Woodstock (Portugal. The Man album)

Woodstock is the eighth studio album by American rock band Portugal. The Man, released on June 16, 2017 through Atlantic Records.^[12]

Woodstock
Studio album by Portugal. The Man
Released	June 16, 2017[1]
Recorded	July 2013 – April 2017
Genre	Pop[2]
Length	38:35
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Casey Bates Danger Mouse Sonny DiPerri John Gourley Mikey Hart John Hill Nick Koenig Ammar Malik Mike D Rallier Stint Asa Taccone
Portugal. The Man chronology
Evil Friends (2013) Woodstock (2017) Chris Black Changed My Life (2023)
Singles from Woodstock
"Noise Pollution" Released: December 1, 2016 "Feel It Still" Released: March 3, 2017 "Live in the Moment" Released: October 30, 2017 "Tidal Wave" Released: July 17, 2018[3] "Easy Tiger" Released: December 14, 2018

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	6.9/10[4]
Metacritic	70/100[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
The A.V. Club	C+[7]
Mojo	[8]
Paste	7.6/10[9]
Pitchfork	6.6/10[10]
PopMatters	8/10[11]
Slant Magazine	[2]

Background and recording

After having released Evil Friends in 2013, Portugal. The Man began work on a new project, under the working title Gloomin + Doomin. This album was eventually shelved, partly due to a conversation between John Gourley and his father and the discovery of a lost ticket stub from the Woodstock festival. Work began on the Woodstock album shortly thereafter, involving new music as well as material from the Gloomin + Doomin era. In 2014, the band often uploaded to their Instagram account while working on the album.^[13]

Promotion

On December 1, 2016, the band released a single and accompanying music video for the track "Noise Pollution". The music video was directed by Michael Ragen, and shot on location in Alaska.^[14] The label did not release nor promote this song to radio.

"Feel It Still" was released as the lead single from the album on March 3, 2017. It reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their first entry on the chart. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart, becoming the band's first chart-topper; as well as number one on the Alternative Songs chart, and is their first top ten on either chart.^[15]

On April 28, 2017, "Number One" was released as a pre release buzz track from Woodstock, along with an official announcement and pre-orders for the album.^[16]

"Live in the Moment" was announced to be the follow-up radio single to "Feel It Still" by Atlantic Records GM David Saslow in an interview with Sirius XM.^[17] It was sent to triple-A radio October 30, 2017,^[18] and later to alternative radio in November. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart and the Alternative Songs chart. It is their second Alternative Songs number one hit. The song was also released as part of the soundtrack of FIFA 18, the video game by EA Sports.

The album artwork features a burning Rolls-Royce, a photo that was taken by Josh Welch, a friend of the band, in 2014, when he was driving by with his family from Los Angeles to Disneyland, and was later licensed by the band.^[19][20]

Track listing

Woodstock^[21]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Number One" (featuring Richie Havens and Son Little)	Portugal. The Man Brian Burton Jason Kreher Casper Richie Havens	Danger Mouse Rallier Mike D[a] Casey Bates[a]	5:21
2.	"Easy Tiger"	Portugal. The Man John Hill Thomas EP Hull Ajay Bhattacharyya Ammar Malik Mikey Hart	Hill Stint Mike D[a] Hart[a]	3:37
3.	"Live in the Moment"	Portugal. The Man Hill Malik	Hill Rallier[a]	4:06
4.	"Feel It Still"	Portugal. The Man Asa Taccone Hill Robert Bateman Frederick Gorman Brian Holland	Hill Taccone	2:42
5.	"Rich Friends"	Portugal. The Man Hill Malik Carla Azar Eugene Goreshter Greg Edwards	Hill Bates[a]	3:41
6.	"Keep On"	Portugal. The Man Taccone	Taccone Sonny DiPerri[a]	3:23
7.	"So Young"	Portugal. The Man Burton Kreher	Danger Mouse	4:06
8.	"Mr. Lonely" (featuring Fat Lip)	Portugal. The Man Burton Derrick Stewart	Danger Mouse Bates[a]	4:22
9.	"Tidal Wave"	Portugal. The Man Hill Bhattacharyya Nick Koenig Malik	Hill Stint	3:31
10.	"Noise Pollution" (version A, vocal mix 1.3; featuring Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Zoe Manville)	Portugal. The Man	Mike D John Gourley	3:45
Total length:				38:35

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.

Personnel

Portugal. The Man[22] John Gourley – guitar, vocals Zachary Carothers – bass guitar, backing vocals Kyle O'Quin – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, synthesizer Eric Howk – guitar Jason Sechrist – drums Zoe Manville – backing vocals

Additional musicians Richie Havens – featured musician Son Little – featured musician ASAP Rocky – additional vocals (track 7) Fat Lip – featured musician Mary Elizabeth Winstead – featured musician Dave Palmer – keyboards (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9) Kane Ritchotte – drums (track 3)

Technical

• John Hill – production
• Brian Burton – production
• Mike D – production
• Ammar Malik – production
• Asa Taccone – production
• Ajay Bhattacharyya – production
• Nick Koenig – production
• Casey Bates – engineering
• Jeff Jackson – engineering
• Robin Florent – engineering
• Rob Cohen – engineering
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Chris Galland – mixing
• Emerson Mancini – mastering
• Josh Welch – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017–18) Peak position Australia (ARIA Hitseekers)[23] 12 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[24] 47 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[25] 186 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[26] 140 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[27] 32 French Albums (SNEP)[28] 154 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29] 64 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[30] 26 New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[31] 6 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 30 US Billboard 200[33] 32 US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[34] 3 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[35] 3

Year-end charts Chart (2017) Position US Billboard 200[36] 162 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[37] 24 Chart (2018) Position US Billboard 200[38] 137 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[39] 16

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[40]	Gold	7,500‡
Canada (Music Canada)[41]	Platinum	80,000‡
France (SNEP)[42]	Gold	50,000‡
United States (RIAA)[43]	Platinum	1,000,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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