The Album is the sixth studio album by American pop rock band Jonas Brothers. It was released through Republic Records on May 12, 2023. The album features a sole guest appearance from Jon Bellion. Production was handled by Bellion himself, the Monsters & Strangerz, Pete Nappi, TenRoc, the Diner, Daniel Tashian, Ido Zmishlany, Johnny Simpson, and Colin Brittain. The album's release was supported by three singles, "Wings", "Waffle House", and "Summer Baby". It serves as the follow-up to their previous album, Happiness Begins (2019). The album is a funk-inspired pop album.

Background and recording
On February 25, 2020, during an interview on the Today show, Nick Jonas revealed that the group had been working on a new album with Ryan Tedder and that the details are "going to be announced in the next couple weeks", also hinting that "What a Man Gotta Do", a single that they had released the previous month, would serve as the potential lead single for it. On September 23, 2022, the group posted a picture of Nick, Joe, and Kevin Jonas in a recording studio with Jon Bellion, who was sitting at a piano, writing that they were in the process of creating the album, in which Joe also hinted at its completion.

On January 13, 2023, Nick appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show, in which he shared that the album had been completed and that the Jonas Brothers were currently "kind of in that planning moment with the campaign, the album, the single – all the things". Exactly two weeks later, Nick, Joe, and Kevin sat down for an interview with Variety, in which they revealed that the album includes of elements of 1970s pop and Americana and is partly influenced by the Bee Gees, America and the Doobie Brothers, while they also revealed the titles of a few songs from it: "Wings", "Montana Sky", "Vacation Eyes", "Little Bird", and "Waffle House". On January 29, Joe teased a snippet of "Wings" through a video that showed him in a studio with both Nick and Kevin. The following day, all three brothers went on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in which they announced that the album would be titled The Album and released on May 5. On February 22, the brothers announced that the album had been pushed back exactly by a week to May 12 in order to release it alongside its vinyl version.

Release and promotion

To promote the album, the band performed most of the songs for the yet-unreleased album, along with their some of the older hit songs and some hit songs of the brothers' side musical projects (Nick as a solo artist and Joe's other band, DNCE), on the fifth and last night of their Broadway residency on March 18, 2023. The lead single of the album, "Wings", was released on February 24, 2023. The second single, "Waffle House", was released on April 7, 2023. The third single, "Summer Baby", was sent to adult contemporary radio on June 5, 2023.

To support the album, as well their previous four albums the band will embark on a world tour, where they intend to perform all songs from Jonas Brothers (2007), A Little Bit Longer (2008), Lines, Vines and Trying Times (2009), Happiness Begins (2019) and The Album (2023) at every concert.

Critical reception 

The Album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who described it as enjoyable and timeless. RetroPop Magazine called the album 'timeless' thanks to its 'plethora of influences from across the decades'. The Independents Helen Brown said of the album 'At no point does The Album push for edge or originality. But you'd have to be the barbecue grinch to deny its lovingly crafted, feel-good vibes. Pure, safe sonic ketchup.'

Commercial performance
In the United States, The Album debuted at number three on Billboard 200 chart, earning 52,000 album-equivalent units (including 35,500 in pure album sales) in its first week. This became the Jonas Brothers' seventh top ten album on the chart. The album also accumulated a total of 20.5 million on-demand streams of the album's songs.

Track listing

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Personnel
Jonas Brothers
 Nick Jonas – lead vocals, background vocals, bass guitar
 Joe Jonas – lead vocals, background vocals
 Kevin Jonas – guitar (all tracks), background vocals (track 10)

Additional musicians

 TenRoc – keyboards, programming (all tracks); bass guitar (1, 3–12), guitar (1, 3, 7, 9–12), background vocals (6, 9, 10, 12); string arrangement, strings (10); drums (12)
 Pete Nappi – guitar, keyboards, programming (all tracks); string arrangement (1, 8, 10), bass guitar (2, 4), mandolin (2); background vocals, strings (10)
 Jon Bellion – lead vocals (12), background vocals (1–4, 6, 8–11), keyboards (3, 4, 8, 9, 12), programming (4)
 Rebecca Perea – cello (1, 8)
 Marcus Brodsky – viola (1, 8)
 Jaycee Cardoso – violin (1, 8)
 Andrew Perea – violin (1, 8)
 Alex Sievren – strings (1)
 Alex Palazzo – guitar (2)
 The Monsters & Strangerz – programming (2–11)
 Jordan Johnson – background vocals (10)
 Stefan Johnson – background vocals (10)
 Clyde Lawrence – bass guitar (3, 11, 12), keyboards (3, 8), programming (3), background vocals (4), melodica (8); drums, guitar, programming (12)
 Jordan Cohen – keyboards (3), programming (3), background vocals (4, 12)
 Explicit – background vocals (6)
 Michael Pollack – background vocals (6, 10), keyboards (6, 11)
 Richie Cannata – saxophone (6)
 Mark Miller – trombone (6)
 Brad Mason – trumpet (6)
 Taylor Nohs – background vocals (9)
 Gregory "Aldae" Hein – background vocals (10)
 Sarah Cornet – background vocals (12)
 Colin Brittain – guitar (12)
 Johnny Simpson – keyboards, programming (12)

Technical
 Serban Ghenea – mixing
 Jon Bellion – vocal production
 Pete Nappi – vocal production
 Stefan Johnson – vocal production (3, 5, 6, 10, 11)
 John Arbuckle – engineering (1, 4, 6–8)
 Pete Nappi – engineering (2, 4–12), recording arrangement (1)
 Nathan Feler – engineering (2, 4–12)
 Stefan Johnson – engineering (10)
 Augusto Sanchez – immersive mix engineering (5)
 Joe Grasso – immersive mix engineering (5)
 John Hanes – immersive mix engineering (9)
 Bryce Bordone – mixing assistance
 Jeremy Klein – engineering assistance (2)
 Kyle Reith – additional engineering (9)

Charts

Release history

References

2023 albums
Albums produced by Ido Zmishlany
Albums produced by Jon Bellion
Albums produced by the Monsters & Strangerz
Jonas Brothers albums