22, A Million

22, A Million
Studio album by Bon Iver
Released	September 30, 2016
Recorded	2012–2016
Genre	Folktronica[1]
Length	34:10
Label	Jagjaguwar
Producer	Justin Vernon, BJ Burton
Bon Iver chronology
Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011) 22, A Million (2016)
Singles from 22, A Million
"22" / "10" Released: August 15, 2016 "33 "GOD"" Released: August 29, 2016

22, A Million is the third studio album by American indie folk band Bon Iver, released on September 30, 2016.^[2] The album was premiered at Justin Vernon's Eaux Claires Music Festival.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The A.V. Club	B+[6]
The Daily Telegraph	[7]
Entertainment Weekly	B[8]
The Guardian	[9]
The Independent	[10]
NME	[1]
Pitchfork	9.0/10[11]
Q	[12]
Rolling Stone	[13]

22, A Million has received acclaim from critics, garnering a score of 87 out of 100 on Metacritic, signifying "Universal acclaim" based on 41 critic reviews.^[4] Pretty Much Amazing praised the album in their review, giving it an A, and saying, "Not since Kid A has an album so superb pushed away and pulled closer its audience, simultaneously and with such aplomb."^[14] In their review Rolling Stone said, "Vernon remains an oblique lyricist, but the knottiness can be compelling." They gave it four stars out of five.^[13] The Line of Best Fit awarded the record full marks, saying that "22, A Million captures personal crisis and resolution better than any album this century."^[15]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Year	Rank
Mojo	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	16[16]
NME	NME's Albums of the Year 2016	2016	50[17]
Paste	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	9[18]
Rolling Stone	50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	22[19]
Rough Trade	Albums of the Year	2016	51[20]
Stereogum	The 50 Best Albums of 2016	2016	15[21]

Commercial performance

22, A Million debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 71,000 units, of which 58,000 were traditional album sales.^[22] It was the highest-selling album of the week.^[22]

Track listing

Non-stylized titles as dictated by Justin Vernon.^[23]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"22 (Over Soon)"	Justin Vernon	2:48
2.	"10 (Death Breast)"	Vernon Ben Lester BJ Burton	2:24
3.	"715 (Creeks)"	Vernon	2:12
4.	"33 "God""	Vernon	3:33
5.	"#29 Strafford Apts"	Vernon Burton	4:05
6.	"666 (Upsidedowncross)"	Vernon	4:12
7.	"21 (Moon Water)"	Vernon Sean Carey	3:08
8.	"8 (Circle)"	Vernon Ryan Olson Burton Michael Lewis (additional lyrics)	5:09
9.	"45"	Vernon	2:46
10.	"1000000 (Million)"	Vernon Lewis	3:53
Total length:			34:10

Title notes

• "22 (Over Soon)" is stylized as "22 (OVER S∞∞N)".
• "10 (Death Breast)" is stylized as "10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄".
• "715 (Creeks)" is stylized as "715 - CR∑∑KS".
• "33 "God"" is stylized as "33 "GOD"".
• "#29 Strafford Apts" is stylized as "29 #Strafford APTS".
• "666 (Upsidedowncross)" is stylized as "666 ʇ".
• "21 (Moon Water)" is stylized as "21 M◊◊N WATER".
• "8 (Circle)" is stylized as "8 (circle)".
• "45" is stylized as "____45_____".
• "1000000 (Million)" is stylized as "00000 Million".

Sample credits

• "22 (Over Soon)" contains a sample of "How I Got Over (Live)", as written by Clara Ward and performed by Mahalia Jackson.
• "10 (Death Breast)" contains a sample of "Wild Heart", as written and performed by Stevie Nicks
• "33 "God"" contains samples of "Dsharpg", as written and performed by Sharon Van Etten, "Morning", as written by Willis S. Graham and performed by Jim Ed Brown, "Iron Sky", as written by Paolo Nutini and Dani Castelar and performed by Paolo Nutini, and "All Rendered Truth", as written and performed by Lonnie Holley.
• "666 (Upsidedowncross)" contains a sample of "Standing In The Need of Prayer", as written by Dave Kingsby and performed by The Supreme Jubilees.
• "21 (Moon Water)" contains samples of "A Lover's Concerto", as written by Denny Randell and Sandy Linzer, and performed by The Toys.
• "1000000 (Million)" contains a sample of "Abacus" as written and performed by Fionn Regan.

Personnel

• Andrew Broder – V3 programming (track 6), audible programming (track 9)
• James Buckley – basses (track 6)
• BJ Burton – "Noble Black Eagle", writer (tracks 2, 5, 8), C1 programming (track 6), C2 programming (track 6), saxophone (track 7), programming (track 8)
• Elise Carey – voices (track 7)
• Sean Carey – drums (tracks 6, 8), percussion (track 6), DX7 (track 7), writer (track 7)
• Andy Fitzpatrick – the 22000 (tracks 2, 7, 8), OP-1 (track 6)
• Trever Hagen – prepared trumpet (track 4)
• Zach Hanson – "Professional Mixer"
• Ben Lester – writer (track 2)
• Michael Lewis – "The Oracle", saxophones (tracks 1, 6, 7, 8), writer (track 10), additional lyrics (track 8), Messina (track 9)
• Matt McCaughan – metal drum (track 6), drums (track 8)
• Huntley Miller – mastering
• Rob Moose – "The Whisperer", violins arrangement (track 1), violas arrangement (track 1), saxophones arrangement (tracks 2, 5, 6, 8)
• Michael Vincent Vognar Noyce – voice (track 8)
• Ryan Olson – "Scream Defence", MIDI capture piano (track 1), sampler (track 7), field recorder (track 7), writer (track 8)
• Chris Rosenau – electric guitars (track 4), acoustic guitars (track 4)
• Sad Sax of Shit – saxophones (tracks 1, 2, 4-6, 8)
• Camilla Stavely Taylor – voices (track 7)
• Jessica Stavely Taylor – voices (track 7)
• Colin Stetson – saxophones (track 7)
• Justin Vernon – "Maker", writer, OP-1, guitar, Prophet, bass, drums, M1, Messina
• Joe "Squints" Westerlund – bowed cymbals (track 4)

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[24]	2
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[25]	8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[27]	22
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[28]	1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[29]	3
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[30]	8
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[31]	19
French Albums (SNEP)[32]	31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[33]	7
Irish Albums (IRMA)[34]	2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[35]	9
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[36]	1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[37]	3
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[38]	10
Scottish Albums (OCC)[39]	1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[40]	17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[41]	2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[42]	4
UK Albums (OCC)[43]	2
US Billboard 200[44]	2

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