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All bets regarding Abel Tesfaye's career arc were off once Trilogy, material previously released at no (financial) cost to the listener, went platinum. For a period after that, it seemed like the singer had peaked just short of pop-star status. His eager congregation pushed Kiss Land, the proper debut, to number two in the U.S., yet none of its singles, not even the one that featured Drake, reached the Hot 100. "Love Me Harder," a duet with labelmate Ariana Grande released in 2014, proved to be a masterstroke. It put Tesfaye in the Top Ten for the first time and began a streak of similarly effective singles that preceded -- and are included on -- Beauty Behind the Madness. "Earned It," a ballad recorded for the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, showed that he could adapt to a traditional pop backdrop. That cut a path for "The Hills," in which Tesfaye alleviated his "day one" base with a typically degenerate slow jam, co-produced by Illangelo, that affirmed "When I'm fucked up, that's the real me" while taking the toxic narrative a step further with lines like "Drugs started feelin' like it's decaf." And then "Can't Feel My Face," a sleek slice of retro-modern disco-funk produced by Max Martin and Ali Payami, landed in June 2015. An obvious pop move, it worked -- it went to number one in the U.S. and several other territories. Tesfaye skillfully delivered his biggest hooks as he sang about dependency in that part-anguished, part-euphoric fashion derived from Michael Jackson. Like its advance singles, the rest of Beauty Behind the Madness is R&B and pop as drug-den paella: chemical and sexual abasement, self-loathing, and self-absorbed belligerence over narcotized sludge and less expected moves that peak with the wholly sweet "As You Are" and crest with a big-band diversion on "Losers." Collaborations with Kanye West, Ed Sheeran, and Lana Del Rey add star power; the last of that pack contributes to a moment where Tesfaye turns another corner by acknowledging a dead end through the fog, "addicted to a life that's so empty and so cold." The commercial strides are obvious. The creative advancements are less apparent, but they're in there.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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The Weeknd, MainArtist - Stephan Moccio, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Quenneville, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Abel Tesfaye, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Paul Bicknell, Engineer - Vanessa Freebairn-Smith, Cello - Jonathan Martin Berry, Guitar - Paul Bushnell, BassVocalist - DAVE REITZAS, MixingEngineer - Greg Eliason, MixingSecondEngineer - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Labrinth, FeaturedArtist, Producer, Vocalist - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer, MixingEngineer - Abel Tesfaye, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jason Quenneville, RecordingEngineer - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Joshua Smith, Engineer - Timothy McKenzie, ComposerLyricist - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - The Pope, Producer - Kanye West, Producer, BackgroundVocalist, ComposerLyricist - Abel Tesfaye, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Dean, AdditionalProducer - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer - Jason Quenneville, RecordingEngineer - Noah Goldstein, RecordingEngineer - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Joshua Smith, Engineer - Christopher Pope, ComposerLyricist - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist - Carl Marshall, ComposerLyricist - Robert Holmes, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist, Producer - Ben "Billions" Diehl, Producer - Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville, CoProducer, RecordingEngineer, Producer - Brandon "Bizzy" Hollemon, Guitar - Jean-Marie Horvat, MixingEngineer - Andy Barnes, MixingSecondEngineer - Dave Kutch, MasteringEngineer - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Ben Diehl, ComposerLyricist - Jason Quenneville, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Balshe, ComposerLyricist - Danny Schofield, ComposerLyricist - Ali Kocatepe, ComposerLyricist - Sabahattin Ali, ComposerLyricist - Osman Ismen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 The Weeknd XO, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Mano, Producer - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer, RecordingEngineer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Nate Albert, A&R - Wendy Goldstein, A&R - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Balshe, ComposerLyricist - Emmanuel Nickerson, ComposerLyricist - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Ben "Billions" Diehl, Producer - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer, MixingEngineer - Jason Quenneville, Producer, ComposerLyricist - DannyBoyStyles, Producer - Abel Tesfaye, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist - Ben Diehl, ComposerLyricist - Danny Schofield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Ali Payami, Producer, Programmer, DrumKit, Synthesizer, Keyboard, BassVocalist, ComposerLyricist - Max Martin, Producer, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - John Hanes, MixingEngineer - Sam Holland, Engineer - Cory Bice, RecordingSecondEngineer - Jeremy Lertola, RecordingSecondEngineer - Peter Carlsson, SoundEditor - Peter Svensson, AdditionalKeyboard, ComposerLyricist - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Savan Kotecha, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Ali Payami, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Max Martin, Producer - Peter Svensson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Abel Tesfaye, CoProducer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Holland, Engineer - Cory Bice, RecordingSecondEngineer - Jeremy Lertola, RecordingSecondEngineer - Peter Carlsson, DigitalEditingEngineer - Mattias Bylund, StringArranger - David Bukovinszky, Cello - Mattias Johansson, Violin - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Klas Åhlund, Synthesizer - Ahmad Balshe, ComposerLyricist - Savan Kotecha, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Stephan Moccio, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jason "DaHeala" Quenneville, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Paul Bicknell, Engineer - Evin O’Cleary, RecordingSecondEngineer - DAVE REITZAS, MixingEngineer - Paul Bushnell, BassVocalist - Jonathan Martin Berry, Guitar - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Abel Tesfaye, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Balshe, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Ali Payami, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Max Martin, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Abel Tesfaye, CoProducer, ComposerLyricist - Sam Holland, Engineer - Cory Bice, RecordingSecondEngineer - Jeremy Lertola, RecordingSecondEngineer - Peter Carlsson, DigitalEditingEngineer - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Peter Svensson, Guitar, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Balshe, ComposerLyricist - Savan Kotecha, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Jason Quenneville, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer - DannyBoyStyles, Producer - Ben "Billions" Diehl, Producer - Abel Tesfaye, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Joshua Smith, Engineer - Danny Schofield, ComposerLyricist - Ahmad Balshe, ComposerLyricist - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Lana Del Rey, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese, Producer, RecordingEngineer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Abel Tesfaye, CoProducer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Carlo Montagnese, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Weeknd, MainArtist - Stephan Moccio, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Abel Tesfaye, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jay Paul Bicknell, Engineer - Kyle Gaffney, RecordingSecondEngineer - Maty Noyes, Vocalist - Jonathan Martin Berry, Guitar - Paul Bushnell, BassVocalist - Vinnie Colaiuta, Percussion - DAVE REITZAS, MixingEngineer - Greg Eliason, MixingSecondEngineer - Tom Coyne, MasteringEngineer - Ben Diehl, ComposerLyricist - Danny Schofield, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Review: The Weeknd - Beauty Behind The Madness (Explicit Version)
All bets regarding Abel Tesfaye's career arc were off once Trilogy, material previously released at no (financial) cost to the listener, went platinum. For a period after that, it seemed like the singer had peaked just short of pop-star status. His eager congregation pushed Kiss Land, the proper debut, to number two in the U.S., yet none of its singles, not even the one that featured Drake, reached the Hot 100. "Love Me Harder," a duet with labelmate Ariana Grande released in 2014, proved to be a masterstroke. It put Tesfaye in the Top Ten for the first time and began a streak of similarly effective singles that preceded -- and are included on -- Beauty Behind the Madness. "Earned It," a ballad recorded for the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack, showed that he could adapt to a traditional pop backdrop. That cut a path for "The Hills," in which Tesfaye alleviated his "day one" base with a typically degenerate slow jam, co-produced by Illangelo, that affirmed "When I'm fucked up, that's the real me" while taking the toxic narrative a step further with lines like "Drugs started feelin' like it's decaf." And then "Can't Feel My Face," a sleek slice of retro-modern disco-funk produced by Max Martin and Ali Payami, landed in June 2015. An obvious pop move, it worked -- it went to number one in the U.S. and several other territories. Tesfaye skillfully delivered his biggest hooks as he sang about dependency in that part-anguished, part-euphoric fashion derived from Michael Jackson. Like its advance singles, the rest of Beauty Behind the Madness is R&B and pop as drug-den paella: chemical and sexual abasement, self-loathing, and self-absorbed belligerence over narcotized sludge and less expected moves that peak with the wholly sweet "As You Are" and crest with a big-band diversion on "Losers." Collaborations with Kanye West, Ed Sheeran, and Lana Del Rey add star power; the last of that pack contributes to a moment where Tesfaye turns another corner by acknowledging a dead end through the fog, "addicted to a life that's so empty and so cold." The commercial strides are obvious. The creative advancements are less apparent, but they're in there.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:06
- Main artists: The Weeknd
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: The Weeknd - Lyric
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2015 The Weeknd XO, Inc., Manufactured and Marketed by Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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