Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water (2019)

Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water (2019)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Head Above Water"   3:40

2. "Birdie"   3:35

3. "I Fell in Love with the Devil"   4:15

4. "Tell Me It's Over"   3:09

5. "Dumb Blonde" (featuring Nicki Minaj)   3:34

6. "It Was in Me"   3:43

7. "Souvenir"   2:57

8. "Crush"   3:33

9. "Goddess"   3:41

10. "Bigger Wow"   2:55

11. "Love Me Insane"   3:00   3:45

Total length:   41:47

Avril Lavigne Band Members / Musicians

Avril Lavigne – vocals (all tracks)

Nicki Minaj – vocals (track 5)

Travis Clark – vocals (track 13 (bonus))

Stephan Moccio – background vocals (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Kylen Deporter – background vocals (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Johan Carlsson – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 8)

Maiya Sykes – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 8)

Mika Lett – background vocals (tracks 4, 6, 8)

Instrumentation

Stephan Moccio – piano, keyboards (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Jay Paul Bicknell – drum programming, keyboards (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Jonathan Martin Berry – guitar (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Paul Bushnell – bass (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Aaron Sterling – drums (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Chris Baseford – drum programming (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Kevin Fox – cello (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – cello (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

J. R. Rotem – keyboards (track 2)

Z

ane Carney – guitar (tracks 2-3), electric guitar (track 8)

Larry Gold – string arranger (tracks 3, 12)

Johan Carlsson – piano, B3, bass (tracks 4, 6, 8), wurlitzer (track 4), acoustic guitar (tracks 4, 6, 8-9), electric guitar (tracks 4, 8), tambourine (tracks 6, 8), handclaps (track 6), shaker, mellotron, Juno synth, marimba (track 8), pads (track 9)

Mattias Bylund – strings, string arrangement (tracks 4, 6, 8), synthesizer, horn arrangement (track 4), synth pads (tracks 6, 8)

Mattias Johansson – violin (tracks 4, 6, 8)

David Bukovinszky – cello (tracks 4, 6, 8)

Janne Bjerger – trumpets (track 4)

Tomas Jonsson – tenor saxophone (track 4)

Wojtek Goral - baritone saxophone (track 4)

Peter Noos Johansson - trombone (track 4)

Corky James - guitar (track 7)

Michel Zitron - taiko (track 8)

Jeremy Lertola - acoustic guitars (track 9)

 

Stephan Moccio – production, vocal production (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Jay Paul Bicknell – additional production (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Chris Baseford – vocal production (tracks 1-2, 5, 13 (bonus)), production (track 3)

Chad Kroeger – vocal production (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

J. R. Rotem – production (track 2)

Johan Carlsson – production (tracks 4, 6, 8-9), vocal production (tracks 6, 9)

Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – vocal production (tracks 4, 8)

Mitch Allan – production, vocal production (track 5)

Bonnie McKee – additional production (track 5)

Scott Robinson – vocal production (track 5)

Lauren Christy – vocal production (track 6), production (tracks 7, 10-11)

Jon Levine – production (tracks 7, 10-11)

Avril Lavigne – production (track 12)

Blake Healy – vocal production (track 13 (bonus))

 

Jay Paul Bicknell – engineering (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Chris Baseford – engineering (tracks 1-3, 13 (bonus)), vocal engineering (track 6), mixing engineering (track 12)

Kylen Deporter – assistant engineering (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Aaron Sterling – additional engineering (tracks 1, 13 (bonus))

Serban Ghenea – mixing engineering (tracks 1-4, 6, 8-9, 13 (bonus))

John Hanes – engineering (tracks 1-4, 6, 8-9, 13 (bonus))

J. R. Rotem – programming (track 2)

Sam Kalandjian – engineering (track 2)

Scott Robinson – vocal engineering (track 2)

Larry Gold – strings conductor (tracks 3, 12)

Johan Carlsson – programming (tracks 4, 6, 9)

Mattias Bylund – strings and horns recording engineering (track 4), strings engineering, strings editor (track 6)

Sam Holland – recording engineering (tracks 4, 9), engineering (tracks 6, 8)

Jeremy Lertola - engineering (tracks 4, 6, 8-9), programming (track 9)

Cory Bice - assistant engineering (tracks 4, 6, 8-9)

Chantry Johnson - vocal engineering (track 5)

Caleb Hulin - vocal engineering (track 5)

Tony Maserati - mixing engineering (track 5)

Jon Levine – mixing (track 7)

Serge Courtois – mixing engineering (tracks 10-11)

Chris Gehringer – mastering engineering (all tracks)

Will Quinnell – mastering assistant (all tracks)

David Needleman – photography

Randall Leddy – art direction & design

Head Above Water is the 6th studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. It was released on February 15, 2019, through BMG Rights Management. It is Lavigne's first studio release since her self-titled fifth studio album (2013), marking the longest gap between two of her studio albums, and is her first and only album recorded for the new incarnation of BMG (she was originally signed to the first incarnation of BMG, which later became Sony Music). She assumed an integral role in the album's production and collaborated with several producers including Chad Kroeger, Stephan Moccio, Chris Baseford, Johan Carlsson, Lauren Christy from The Matrix, Ryan Cabrera, Travis Clark of We the Kings, Bonnie McKee, JR Rotem and Mitch Allan among others.