Encore (DJ Snake album)

On October 16, 2015, Snake premiered the album's lead single, "Middle", which was written by William Grigahcine, Adio Joshua Marchant and Aaron Kleinstub, produced by DJ Snake and Aalias, and features vocals by English singer Bipolar Sunshine. The song was a huge success, reaching the top-twenty in France{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=DJ+Snake|title=lescharts.com - Discography DJ Snake|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=July 14, 2016}} and the United States,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/1488413/dj-snake/chart?f=379|title=DJ Snake - Chart history|magazine=Billboard |access-date=July 14, 2016|archive-date=29 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529204203/http://www.billboard.com/artist/1488413/DJ-Snake/chart?f=379|url-status=dead}} as well as the top-ten and top-five in the United Kingdom{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/49228/dj-snake-ft-bipolar-sunshine/|title=DJ SNAKE FT BIPOLAR SUNSHINE | full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=July 14, 2016}} and Australia.{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ+Snake+feat%2E+Bipolar+Sunshine&titel=Middle&cat=s |title=australian-charts.com - DJ Snake feat. Bipolar Sunshine - Middle |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=14 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812072504/http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=DJ%20Snake%20feat.%20Bipolar%20Sunshine&titel=Middle&cat=s |archive-date=12 August 2016}}

Up next, "Propaganda", the second single release, while is not fully charted due to promotional purpose, it featured 10 unique remixes from other artists,{{Cite web |title=Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/20R2aG3ypwdkXWdI2HigQJ?si=VUkjfz4sRJypVps4UElIyA |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=open.spotify.com}} placing 2nd for the most remixed song from the album. Which is above "Let Me Love You", but still behind "Ocho Cinco".

"Talk", featuring Australian vocalist George Maple, written by Grigahcine, Jess Higgs, Harley Streten, Alex Burnett, James David, Chris Emerson, and produced by Snake, was released as the third single on 10 June 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2016&we=32|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904122314/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-telecharges/?ye=2016&we=32|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2016|title=Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 32, 2016)|publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|language=fr|access-date=13 August 2016}}

The fourth single, "Let Me Love You", featuring Justin Bieber, was released the same day as the album and reached the top-ten in 28 countries, including number four in the United States, number two in the United Kingdom and Australia and number one in many European countries such as France, Germany and Norway.

"The Half", featuring Jeremih, Young Thug and Swizz Beatz, was released on 7 February 2017, as the fifth single off the album. It was written by Grigahcine, Jeremy Felton, Jeffrey Lamar Williams, Kasseem Dean, Brittany Hazzard, and Jean-Baptiste Kouame, and produced by Snake and Free School.

{{Music ratings

|MC = 62/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/encore/dj-snake|title=Encore by DJ Snake|website=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=9 January 2017}}

|rev1 = Drowned in Sound

|rev1Score = 7/10{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19552/reviews/4150290|title=Album Review: DJ Snake - Encore|last=Ledsham|first=Ed|publisher=Drowned in Sound|date=15 August 2016|access-date=3 November 2018|archive-date=3 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210246/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/19552/reviews/4150290|url-status=dead}}

|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev2Score = B+{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/08/04/dj-snake-encore-ew-review/|title=DJ Snake's 'Encore'|last=Arnold|first=Chuck|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|publisher=Time Inc.|date=4 August 2016|access-date=9 January 2017}}

|rev3 = Pitchfork

|rev3Score = 5.3/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22197-encore|title=DJ Snake: Encore|last=Schnipper|first=Matthew|website=Pitchfork|date=11 August 2016|access-date=9 January 2017}}

|rev4 = Rolling Stone

|rev4Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-dj-snake-comes-up-short-on-bieber-assisted-encore-w432633|title=Review: DJ Snake Comes Up Short on Bieber-assisted 'Encore'|last=Hermes|first=Will|author-link=Will Hermes|magazine=Rolling Stone|publisher=Wenner Media|date=4 August 2016|access-date=9 January 2017}}

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Encore received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62, based on 4 reviews.

Chuck Arnold from Entertainment Weekly praised the album for delivering on "sure-fire singles ("Middle", Sober")" while also displaying Snake's EDM credentials on the more "harder electronic assaults ("Sahara", "Propaganda"), saying that "Encore keeps the party rocking while barely missing a dance step." Ed Ledsham of Drowned in Sound said, "Overall, Encore is a worthwhile listen. It obviously suffers from many of the problems that dance music albums generally suffer from but it does well to show off Snake's ear for hooks just as well as his ear for drops." Will Hermes, writing for Rolling Stone, felt the featured guests were underutilized throughout the track listing, citing "The Half" and "Let Me Love You" as examples. Pitchfork editor Matthew Schnipper said that despite containing some banging earworms ("Sahara", "Ocho Cinco", "Propaganda"), the rest of the record falters when Snake overextends his talent to create a legitimate album filled with "ill-advised rap songs and bad ballads" concluding that, "[T]hey’re inoffensive, sure, but they’re completely unnecessary. Not sure what made him turn down."

In the United States, Encore debuted at number 8 on the Billboard 200, with 32,000 equivalent album units, marking DJ Snake's first top ten album.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7469577/suicide-squad-soundtrack-tops-billboard-200-chart|title='Suicide Squad' Soundtrack Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Eldridge Industries|date=14 August 2016|access-date=15 August 2016}} The album got over 16.9 million streams in its first week.{{cite web|url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.40008/title.suicide-squad-the-album-debuts-at-1-on-billboard-top-200-chart|title="Suicide Squad: The Album" Debuts At #1 On Billboard Top 200 Chart|website=HipHopDX|date=15 August 2016|access-date=19 August 2016}} Encore was DJ Snake's first album to debut at number one on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7476954/dj-snake-encore-top-dance-electronic-albums|title=DJ Snake Scores First No. 1 on Top Dance/Electronic Albums With 'Encore'|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Eldridge Industries|date=18 August 2016|access-date=19 August 2016}}

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| total_length = 52:17

| title1 = Intro (A86)

| writer1 = {{hlist|William Grigahcine}}

| extra1 = DJ Snake

| length1 = 1:23

| title2 = Middle

| note2 = featuring Bipolar Sunshine

| writer2 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Adio Joshua Marchant|Aaron Kleinstub}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Aalias}}

| length2 = 3:40

| title3 = Sahara

| note3 = featuring Skrillex

| writer3 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Sonny Moore}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Skrillex}}

| length3 = 4:18

| title4 = Sober

| note4 = featuring JRY

| writer4 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|John Ryan|Eric Frederic|Ammar Malik|Teddy Geiger|Karl Hyde|Rick Smith}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Ricky Reed|Geiger|Ryan}}

| length4 = 3:26

| title5 = Pigalle

| note5 = featuring Moksi

| writer5 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Moksi}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Moksi}}

| length5 = 4:23

| title6 = Talk

| note6 = featuring George Maple

| writer6 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Jess Higgs|Harley Streten|Alex Burnett|James David|Chris Emerson}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|DJ Snake}}

| length6 = 3:57

| title7 = Ocho Cinco

| note7 = featuring Yellow Claw

| writer7 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Leonardo Roelandschap|Jim Taihuttu|Nils Rondhuis}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Yellow Claw|LNY TNZ}}

| length7 = 3:42

| title8 = The Half (the 1/2)

| note8 = featuring Jeremih, Young Thug and Swizz Beatz

| writer8 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Jeremy Felton|Jeffrey Lamar Williams|Kasseem Dean|Brittany Hazzard|Jean-Baptiste Kouame}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Free School}}

| length8 = 3:37

| title9 = Oh Me Oh My

| note9 = featuring Travis Scott, Migos and G4SHI

| writer9 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Mike Dean|Jacques Webster|Quavious Marshall|Labinot Larry Gashi|Louis Bell}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Dean|Bell}}

| length9 = 4:16

| title10 = Propaganda

| writer10 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Marchant|Kleinstub}}

| extra10 = DJ Snake

| length10 = 4:09

| title11 = 4 Life

| note11 = featuring G4shi

| writer11 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Bell|Gashi}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Bell}}

| length11 = 3:33

| title12 = Future, Pt. 2

| note12 = with Bipolar Sunshine

| writer12 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Sophie Elton|Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith|Karen Poole}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Fraser T Smith}}

| length12 = 3:42

| title13 = Let Me Love You

| note13 = featuring Justin Bieber

| writer13 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Justin Bieber|Andrew Watt|Ali Tamposi|Brian Lee|Bell|}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|DJ Snake}}

| length13 = 3:25

| title14 = Here Comes the Night

| note14 = featuring Mr Hudson

| writer14 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Benjamin Hudson McIldowie|Daniel Traynor}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|DJ Snake|Grades}}

| length14 = 4:46

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| total_length = 59:52

| title15 = True Love

| writer15 = {{hlist|Grigahcine|Marchant|Kleinstub|Donald Degrate}}

| length15 = 3:21

| title16 = You Know You Like It

| note16 = DJ Premier Remix

| writer16 = {{hlist|Aluna Francis|George Reid}}

| length16 = 4:07

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