Age of Adonxs
{{short description|2022 album by Adonxs}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Age of Adonxs
| type = studio
| artist = Adonxs
| cover = Adonxs Age Of Adonxs.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| released = {{Start date|2022|11|11|df=yes}}
| recorded = January–November 2022
| studio = Lavagance Studios
| genre = Pop
| length = 28:16
| label = Warner
| producer = Oliver Fillner
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Age of Adonxs
| type = studio
| single1 = Moving On
| single1date = 15 May 2022
| single2 = Game
| single2date = 19 August 2022
| single3 = Cold Summer
| single3date = 18 October 2022
| single4 = OVRTHNKR
| single4date = 22 November 2023
}}
}}
Age of Adonxs (stylized in all caps) is the debut solo studio album by Slovak singer Adonxs, released on 11 November 2022 via Warner. The album marks his first body of work since his 2018 EP Keeper released with his alt-pop band Pace.{{Cite web |last=Marko |first=Dušan |title=Svetový Age Of Adonxs: Adam Pavlovčin svojím debutom prekračuje hranice slovenskej popovej scény |url=https://hudba.zoznam.sk/recenzie/22-11-2022-svetovy-age-of-adonxs-adam-pavlovcin-svojim-debutom-prekracuje-hranice-slovenskej-popovej-sceny/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Hudba.sk |language=en}} The album was preceded by four singles, two of which topped the SK Top 50 Chart.{{Cite web |title=Game - ČNS IFPI |url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/42/adonxs/game/169718 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=ifpicr.cz}}{{Cite web |title=Moving On - ČNS IFPI |url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/42/adonxs/moving-on/169034 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=ifpicr.cz}}{{Cite web |last=Teraz.sk |date=2022-10-20 |title=Adam Pavlovčin alias Adonxs vydáva tretí singel Cold Summer |url=https://www.teraz.sk/kultura/adam-pavlovcin-alias-adonxs-vydava-tre/668699-clanok.html |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=TERAZ.sk |language=sk}} It has been pre-nominated for the 2022 Anděl Award for Best Slovak Album.{{Cite web |last=Bukáčková |first=Hana |title=Ceny Anděl se rozdají 15. dubna. Největší šance na nominace mají Calin a Miro Žbirka |url=https://musicserver.cz/clanek/70121/ceny-andel-se-rozdaji-15-dubna-nejvetsi-sance-na-nominace-maji-calin-a-miro-zbirka/ |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=musicserver.cz}}
Background
Following his 2021 win in SuperStar,{{Cite web |date=2021-12-20 |title=Jasným víťazom Superstar je Adam Pavlovčin. Jeho talent ohúril divákov aj porotu |url=https://koktail.pravda.sk/z-obrazovky-i-spoza-nej/clanok/610988-jasnym-vitazom-superstar-je-adam-pavlovcin-jeho-talent-ohuril-divakov-aj-porotu/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Pravda.sk |language=sk-SK}} Adonxs signed with Warner and began writing and recording his solo material with producer Oliver Fillner.{{Cite web |title=Adam Pavlovčin vydává debutový singl Moving On a mění jméno: na pódium vstupuje ADONXS |url=http://www.parlophone.cz/novinky/Adam-Pavlovcin-vydava-debutovy-singl-Moving-On-a-meni-jmeno:-na-podium-vstupuje-ADONXS_740.html |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Warner Music Czech Republic |language=cs}} Recording took place at the Lavagance Studios in Bratislava, Slovakia, from January to November 2022. In early January, Adonxs recorded four songs from the album, including "Moving On", which would become the lead single.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-29 |title=Buďte, kým naozaj chcete byť, odkazuje víťaz Superstar! Z Pavlovčina je Adonxs |url=https://koktail.pravda.sk/z-obrazovky-i-spoza-nej/clanok/627879-budte-kym-naozaj-chcete-byt-odkazuje-vitaz-superstar-z-pavlovcina-je-adonxs/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Pravda.sk |language=sk-SK}}{{Cite web |last=Magazín |first=Rock&Pop |date=2022-05-22 |title=Adam Pavlovčin vydává debutový singl Moving On |url=https://www.rockandpop.eu/adam-pavlovcin-vydava-debutovy-singl-moving-on/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=ROCK&POP |language=cs}}
Promotion and release
= Singles =
Age of Adonxs was supported by four singles, two of which topped the SK Top 50 Chart. The debut solo single "Moving On" marked his first number one on the chart. The second single "Game" marked his second number one on the SK Top 50 Chart, where it reigned atop for eight consecutive weeks. The third single "Cold Summer" was released on 18 October 2022. The album was officially released on 11 November 2022.{{Cite web |last=Bukáčková |first=Hana |date=2022-11-06 |title=ROZHOVORY: ADONXS - Po SuperStar se otevřely všechny dveře |url=https://musicserver.cz/clanek/69285/adonxs-po-superstar-se-otevrely-vsechny-dvere/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=musicserver.cz}} Musicserver rated it as the best album of 2022 in Slovakia.{{Cite web |last=Böhm |first=David |date=2022-12-26 |title=RECENZE: Konečně SuperStar, která ví, co chce! "Age of Adonxs" je mimořádně působivý debut |url=https://musicserver.cz/clanek/69855/adonxs-age-of-adonxs/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=musicserver.cz}}{{Cite web |last= |title=Dvacet nejlepších domácích desek roku 2022 podle musicserveru (5-1) |url=https://musicserver.cz/clanek/70094/dvacet-nejlepsich-domacich-desek-roku-2022-podle-musicserveru-5-1/ |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=musicserver.cz}} It received nominations at the 2022 Ruka Hore Awards as well as the 2022 Anděl Awards.{{Cite web |title=Ruka Hore Awards |url=https://awards.rukahore.sk/ |access-date=2023-02-17 |website=awards.rukahore.sk |language=sk}} On 22 November 2022, "Overthinker" was released as the fourth single from the album.{{Cite web |last=REFRESHER |title=Adam Pavlovčin má v novom klipe zdeformovanú tvár a dokonale svalnaté telo. Poukazuje na vážny psychický problém |url=https://refresher.sk/149023-Adam-Pavlovcin-ma-v-novom-klipe-zdeformovanu-tvar-a-dokonale-svalnate-telo-Poukazuje-na-vazny-psychicky-problem |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=refresher.sk |language=sk}}
= Tour =
{{Main|Adonxs On Tour}}
Five days following the album release, Adonxs embarked on the Adonxs On Tour. It covered Slovakia and the Czech Republic with six dates. It commenced on 16 November 2022, in Trenčín, Slovakia, and concluded on 7 December 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Czech singer Maella supported him as an opening act on all tour dates.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Adam Pavlovčin vydáva očakávaný debutový album Age of Adonxs |url=https://hudba.zoznam.sk/spravy/11-11-2022-adam-pavlovcin-vydava-ocakavany-debutovy-album-age-of-adonxs/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Hudba.sk |language=en}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for Age of Adonxs ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| scope="row"| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/36?weekId=2810|title=SK - ALBUMS - TOP 100: 51+52. týden 2022|publisher=ČNS IFPI|access-date=11 December 2024|language=cs}}
| 88 |
|---|
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"| |
| scope="row"| Year
! scope="row"| Award ! scope="row"| Category ! scope="row"| Result |
|---|
| 2022
|Best Slovak Album |Prenominated |
| 2022
|Ruka Hore Awards |Album of the Year |{{nom}} |
Track listing
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Age of Adonxs |others=ADONXS |year=2022 |type=liner notes |publisher=Warner |id=5054197422904}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Age of Adonxs track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = A Night of a Million Strangers
| length1 = 2:54
| writer1 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner}}
| title2 = Moving On
| length2 = 3:05
| writer2 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner|Tom Löbb}}
| title3 = Final Round
| length3 = 3:05
| writer3 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner|Marek Rakovicky|Tom Löbb}}
| title4 = Your Town
| length4 = 3:06
| writer4 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner}}
| extra4 =
| title5 = Foreplay
| length5 = 0:44
| writer5 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner}}
| title6 = Game
| length6 = 2:48
| writer6 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner}}
| extra6 =
| title7 = Two Romeos
| length7 = 3:22
| writer7 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner|Marek Rakovicky}}
| extra7 =
| title8 = Snow Moon
| length8 = 3:16
| writer8 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner|Tom Löbb|Marek Rakovicky}}
| title9 = Cold Summer
| length9 = 2:44
| writer9 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner}}
| extra9 =
| title10 = Overthinker
| length10 = 2:35
| writer10 = {{hlist|Adonxs|Oliver Fillner|Marek Rakovicky}}
| total_length = 28:16
}}