Mama's Boy (album)

Mama’s Boy is the third studio album by American indie pop band LANY, released on October 2, 2020 through Polydor Records.^[5][6][7]

Mama’s Boy
Studio album by LANY
Released	October 2, 2020 (2020-10-02)
Recorded	2019–2020
Genre	Alternative pop[1] dream pop[1] pop rock[2] alternative rock[3]
Length	50:48
Label	Side Street Polydor
Producer	Chad Copelin Tyler Johnson King Henry LANY
LANY chronology
Malibu Nights (2018) Mama’s Boy (2020) gg bb xx (2021)
Singles from Mama’s Boy
"Good Guys" Released: May 13, 2020 "If This Is The Last Time" Released: July 1, 2020 "You!" Released: August 14, 2020 "Cowboy in LA" Released: September 16, 2020[4]

Background and composition

This is us knowing exactly who we are and embracing ourselves fully for the first time as a band, and we've done our best to make album [three] as perfect as possible... like a freshly-mowed yard.

—LANY on social media discussing the album's title^[8]

After the release of their first two albums, LANY and Malibu Nights, the band took part in two collaborations: one with Julia Michaels on the song "Okay"^[9] and another with Lauv on the song "Mean It".^[10] Both collaborations became the band's first ever charted releases. They also covered the song "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles in an earlier live session for Spotify.^[11]

During that time, they had grown good working partnerships with Mike Crossey and Sasha Sloan who co-wrote most of the material for the album, as well as a few on Malibu Nights. Paul Klein stated in an interview with Front Row Live, "I've only co-written a couple time before, but nothing like what I had done recently. And I did learn really quick and who I gelled with the most and what really seemed to work, what made me most comfortable. I know it sounds kinda silly, but I found writing with female songwriters a lot more comforting and made me feel way more safe. It reminded me of when you're a little kid and something goes wrong. Like who would you run to first: your mom." He also expressed how the more they talked before they started writing, the better the songs turned out. Jake Goss also added compliments about Crossey, stating "Before, it was so much fun. And this time around with Mike, he had a big studio. So we were able to test out what he had in his studio. It was fun messing around with layers and finding a perfect balance."^[12]

Singles

On May 13, LANY released the album's lead single, "Good Guys".^[13] On July 1, their second single "If This Is the Last Time" was released. The album's third single, "You!", was released on August 13, 2020.^[14] The fourth single, "Cowboy in LA", was released on September 16, 2020.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"You!"	Paul Klein King Henry Sasha Alex Sloan	LANY King Henry Chad Copelin Paul Meany[a]	4:34
2.	"Cowboy in LA"	Klein King Henry Sloan	LANY King Henry Tyler Johnson	3:33
3.	"Heart Won't Let Me"	Klein King Henry Sloan	LANY King Henry Johnson	3:19
4.	"If This Is the Last Time"	Klein Jake Goss Les Priest Jordan Reynolds Sloan Daniel Smyers	LANY King Henry Johnson	3:23
5.	"I Still Talk to Jesus"	Klein Shane McAnally Sloan	LANY King Henry Copelin	4:16
6.	"Paper"	Klein King Henry Sloan	LANY King Henry	4:04
7.	"Good Guys"	Klein Goss Priest King Henry Ian Fitchuk Sloan	LANY King Henry Johnson	3:44
8.	"Sharing You"	Klein King Henry Sloan	LANY King Henry Copelin	3:29
9.	"Bad News"	Klein Noah Conrad Sloan	LANY King Henry Copelin Conrad	3:30
10.	"When You're Drunk"	Klein Goss Priest McAnally Sloan	LANY King Henry Copelin	3:32
11.	"Anything 4 U"	Klein Goss Priest Nicolle Galyon	LANY King Henry Copelin	3:14
12.	"Sad"	Klein Goss Priest Reynolds Smyers	LANY King Henry Copelin	3:19
13.	"(What I Wish Just One Person Would Say to Me)"	Klein Keshi	LANY King Henry Copelin	3:34
14.	"Nobody Else"	Klein Dan Wilson	LANY King Henry Johnson	3:17
Total length:				50:48

Deluxe edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
15.	"Heart Won't Let Me" (stripped)	Klein King Henry Sloan	LANY Copelin	3:18
16.	"Sad" (stripped)	Goss Klein Priest Reynolds Smyers	LANY Copelin	2:56
17.	"I Still Talk to Jesus" (live)	Klein McAnally Sloan	LANY	4:51
Total length:				62:01

Japanese edition bonus track^[15]

No.	Title	Length
15.	"ILYSB" (Stripped)	4:05
Total length:		55:03

Notes

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

Personnel

Credits based on the deluxe edition track listing.

LANY

• Jake Goss - drums (tracks 1–16), background vocals (1, 3), percussion (15)
• Paul Klein - vocals (all tracks), piano (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 11–17), background vocals (1), keyboards (3, 15), bass guitar (6)
• Les Priest - background vocals (tracks 1, 3), programming (15, 16)

Additional musicians

• Tyler Johnson – guitar (tracks 1–14); bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards (6)
• Chad Copelin – bass guitar (tracks 1, 5, 8–13, 15), organ (5, 8), synthesizer (5, 9, 10, 12), guitar (12, 15), keyboards (15, 16), programming (15)
• Heritage Hall Kids Choir – background vocals (track 1)
• Steve Day – background vocals (track 1)
• Paul Meany – background vocals (track 1)
• King Henry – guitar (tracks 2, 3), bass guitar (3, 7, 14), drums (14)
• Jon Joseph – bass guitar (tracks 2, 4)
• Sasha Alex Sloan – background vocals (tracks 3, 4, 7)
• Alex Mansour – cello (track 4)
• Nickie Conley – background vocals (track 5)
• Terry White – background vocals (track 5)
• Jason Eskridge – background vocals (track 5)
• Terrell Hunt – background vocals (track 5)
• Laura Cooksey – background vocals (track 5)
• Shelly Justice – background vocals (track 5)
• Lici Brown – background vocals (track 5)
• Debi Shelby – background vocals (track 5)
• Cameron Mitchell– keyboards (tracks 10, 15, 16), background vocals (10), programming (15, 16)
• Mitch Bell – guitar (track 12)
• Noah Conrad – flugelhorn (track 14)

Technical

• Robin Schmidt – mastering (tracks 1–14)
• Mike Crossey – mixing (tracks 1–16), vocal production (1–11, 13–15)
• Pedro Calloni – mixing, engineering (track 17)
• Chad Copelin – engineering, (tracks 1, 5, 8–13, 15, 16), vocal production (1, 9, 12)
• Nick Lobel – engineering (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 14)
• Christian Theriot – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 5, 8, 11–13, 15, 16)
• Eric Eylands – engineering assistance (track 9)
• Jacob Johnston – engineering assistance (track 10)
• Justin Long – engineering assistance (track 10)
• Dylan Mellgren – engineering assistance (track 16)
• Cassidy Mandel – engineering assistance (track 16)

Charts

Chart performance for Mama's Boy

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16]	67
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17]	67
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18]	17
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	21
US Billboard 200[20]	7
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[21]	2