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Always In Between

Always In Between
Studio album by
Jess Glynne
Released12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)[1]
Genre
Length40:52
LabelAtlantic
Producer
Jess Glynne chronology
I Cry When I Laugh
(2015) 		Always In Between
(2018) 		Jess
(2024)
Singles from Always in Between
  1. "I'll Be There"
    Released: 4 May 2018
  2. "All I Am"
    Released: 17 August 2018
  3. "Thursday"
    Released: 11 October 2018

Always In Between is the second studio album by British singer Jess Glynne, released on 12 October 2018 by Atlantic Records. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and in the top forty of several other countries. It was Glynne's last album with Atlantic.[5]

Background

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Glynne announced Always In Between was to be released on 29 June 2018 along with a world tour of the same name.[6] The album was supported by the UK number-one single "I'll Be There". It is Glynne's first studio album in three years since the release of her debut project in 2015, I Cry When I Laugh.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[8]
The GuardianStarStar[3]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarHalf star[9]
The TimesStarStar[2]

Always In Between received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 60 out of 100 based on 4 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian gave the album two stars out of five, calling it "generic Top 40 and soul-pop finished to a high standard". While noting that the album is "influenced by classic soul, heavy on the blaring brass – not so much Amy Winehouse as her less emotionally wrenching contemporary Joss Stone – and, at the other, undemanding dance-pop topped by an immediately recognisable voice, the same idea that garnered M People vast success 20 years ago", Petridis concluded that "[y]ou can see why people relate to it, you can tell it's going to be huge: it is what pop is in 2018, but the feeling that pop can be something rather more than this is hard to shake."[3] Will Hodgkinson of The Times gave the album the same rating, comparing tracks "No One" and "Broken" and their "teary verses and swelling choruses" to Adele but said the tracks "lack Adele's ability to evoke real feeling". He ultimately called the album "missing any real sense of character or expression."[2] In a more positive review, Maura Johnston, writing for Rolling Stone, said "she’s once again bridging the gap between bouncy pop-EDM and feisty soul, shaking off the malaise that’s struck too many of her playlisted peers in a way that lets Glynne serve as a one-woman rooting crew for herself and, by extension, anyone in need of a peppy pick-me-up" and gave the album three and a half stars.[10]

Commercial performance

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In the United Kingdom, Always In Between debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling 36,500 album-equivalent units during its first week of release, with a total of 24,820 physical sales (67% of overall units). In doing so, she scored her second UK number-one album, while also becoming the first British female artist to achieve a number-one album in the country in 2018.[11]

Track listing

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Always In Between – Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro"
Knox Brown1:38
2."No One"
3:39
3."I'll Be There"
3:14
4."Thursday"
Steve Mac3:36
5."All I Am"
Mark Ralph3:39
6."123"
  • Glynne
  • Bennett
  • Jordan Thomas
  • Newman
  • Jonathan Mensah[15]
3:10
7."Never Let Me Go"
  • Bunetta
3:28
8."Broken"
  • Coffer
3:37
9."Hate/Love"
  • Glynne
  • Bennett
  • Langebaek[18]
Langebaek4:28
10."Won't Say No"
Starsmith3:05
11."Rollin"
  • Glynne
  • Bennett
  • Frederick Gibson[19]
  • Fred
  • Starsmith
3:38
12."Nevermind"
Lowe3:42
Total length:40:52
Always in Between – Japanese edition[21]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."I'll Be There" (acoustic)
  • Glynne
  • Hansson
  • Dow-Smith
  • Michelsen
  • Erfjord
  • Purcell
  • Starsmith
  • Electric
  • Bell[a]
 
14."All I Am" (CliQ Remix)
  • Glynne
  • Bennett
  • Newman
  • Cooke
  • Langebaek
  • Rivera
  • Sealee
  • Ralph
  • CliQ
 
Always In Between – Deluxe edition[22]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."These Days" (Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen)
3:31
14."So Real (Warriors)" (Too Many Zooz vs. KDA featuring Jess Glynne[24])
2:51
15."Million Reasons"
  • Glynne
  • Dow-Smith
  • Sara Hjellstrom
  • Nirob Islam[26]
Starsmith3:21
16."Insecurities"
  • Glynne
  • Bennett
  • Gad[27]
Gad3:17
Total length:53:52
Always in Between – Streaming deluxe edition bonus track[28]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."One Touch" (with Jax Jones)
3:17
Total length:57:09

Personnel

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Credits from AllMusic.[29]

  • Jess Glynne – Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals
  • The Amours – Vocals (Background)
  • Amy Stewart – Contractor
  • Andrew Knox Brown – Composer, Drums, Keyboards, Sampling, Producer
  • Angel Williams – Vocals (Background)
  • Anthony Lewis – Percussion
  • Bastian Langebæk – Composer, Drum Programming, Engineer, Guitar, Organ, Piano, Producer, Programmer, Synthesizer
  • Beau Blaise – Engineer
  • Camille Purcell – Composer
  • Cass Lowe – Composer
  • Cathy Thompson – Violin
  • Chris Elliot – Arranger
  • Chris Laws – Drums, Engineer
  • Chris Worsey – Cello
  • Clarence Coffee Jr. – Composer
  • Daniel Pursey – Engineer
  • Danny T – Engineer
  • Dave Daniels – Cello
  • David Emery – Mixing
  • Deborah Widdup – Violin
  • Ed Sheeran – Composer, Guitar
  • Edvard Førre Erfjord – Composer
  • The Electric – Producer, Synthesizer
  • Emlyn Singleton – Violin
  • Everton Nelson – Strings, Violin
  • Fin Dow-Smith – Composer
  • Fred Gibson – Composer, Engineer, Producer
  • Greg Hofmann – Bass
  • Helen Kamminga – Viola
  • Henrik Michelsen – Composer
  • Holly Petrie – Vocals (Background)
  • Ian Burdge – Cello
  • Jack DeBoe – Engineer
  • James Newman – Composer
  • Jamie Scott – Composer
  • Janee Bennett – Composer
  • Jason Sealee – Composer
  • Jeff Gunnell – Engineer
  • Jenny Sacha – Violin
  • Jerker Hansson – Composer
  • Jesse Appiah – Vocals (Background)
  • Jimmy Douglass – Mixing
  • John Hanes – Engineer
  • John Mills – Violin
  • John Paricelli – Guitar
  • John Ryan – Composer, Guitar
  • Jonny Coffer – Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Piano, Producer, Programmer
  • Julian Bunetta – Bass, Composer, Drums, Keyboards, Producer, Programmer
  • Kate Musker – Viola
  • Kate Robinson – Violin
  • Kenji Fenton – Saxophone
  • Kill Dave – Programmer, Programming
  • Liam Nolan – Engineer
  • Louis Bell – Drums, Producer, Synthesizer
  • Magnus Johnston – Violin
  • Marianne Haynes – Violin
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – Mixing
  • Mark Ralph – Mixing, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer
  • Martin Hannah – Engineer
  • Martin Humbey – Viola
  • Michael Freeman – Mixing
  • Mike Davis – Flugelhorn
  • Mike Horner – Engineer
  • Natalia Bonner – Violin
  • Nick Cooper – Cello
  • Nick Taylor – Engineer
  • Patrick Kiernan – Violin
  • Paul Burton – Trombone
  • Perry Montague-Mason – Violin
  • Peter Lale – Viola
  • Richard George – Violin
  • Rita Manning – Violin
  • Ross Fortune – Assistant; Engineer
  • Sandy Rivera – Composer
  • Serban Ghenea – Mixing
  • Sophie Cooke – Composer
  • Starsmith – Bass, Drums, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Producer, Synthesizer
  • Steve Mac – Composer, Keyboards, Producer
  • Stuart Hawkes – Mastering
  • Teniola Abosede – Vocals (Background)
  • Toby Gad – Bass, Composer, Engineer, Guitar, Piano, Producer, Programmer
  • Tom Fuller – Assistant, Engineer
  • Yebba – Vocal Arrangement, Vocals (Background)

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Always In Between
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[54] Gold 40,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[55] Platinum 15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] 2× Platinum 600,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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