, Skrillex and Diplo resuscitated a vulnerable piano ballad Bieber handed them and applied it to a wobbly dance-pop production. That song, "Where Are Ü Now," reached the Top Ten in the singer's native Canada, the U.S., and several other territories. By the end of 2015, Bieber's career and personal life, which had been marked by a series of public blunders, appeared to be back in order. "What Do You Mean?" and "Sorry" had skillfully latched onto the spritely tropical house sound; the former became his first number one hit in the States, and the latter narrowly missed the top. These singles also showed him making a deeper connection with his material and that, yes, he was progressing from performer to artist. Highlighted by those three hits that preceded it, Purpose is characterized as much by its inward-looking ballads, like the voice-and-piano-only "Life Is Worth Living" and the title track, both of which offer full-effort stock spiritual platitudes. In those songs and many others, there's repentance for personal and romantic slip-ups, and Bieber -- yearning, aching, but not desperate -- frequently sounds as if he's trying to win over a lover for the long term. There are many metaphorical obstacles in his path -- he dodges lightning, a blizzard, and an avalanche, skates on thin ice, gets stuck on a treadmill -- yet he ultimately owns up to his own mistakes and admits "Don't nobody deserve myself." A bumpy, oddly compelling restart, Purpose should hook open-minded pop fans who previously paid him no mind, and it could even win back some of those who wrote Bieber off years ago.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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Rodney Jerkins, ComposerLyricist - Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Michael Tucker, ComposerLyricist - Blood, Producer - Josh Gudwin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - James Abrahart, ComposerLyricist - Frederik Strand Halland, ComposerLyricist - Zeke Mishanec, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Tucker, ComposerLyricist - Theron Feemster, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Wuepper, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Moore, ComposerLyricist - Skrillex, Producer - Blood, Producer - Josh Gudwin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Harding, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Henrique Andrade, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mason Levy, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Gudwin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - MdL, Producer - Ike Schultz, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Henrique Andrade, Assistant Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johannes Raassina, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Michael Tucker, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Wuepper, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Moore, ComposerLyricist - Skrillex, Producer - Josh Gudwin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Julia Michaels, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Trevon Trapper, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Justin Tranter, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Harding, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Henrique Andrade, Engineer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - BloodPop, Producer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Benjamin Levin, ComposerLyricist - Benny Blanco, Producer - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Gudwin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Luftman, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Ed Sheeran, ComposerLyricist - Chris Sclafani, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Cohen, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henrique Andrade, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Seif Hussain, Production Coordinator, StudioPersonnel - Philip Beaudreau, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Derrick Stockwell, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Teddy Photo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Producer, Co-Producer - Andrew Wuepper, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Troelsen, ComposerLyricist - James Wong, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Gudwin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - James Abrahart, ComposerLyricist - A. Schuller, ComposerLyricist - Axident, Producer - Andreas Schuller, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Brandon Harding, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Leroy Clampitt, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Henrique Andrade, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Zeke Mishanec, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Big Taste, Producer - Gladius James, Producer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Sean Anderson, ComposerLyricist - Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Producer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Big Sean, FeaturedArtist - Dominic Jordan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Audibles, Producer - Sasha Sirota, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Giannos, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Josh Connolly, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Kaul, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maddox Chhim, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Samuel Jacquet, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gregg Rominiecki, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Powers V, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Mike Dean, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Korey Aaron, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kenneth Coby, ComposerLyricist - Mark "Exit" Goodchild, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Travis Scott, FeaturedArtist - Jacques Webster, ComposerLyricist - Jon Schacter, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - @ S o u n d Z, Producer - Karon Graham, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Kirkpatrick, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Moore, ComposerLyricist - Sarah Hudson, ComposerLyricist - Skrillex, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Halsey, FeaturedArtist - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David Rodríguez, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Clarence Coffee Jr., ComposerLyricist - Julia Michaels, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bart Schoudel, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Henrique Andrade, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan William, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Theron Feemster, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Korey Aaron, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Galland, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Gudwin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ike Schultz, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Henrique Andrade, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mark "The Mogul" Jackson, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Michael Tucker, ComposerLyricist - Brandon Green, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Wuepper, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sonny Moore, ComposerLyricist - Skrillex, Producer - Blood, Producer - Josh Gudwin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Henrique Andrade, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nico Stadi, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Zeke Mishanec, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maejor, Producer
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jason Boyd, ComposerLyricist - Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Producer - Theron Feemster, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Steve James, Producer, Co-Producer - Chris 'Tek' O'Ryan, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Josh Gudwin, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Justin Bieber, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Scott "Scooter" Braun, ComposerLyricist - Jon Schacter, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeremy Snyder, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Philibin, ComposerLyricist - Eben Wares, ComposerLyricist - Johannes Raassina, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Across only three days of December 2013, Journals was released, Justin Bieber announced his retirement -- surprise! -- and Justin Bieber's Believe opened in theaters. Journals, an unpromoted collection heavy on R&B-oriented ballads, arrived in a dead zone for new releases -- not that last-minute holiday shoppers could have stuffed stockings with it anyway, as no physical edition was available. Many of its songs appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, but only two of them remained for a second week. In another odd twist, perhaps an act of sabotage or one of confused mercy, the album was not submitted for sales tracking, so it did not appear on the Billboard 200, where it would have presumably landed in a low slot. As for the film, that grossed barely two-million on its opening weekend. The entertainer's career was in a bizarre state. Roughly a year later, Skrillex and Diplo resuscitated a vulnerable piano ballad Bieber handed them and applied it to a wobbly dance-pop production. That song, "Where Are Ü Now," reached the Top Ten in the singer's native Canada, the U.S., and several other territories. By the end of 2015, Bieber's career and personal life, which had been marked by a series of public blunders, appeared to be back in order. "What Do You Mean?" and "Sorry" had skillfully latched onto the spritely tropical house sound; the former became his first number one hit in the States, and the latter narrowly missed the top. These singles also showed him making a deeper connection with his material and that, yes, he was progressing from performer to artist. Highlighted by those three hits that preceded it, Purpose is characterized as much by its inward-looking ballads, like the voice-and-piano-only "Life Is Worth Living" and the title track, both of which offer full-effort stock spiritual platitudes. In those songs and many others, there's repentance for personal and romantic slip-ups, and Bieber -- yearning, aching, but not desperate -- frequently sounds as if he's trying to win over a lover for the long term. There are many metaphorical obstacles in his path -- he dodges lightning, a blizzard, and an avalanche, skates on thin ice, gets stuck on a treadmill -- yet he ultimately owns up to his own mistakes and admits "Don't nobody deserve myself." A bumpy, oddly compelling restart, Purpose should hook open-minded pop fans who previously paid him no mind, and it could even win back some of those who wrote Bieber off years ago.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:21
- Main artists: Justin Bieber
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RBMG - Def Jam
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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