Spaceman (Nick Jonas album)

Jonas first dropped hints about his upcoming album on his social media in early February 2021.{{cite tweet|user=nickjonas|last=Jonas|first=Nick|number=1358649315162349569|title=Hard times make you love the view...|date=February 8, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021}} On February 20, 2021, it was announced that he would appear on Saturday Night Live on February 27 to perform his new single.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nick-jonas-saturday-night-live-snl-host-music-guest-9529015/|title=Nick Jonas Teases New Single 'Spaceman' Ahead of 'SNL' Hosting and Performance Gig|last=Peters|first=Mitchell|magazine=Billboard|date=February 20, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402232147/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nick-jonas-saturday-night-live-snl-host-music-guest-9529015/|archive-date=April 2, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/02/20/nick-jonas-both-hosting-and-performing-snl-next-week/4523929001/|title=Nick Jonas will be both hosting and performing on 'SNL' next week|last=Rasha|first=Ali|newspaper=USA Today|date=February 20, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302013548/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/02/20/nick-jonas-both-hosting-and-performing-snl-next-week/4523929001/|archive-date=March 2, 2021|url-status=live}} The singer officially kicked off the era on February 25 by releasing the lead single, the title track.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/nick-jonas-new-song-spaceman-new-album.html|title=Nick Jonas's New Song 'Spaceman' Sure Sounds Like It's About COVID|last=Curto|first=Justin|magazine=Vulture|date=February 25, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628092707/https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/nick-jonas-new-song-spaceman-new-album.html|archive-date=June 28, 2021|url-status=live}} The lyrics were widely considered to be about the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/751020/nick-jonas-announces-new-album-and-drops-title-track-spaceman/|title=Nick Jonas Announces New Album And Drops Title Track 'Spaceman'|last=Atad|first=Corey|website=ET Canada|date=February 25, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525170115/https://etcanada.com/news/751020/nick-jonas-announces-new-album-and-drops-title-track-spaceman/|archive-date=May 25, 2021|url-status=dead}} When asked about the title during an interview with Zane Lowe, he explained, "The key for me was trying to find a way to give this idea a persona, give it a name. So 'Spaceman' kind of came into my mind as I was thinking, 'What's the one thing that all of us have felt during this time? Completely disconnected from the world."{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/nick-jonas-spaceman-solo-album/|title=Nick Jonas Is Expanding His Solo Career With The Upcoming Album 'Spaceman'|last=Droke|first=Carolyn|website=Uproxx|date=February 25, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629075955/https://uproxx.com/pop/nick-jonas-spaceman-solo-album/|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live}} Regarding the recording process of the album, he revealed, "I made this album while doing what most of us have been doing this past year, sitting at home and hoping for better days ahead". Thematically, the album explores four themes: distance, indulgence, euphoria and commitment.{{cite tweet|user=nickjonas|last=Jonas|first=Nick|number=1364989634518806529|title=So excited to start this journey with all of you. I made this album while doing what most of us have been doing this past year, sitting at home and hoping for better days ahead. There are four themes we will explore on the album... Distance. Indulgence. Euphoria. Commitment.|date=February 25, 2021|access-date=February 25, 2021}} The second and final single, "This Is Heaven", was released on March 4. On March 14, Jonas announced that the deluxe version of the record would be released the following day. This version includes the songs "Dangerous", "Selfish" (featuring the Jonas Brothers) as well as "Chill Versions" of the songs "Don't Give Up on Us", "2Drunk", and "This Is Heaven."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jonas-brothers-selfish-nick-jonas-spaceman-deluxe-album-9540159/|title=Nick Jonas Announces Deluxe Version of 'Spaceman' With New Jonas Brothers Song|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|magazine=Billboard|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402230318/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/jonas-brothers-selfish-nick-jonas-spaceman-deluxe-album-9540159/|archive-date=April 2, 2022|url-status=live}} On March 18, the deluxe video album was released.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/spaceman-deluxe-video-album/1558956464|title=Spaceman (Deluxe Video Album)|website=Apple Music|access-date=March 22, 2021}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 61/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/spaceman/nick-jonas|title=Critic Reviews for Spaceman by Nick Jonas|website=Metacritic|access-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629134413/https://www.metacritic.com/music/spaceman/nick-jonas|archive-date=June 29, 2021|url-status=live}}

| rev1 = auspOp

| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.auspop.com.au/2021/03/david-launches-into-nick-jonas-spaceman/|title=David Launches Into Nick Jonas' Spaceman|website=auspOp|date=March 21, 2021|access-date=March 22, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624210003/https://www.auspop.com.au/2021/03/david-launches-into-nick-jonas-spaceman/|url-status=dead}}

| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 7/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/nick-jonas-spaceman|title=Nick Jonas - Spaceman {{!}} Review|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=March 14, 2021|last=Murray|first=Robin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312112121/https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/nick-jonas-spaceman|archive-date=March 12, 2021|url-status=live|magazine=Clash}}

| rev3 = i

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/nick-jonas-spaceman-review-pleasant-1975-lite-909844|title=Nick Jonas, Spaceman, review: pleasant 1975-lite that doesn't leave much of a mark|date=March 12, 2021|last=Solomon|first=Kate|newspaper=i|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312064949/https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/nick-jonas-spaceman-review-pleasant-1975-lite-90984|archive-date=March 12, 2021|url-status=live}}

| rev4 = The Independent

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/nick-jonas-review-spaceman-b1815842.html|website=The Independent|title=Nick Jonas review, Spaceman: Comfortingly moreish mid-tempo pop|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=March 14, 2021|first=Helen|last=Brown|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312063526/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/nick-jonas-review-spaceman-b1815842.html|archive-date=March 12, 2021|url-status=live}}

| rev5 = Pitchfork

| rev5score = 5.8/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nick-jonas-spaceman/|title=Nick Jonas: Spaceman Album Review|website=Pitchfork|first=Olivia|last=Horn|date=March 16, 2021|access-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628205016/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nick-jonas-spaceman/|archive-date=June 28, 2021|url-status=live}}

| rev6 = PopMatters

| rev6score = 6/10{{cite magazine|url=https://www.popmatters.com/nick-jonas-spaceman-review|title=Nick Jonas Seeks Contact on 'Spaceman'|last=Davies|first=Jeffrey|magazine=PopMatters|date=March 15, 2021|access-date=April 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422173619/https://www.popmatters.com/nick-jonas-spaceman-review|archive-date=April 22, 2021|url-status=live}}

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Spaceman garnered 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 61, based on 6 reviews.

Robin Murray of Clash wrote that despite the sonic influences being too obvious throughout the record, he praised its honest lyricism and effective jams, singling out "Don't Give Up On Us" for being one of Jonas' "best solo performances to date", concluding that: "One of his most rounded and adult statements to date, 'Spaceman' is certainly worth exploring - as lockdown hobbies go, it's up there with banana bread as one of the most tasteful." PopMatters contributor Jeffrey Davies commended Kurstin's production for being "captivating and refined" and Jonas being able to sell the album's theme of isolation, but felt the lyrical content comes across as "immature and tone-deaf" when compared to the title track, saying that "he has the ability to be audibly subversive and memorable, delivering sounds that could easily transport the pop music fan to an imaginary dancefloor. It’s just the words that still need some work, perhaps by beginning to hold male pop stars to a bit of a higher standard." Oliva Horn of Pitchfork wrote that: "[T]he album's interstellar concept is interesting enough to get it off the ground, but too quickly Jonas retreats to his domestic comforts, without really probing the relationship that so inspires him, or charting any new territory in the pop universe. It's hard to imagine anyone who wasn't already a Nick Jonas fan playing this album on repeat. His brand may sell, but this music is less desirable."

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| title2 = Heights

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| title3 = Spaceman

| length3 = 3:17

| title4 = 2Drunk

| length4 = 3:12

| title5 = Delicious

| length5 = 2:58

| title6 = This Is Heaven

| length6 = 3:35

| title7 = Sexual

| length7 = 3:36

| title8 = Deeper Love

| writer8 = {{hlist|Nick Jonas|Greg Kurstin|Mozella|Michael Jones}}

| length8 = 2:55

| title9 = If I Fall

| length9 = 3:59

| title10 = Death Do Us Part

| length10 = 2:09

| title11 = Nervous

| length11 = 2:55

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{{Track listing

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| total_length = 52:37

| title_width = 45%

| writing_width = 55%

| title12 = Selfish

| note12 = featuring Jonas Brothers

| writer12 = {{hlist|N. Jonas|Kevin Jonas|Jason Evigan|Jordan K. Johnson|Marcus Lomax|Ryan Tedder|Stefan Johnson}}

| length12 = 3:07

| title13 = Dangerous

| length13 = 3:31

| title14 = Don't Give Up On Us

| note14 = chill version

| length14 = 3:24

| title15 = 2Drunk

| note15 = chill version

| length15 = 3:19

| title16 = This Is Heaven

| note16 = chill version

| length16 = 3:39

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{{Track listing

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| total_length = 71:00

| title17 = This Is Heaven

| note17 = music video

| length17 = 3:53

| title18 = Spaceman

| note18 = music video

| length18 = 4:15

| title19 = 2Drunk

| note19 = lyric video

| length19 = 3:12

| title20 = This Is Heaven

| note20 = lyric video

| length20 = 3:34

| title21 = Spaceman

| note21 = lyric video

| length21 = 3:17

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{{Track listing

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| total_length = 42:09

| title12 = Heights

| note12 = chill version

| length12 = 3:33

| title13 = Nervous

| note13 = chill version

| length13 = 3:01

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On March 11, 2021, a day before the official album released, the Classics Edition of the record was released online. It contains the complete Spaceman tracks and the singles "Chains", "Jealous", "Levels" and "Close" featuring Swedish singer Tove Lo.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/spaceman-classics-edition/1557997019|title=Nick Jonas – Spaceman Classics Edition|website=iTunes|access-date=March 12, 2021|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312060953/https://music.apple.com/us/album/spaceman-classics-edition/1557997019|url-status=dead}}

{{Track listing

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| total_length = 49:22

| all_writing = Nick Jonas, Greg Kurstin and Maureen "Mozella" McDonald except for track 10, "Deeper Love", which was also co-written by Mick Jones and the four previous released singles

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Don't Give Up On Us

| writer1 =

| extra1 =

| length1 = 3:21

| title2 = Heights

| writer2 =

| extra2 =

| length2 = 3:37

| title3 = Spaceman

| writer3 =

| extra3 =

| length3 = 3:17

| title4 = Close

| note4 = featuring Tove Lo

| writer4 = Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Tove Nilsson

| extra4 = Mattman & Robin{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/751544/nick-jonas-releases-new-song-close-feat-tove-lo|title=Nick Jonas Releases New Song Close (feat. Tove Lo) - E! Online|date=March 25, 2016|work=E! Online|access-date=March 27, 2016}}

| length4 = 3:54

| title5 = 2Drunk

| writer5 =

| extra5 =

| length5 = 3:12

| title6 = Delicious

| writer6 =

| extra6 =

| length6 = 2:58

| title7 = Levels

| writer7 = Sean Douglas, Stefan Johnson, Marcus Lomax, Ian Kirkpatrick, Sam Martin, Talay Riley, Jordan Johnson

| extra7 = Ian Kirkpatrick, The Monsters and the Strangerz

| length7 = 2:47

| title8 = This Is Heaven

| writer8 =

| extra8 =

| length8 = 3:34

| title9 = Sexual

| writer9 =

| extra9 =

| length9 = 3:35

| title10 = Deeper Love

| writer10 =

| extra10 =

| length10 = 2:55

| title11 = Jealous

| writer11 = Nick Jonas, Nolan Lambroza, Simon Wilcox

| extra11 = Nolan Lambroza

| length11 = 3:42

| title12 = Chains

| writer12 = Jason Evigan, Ammar Malik, Danny Parker

| extra12 = Jason Evigan

| length12 = 3:23

| title13 = If I Fall

| writer13 =

| extra13 =

| length13 = 3:58

| title14 = Death Do Us Part

| writer14 =

| extra14 =

| length14 = 2:09

| title15 = Nervous

| writer15 =

| extra15 =

| length15 = 2:55

}}

Notes

• All tracks are produced by Kurstin, except "Selfish", which was produced by Jason Evigan and the Monsters & Strangerz.

Track numbers refer to the deluxe edition.

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Musicians

• Nick Jonas – vocals (all tracks), programming (1), keyboards (4), piano (7), guitar (12)
• Greg Kurstin – drums, keyboards, programming (1–11, 13); guitar (1, 4–6, 8–10), percussion (1–11), piano (1, 4, 8, 9), acoustic guitar, bass (3); electric sitar (7)
• Priyanka Chopra-Jonas – background vocals (2)
• Davion Farris – background vocals (6–8)
• Jackie Gouche – background vocals (6–8)
• Mozella – background vocals (9)
• Joe Jonas – vocals (12)
• Kevin Jonas – guitar (2)
• Jason Evigan – background vocals, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming (12)
• Ryan Tedder – background vocals (12)
• The Monsters & Strangerz – drums, keyboards, percussion, programming (12)

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Technical

• Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
• Serban Ghenea – mixer (1–11, 13), vocal mixer (14–16)
• Josh Gudwin – mixer (12)
• Alex Ghenea – mixer (14–16)
• John Hanes – mix engineer (1–11, 13–16)
• Greg Kurstin – recording engineer (1–11, 13–16)
• Julian Berg – recording engineer (1–11, 13–16)
• Gian Stone – recording engineer, vocal producer (12)
• Jason Evigan – recording engineer, vocal producer (12)
• The Monsters & Strangerz – vocal producer (12)
• Wendy Wang – remixer (14–16)
• Heidi Wang – assistant mixer (12)

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