Bridges (Josh Groban album)

Bridges is the eighth studio album by Josh Groban, released by Reprise on September 21, 2018.[1] It is Groban's first album since 2013's All That Echoes to include original music,[2] and he co-wrote nine of the album's 12 tracks.[3] The deluxe edition includes two bonus tracks.[2]

Bridges
Studio album by Josh Groban
Released	September 21, 2018
Recorded	Fall 2016–18
Genre	Operatic pop classical classical crossover pop rock
Length	49:37
Language	English French Italian Spanish
Label	Reprise
Producer	Bernie Herms Toby Gad Lester Mendez Steve Jordan Dann Huff
Josh Groban chronology
Stages Live (2016) Bridges (2018) Bridges Live: Madison Square Garden (2019)
Josh Groban studio album chronology
Stages (2015) Bridges (2018) Harmony (2020)

Background

Speaking to Newsweek, Groban said that after performing on Broadway in The Great Comet from 2016 to 2017, "I didn't even want a break. I just dove into writing. There are some albums, like the last one, where I don't want to write at all, I just want to be a vocalist. Then there are some where you're pouring out idea after idea. I've had sad albums in the past and I wanted an album that had an uplifting spirit, for my psyche and also for the psyche of listeners. I think we all need that."[4]

Commercial performance

Bridges debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 96,000 album-equivalent units, of which 94,000 were pure album sales, and was kept of the tip.of that chart by the fourth studio album by American hip-hop group Brockhampton, Iridescence.[5] It is Groban's ninth US top 10 album.[5] On another chart, it had more success when it debuted at number one on the US Top Album Sales chart dated October 6, 2018.[6]

Track listing

Standard Version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Granted"	Bernie Herms Josh Groban Toby Gad	4:39
2.	"Symphony"	Herms Groban Gad	3:32
3.	"River"	Herms Groban Gad	4:13
4.	"Música del Corazón" (featuring Vicente Amigo)	Claudia Brant Groban Lester Mendez	4:14
5.	"Bridge over Troubled Water"	Paul Simon	4:52
6.	"Run" (duet with Sarah McLachlan)	Gary Lightbody Jonathan Quinn Mark McClelland Nathan Connolly Iain Archer	4:47
7.	"S'il suffisait d'aimer"	Jean-Jacques Goldman	4:23
8.	"Won't Look Back"	Groban Steve Robson Wayne Hector	3:41
9.	"We Will Meet Once Again" (duet with Andrea Bocelli)	Andrea Bocelli Bernie Herms Jacqueline Nemorin Groban Marco Guazzone Gad	3:55
10.	"More of You"	Gad Danny O'Donoghue Groban Mark Sheehan Gad	4:15
11.	"99 Years" (duet with Jennifer Nettles)	Herms Groban Gad	4:02
12.	"Bigger than Us"	Herms Groban Gad	3:04
Total length:			49:37

Deluxe edition bonus tracks[7]& Japanese edition bonus tracks[8]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"You Have No Idea"	Dan Wilson Francis Anthony White Harry Connick, Jr.	4:38
14.	"She's Always a Woman"	Billy Joel	4:00
Total length:			58:15

Target edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"You Have No Idea"	Wilson White Connick	4:38
14.	"She's Always a Woman"	Joel	4:00
15.	"Signs"	Herms Groban Gad	4:41
16.	"Everything You Needed"	Sia Furler	3:50
Total length:			66:46

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9]	14
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11]	68
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12]	46
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[13]	18
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[14]	29
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15]	14
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[16]	17
Irish Albums (IRMA)[17]	14
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18]	4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19]	85
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	17
UK Albums (OCC)[21]	6
US Billboard 200[5]	2

References

1. "Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 70 Albums, Shows and Festivals". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
2. "Josh Groban Announces 8th Studio Album, BRIDGES, Out September 21". Broadway World. June 29, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
3. "Josh Groban reveals track listing for new album, "Bridges" | Bob at the Beach 105.1". WASJ. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
4. Menta, Anna (September 19, 2018). "Josh Groban on His New Netflix Show, His New Album and His Canine Collaborator". Newsweek. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
5. Caulfield, Keith (September 30, 2018). "Brockhampton's 'Iridescence' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
6. "Top Album Sales: October 6, 2018". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
7. "Bridges (Deluxe) by Josh Groban". Apple Music. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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16. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2018. 43. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
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18. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
19. "Top 100 Albumes – Semana 39: del 21.9.2018 al 27.9.2018" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
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21. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 29, 2018.