At Night, Alone.

At Night, Alone.
Studio album by Mike Posner
Released	May 6, 2016
Recorded	2013–16
Genre	Acoustic pop[1]
Length	58:17
Label	Island
Producer	Mike Posner Martin Terefe Adam Friedman MdL
Mike Posner chronology
The Truth (2015) At Night, Alone (2016)
Singles from At Night, Alone
"I Took a Pill in Ibiza" Released: July 24, 2015 "Be as You Are" Released: July 26, 2016[2]

At Night, Alone. is the second studio album by American singer Mike Posner. It was released on May 6, 2016 by Island.^[3] The album features guest appearances by Labrinth and Big Sean.^[4]

The album received positive reviews from music critics, who celebrated the record's mature sound, and his autobiographic and introspective lyrical content. The album was considered a qualitative big step forward from his previous album 31 Minutes to Takeoff.

Background

Mike Posner released his first single in two years, "The Way It Used to Be" in June 2013, and announced the release of his second album Pages.^[5] In October 2013 Posner said in an interview with Billboard: "I've made maybe over 100 songs since the last album, so I've got a good 12, 15 I'm proud of".^[6] A second single featuring Big Sean, "Top of the World" was released in December 2013.^[7] In March 2014, Billboard reported that Pages would be released later that year, but the release never materialized. Instead, Posner released the extended play, The Truth in June 2015 on Island Records, featuring four tracks later featured on At Night, Alone.^[8]

"I Took a Pill in Ibiza" was released as a single on July 24, 2015, and found international success in a remix by Seeb. In August 2015, Posner said that he had recorded two albums (Pages and Sky High) since his debut album, 31 Minutes to Takeoff (2010), which were both shelved by his former label RCA Records because "they didn't have a hit".^[9][10]

Posner said country singer Jake Owen encouraged him to "tell the truth" in his songs" and showed him artists like Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, which made Posner realize that "you can just literally say the truth and it’s beautiful, and it’s heart-wrenching and it’s funny".^[11][12] The album is inspired by country music according to Posner: "So, like, the way I was inspired by hip-hop when I first started and would sort of sing hip-hop, this new (music) is kind of my take on country music. It doesn't sound country and no one uses the word country to describe it, but it's me trying to do country and it comes out weird and different."^[11]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[13]
Idolator	[1]
The Guardian	[14]

David Jeffries of AllMusic noted an improvement for Posner in the album, writing "this might not yet be the ultimate showcase for his talents, but At Night, Alone is both a welcome return and a significant step forward.". Jordan Simon of Idolator wrote that "Posner on the album places his bets as pop’s “born-again” countryman", saying also that the album "it’s not a pop jamboree. It is truth in advertising, an album exclusively optimized for solitude spent immersed in deep thought". Gwilym Mumford of The Guardian wrote, "[s]ome curios apart – the a cappella revolutionary hymn Only God Knows and rowdy folk-punk of Jade – there is little here that lingers long in the memory, with only Posner’s braggadocio and pinched vocals distinguishing him from the singer-songwriter crowd."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"At Night, Alone."	Posner	Posner	0:10
2.	"I Took a Pill in Ibiza"	Posner	Posner Martin Terefe	4:40
3.	"Not That Simple"	Posner Adam Friedman Ely Rise	Posner Terefe Friedman	3:54
4.	"Be as You Are"	Posner Friedman	Posner Friedman Terefe^[a]	3:53
5.	"In the Arms of a Stranger"	Posner	Posner Terefe Friedman MdL	3:47
6.	"Silence" (featuring Labrinth)	Posner Timothy McKenzie	Posner Terefe	4:18
7.	"Iris"	Posner Friedman	Posner Friedman MdL	3:31
8.	"Only God Knows"	Posner	Posner	2:45
9.	"Jade"	Posner	Posner MdL	3:41
10.	"One Hell of a Song"	Posner	Posner Friedman MdL	3:16
11.	"Buried in Detroit"	Posner	Posner Terefe	4:08
12.	"Thank You"	Posner	Posner	0:08
13.	"I Took a Pill in Ibiza" (SeeB Remix)	Posner	Posner Terefe SeeB^[b]	3:17
14.	"Not That Simple" (Kyle Tree Remix)	Posner Adam Friedman Ely Rise	Posner Terefe Friedman Kyle Tree^[b]	3:27
15.	"Be as You Are" (JordanXL Remix)	Posner Friedman	Posner Friedman Terefe^[a] JordanXL^[b]	3:23
16.	"In the Arms of a Stranger" (Brian Kierulf Remix)	Posner	Posner Terefe Friedman MdL Brian Kierulf^[b]	3:27
17.	"Silence" (Sluggo x Loote Remix) (featuring Labrinth)	Posner McKenzie	Posner Terefe Dave Katz^[b] Jackson Foote^[b]	3:09
18.	"Buried in Detroit" (Lucas Löwe Remix) (featuring Big Sean)	Posner Sean Anderson	Posner Terefe Jordan Orvosh^[b]	3:23
Total length:				58:17

Target exclusive edition bonus tracks[15]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
19.	"Stay with You"	Posner	Posner Robopop MdL	2:50
20.	"Miley Cyrus"	Posner	Posner Terefe Friedman	6:10
Total length:				1:07:17

Notes

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

Charts

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16]	60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17]	120
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[18]	6
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[19]	19
French Albums (SNEP)[20] [21]	85
Irish Albums (IRMA)[22]	87
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[23]	11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[24]	18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25]	63
UK Albums (OCC)[26]	79
US Billboard 200[27]	12

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