# The Epilogue (album)

The Epilogue is the third studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis, released on 18 October 2024. The album was written and recorded in-between Lewis' overseas live touring schedule.
Speaking about the album, Lewis said, "An Epilogue traditionally sums up a book, answers any unanswered questions, and hints at what's to come. This is a new chapter. It feels like the ending of the last few years of my life and the beginning of the next. I really tried to define my own style. For me, the music wraps up the past and shines a light on what to expect going forward."

## Background

The album was announced in June 2024 with Lewis saying "My first album had a level of rawness. For the second, I was a little more cautious and pop-oriented, but the songs were meaningful to me. On this record, I started to get rawer and more acoustic again. I was trying to rekindle the simplicity of why things worked. I knew what I wanted to hear, so I embraced what made the first one special."
The album will be supported by The Epilogue Australian tour commencing in Newcastle, New South Wales on 30 October 2024.
The album will be supported by World Tour (outside of Australia) in 2025.

## Critical reception

Jo Forrest from Total Ntertainment said "Dean continues to write and perform with unmatched vulnerability, vibrancy, and vitality. As such, The Epilogue, represents both the culmination of an incredible journey thus far and a harbinger for where he may go next."

## Track listing

Note
* signifies an additional producer.

## Personnel

Musicians
* Dean Lewis – vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11, 12), background vocals (2), piano (7, 8, 10)
* Jeremy Fedyrk – acoustic guitar, background vocals, bass, drum programming (track 1)
* Hayden Robert Hubers – acoustic guitar, background vocals (track 1)
* Andrew Haas – background vocals, bass, drums, electric guitar, keyboards, programming, synthesizer, ukulele (track 2)
* Ian Franzino – background vocals, drums, programming, synthesizer (track 2)
* Alex Borel – bass, piano, synthesizer (tracks 3, 9, 10, 12); piano (3, 9, 10, 12), strings (3, 10), background vocals (10)
* Colin Foote – bass, synthesizer (tracks 3, 9, 10, 12); strings (3, 10), electric guitar (9, 12), background vocals (10)
* Sasha Alex Sloan – vocals (track 3)
* Edd Holloway – background vocals, bass, drum programming, electric guitar, piano, synthesizer (track 4)
* Nick Atkinson – background vocals, synthesizer (track 4)
* Jon Levine – bass, drum programming, piano, synthesizer (track 5)
* Peter Fenn – acoustic guitar, background vocals, bass, drum programming, electric guitar, keyboards (track 6)
* Jon Hume – background vocals, bass, piano (tracks 7, 8); drum programming, electric guitar (8)
* Lev Freedman – acoustic guitar (track 9)
* Dylan Nash – drum programming (track 9)
* Steve Solomon – bass, drum programming, electric guitar, keyboards, synthesizer (track 11)
* Leigh Fisher – drums (track 12)
* Hayley Warner – ukulele (track 12)
Technical
* Eric Bard – mastering (tracks 1–6, 9, 10)
* Jon Hume – mastering, mixing (track 7)
* Robert Vosgien – mastering (track 8)
* Randy Merrill – mastering (track 12)
* Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing (tracks 1–4, 8–10, 12)
* Mitch McCarthy – mixing (track 5)
* Peter Fenn – mixing (track 6)
* Michael Freeman – mixing (track 11)
* Andrew Haas – engineering (track 2)
* Ian Franzino – engineering (track 2)
* Jeff Gunnell – engineering (track 2)
* Miguel Gutiérrez – engineering (track 3)
* Lily Honiberg – string arrangement (track 6)
* Alex Borel – string arrangement (tracks 9, 11, 12)
* Colin Foote – string arrangement (tracks 9, 11, 12)
* Liam Quinn – string arrangement (track 9)

## Charts
### Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for The Epilogue :
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 2 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) | 66 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) | 44 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) | 17 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) | 66 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) | 18 |
| UK Album Downloads (OCC) | 19 |

### Year-end charts

2024 year-end chart performance for The Epilogue :
| Chart (2024) | Position |
| Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) | 18 |