New Addictions
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{{Infobox album
| name = New Addictions
| type = EP
| artist = R5
| cover = R5 - New Addictions.jpg
| alt =
| released = May 12, 2017
| recorded = 2016
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Funk-pop|power pop}}
| length = 15:59
| label = Hollywood
| producer = {{flatlist|
- Dreamlab
- Rocky Lynch
- Ross Lynch
- Pete Nappi
- Ruffian
}}
| prev_title = Sometime Last Night
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = New Addictions
| type = EP
| single1 = If
| single1date = May 12, 2017
}}
}}
New Addictions is the fourth and final EP by American pop rock band R5. It was released on May 12, 2017 through Hollywood Records.{{cite news|title=New Addictions - EP by R5 on Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/new-addictions-ep/1442944761|work=iTunes, Apple Music|date=May 12, 2017}}
Background
The band announced the release of the EP on April 5, 2017 via Twitter along a two-date pre-release show on April 27, 2017 at Los Angeles and May 11, 2017 on New York City respectively.{{cite web|url=http://tigerbeat.com/2017/04/r5-new-addictions-album/|title=R5 Announces 'New Addictions' Album|work=Tiger Beat|author=Julia Lee|date=April 5, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://r5rocks.com/store/12532/new-addictions-pre-release-listening-party|title=New Addictions Pre-release Listening Party|publisher=R5 Rocks|accessdate=April 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409001531/https://r5rocks.com/store/12532/new-addictions-pre-release-listening-party|archive-date=April 9, 2017|url-status=dead}} The album was almost entirely produced by band member Rocky Lynch.{{cite web|url=https://thehollywoodtimes.net/2017/05/10/epic-new-r5-release-new-addictions-out-5-12-17/|title=Epic New R5 Release- New Addictions out 5.12.17|work=The Hollywood Times|date=May 10, 2017}}
Promotion
The band announced the New Addictions Tour to promote the EP, with the first leg set to start on June 24, 2017 in Denver, Colorado.{{cite web|url=https://onmogul.com/stories/r5-s-new-addictions-out-now-summer-tour-dates-announced|title=R5's 'New Addictions' Out Now & Summer Tour Dates Announced|work=Mogul|author=Tony Bowles|date=May 13, 2017}} The same day the EP was released, a music video for the song "If", directed by Michel Borden, was released via Vevo.{{cite web|url=https://www.vevo.com/watch/r5/if-(official-video)/USH5V1722976|title=If (Official Video) - R5|work=Vevo|date=May 12, 2017}} It was filmed in San Diego and inspired by the films Risky Business, Pulp Fiction, Boogie Nights, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Goodfellas.
Reception
Rolling Stone called the EP "full of sharply constructed pop confections that ride galloping basslines."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/playlist-harry-styles-and-20-other-albums-to-hear-now-w482010|title=Playlist: Harry Styles and 20 Other Albums To Hear Now|magazine=Rolling Stone|author=Rolling Stone|date=May 12, 2017}}
Track listing
Credits taken from Qobuz.{{cite web|url=http://www.qobuz.com/ie-en/album/new-addictions-r5/0005008736932|title=New Addictions - R5 – Download and listen to the album|work=Qobuz|date=May 12, 2017}}
{{Track listing
| total_length = 15:59
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = If
| writer1 = {{hlist|Riker Lynch|Rocky Lynch|Ross Lynch|Ellington Ratliff}}
| extra1 = Rocky Lynch
| length1 = 3:11
| title2 = Red Velvet
| note2 = featuring New Beat Fund
| writer2 = {{hlist||Jeffrey Scott Laliberte|Riker Lynch|Rocky Lynch|Ross Lynch|Ratliff}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Rocky Lynch|Pete Nappi}}
| length2 = 3:07
| title3 = Lay Your Head Down
| writer3 = {{hlist|Riker Lynch|Rocky Lynch|Ross Lynch|Ratliff}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Rocky Lynch|Nappi}}
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Trading Time
| writer4 = {{hlist|Riker Lynch|Rocky Lynch|Ross Lynch|Nappi|Ratliff|Ethan Thompson}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Rocky Lynch|Nappi}}
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = Need You Tonight
| writer5 = Andrew Farriss
| extra5 = {{hlist|Dreamlab|Ruffian{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length5 = 2:58
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = New Addictions {{nobold|– CD bonus track}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length =
| title6 = Hurts Good
| writer6 ={{hlist|Rocky Lynch|Ross Lynch|Ellington Ratliff}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Rocky Lynch|Nappi}}
| length6 = 3:42
}}
;Notes
{{note|a|[a]}} signifies an additional producer
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2017)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/albums/2017-05-19|title=NZ Heatseekers Albums Chart|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|date=May 22, 2017|access-date=May 19, 2017}}
| 6 |
| scope="row"| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=http://www.promusicae.es/listas/semana/3514-%C3%81lbumes-semana-38-2017|title=Top 100 Albumes — Semana 38: del 15.09.2017 al 21.09.2017|publisher=Productores de Música de España|language=Spanish|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}
| 91 |
Release history
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"|Country
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format !scope="col"|Label |
|---|
| scope="row" | Worldwide
| May 12, 2017 | Digital download |rowspan="3"| Hollywood |
| scope="row" | United States
| September 15, 2017 |rowspan="2"| CD |
| scope="row"| United Kingdom
| September 22, 2017 |
References
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{{R5 (band)}}
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