Maps of Music

For Cryin' Out Loud! (2024)

Where the lyrics of For Cryin' Out Loud! take you, and where it was really made.

Finneas made this second album by moving away from the bedroom-producer approach of his debut and recording it through live studio sessions in Los Angeles.

Key places

Live studio sessions in Los Angeles (2024)

Recording site Los Angeles — The album was produced during a series of live studio sessions in Los Angeles. The source names only the city, so this point marks the city center rather than a specific studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• For Cryin' Out Loud!: second studio album by American singer-songwriter Finneas
• Released October 4, 2024 through OYOY and Interscope
• Follow-up to his debut studio album, Optimist (2021)
• The Italian Wikipedia track list shows ten tracks
• Finneas O'Connell handles lead vocals, keyboards and percussion on all tracks

Background

• During a May 2024 Rolling Stone cover story for his sister Billie Eilish, Finneas revealed he was working on a new solo album
• He described feeling lonely while solo-producing his first album
• He believed the first album was an OK job but did not make the songs in the best possible way they could sound
• He made a point of being hyper-collaborative on this record, and most of his friends are producers
• On August 8, 2024, he announced the album on Instagram
• The same day, a press release described the approach as steering away from the bedroom-producer mentality toward a classic studio/band environment

Recording

• Produced during a series of live studio sessions in Los Angeles, California
• Finneas is credited with production and recording
• Aron Forbes is credited with engineering and recording
• Dale Becker did mastering and Jon Castelli did mixing
• Brad Lauchert is credited with mix engineering
• Session players include Miles Morris on drums on all tracks and Lucy Healey on keyboards and vocals
• Jesse McGinty plays French horn, tenor saxophone, trombone and trumpet on track 8

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Finneas Baird O'Connell, born July 30, 1997 in Los Angeles, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor known mononymously as Finneas.
• He began writing and producing songs in 2010 at age 12 after taking a songwriting class with his mother.
• He is credited on all projects of his sister Billie Eilish, co-writing and producing albums including When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? and Happier Than Ever.
• He has won eleven Grammy Awards, two Academy Awards and two Golden Globes.
• He produced Selena Gomez's "Lose You to Love Me", which peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100.
• He released his debut EP Blood Harmony in October 2019 and his debut studio album Optimist in October 2021.
• He released his second album For Cryin' Out Loud! in October 2024.
• He has also acted, appearing in Glee as Alistair and in Modern Family.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic gives the album generally favorable reviews
• Weighted average score of 66 out of 100
• Based on 5 critic scores
• Metacritic is a review aggregator

Records

• Released October 4, 2024 through OYOY and Interscope
• Follow-up to the debut studio album Optimist (2021)
• Finneas is credited with production and recording on the album
• Aron Forbes shares engineering and recording credits
• Dale Becker is credited with mastering

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track was released as the lead single on August 8, 2024, with a music video directed by Isaac Ravishankara.
• The title track runs 3:37 and is credited to Finneas, Aron Forbes, David Marinelli, Matthew Fildey and Miles Morris.
• Finneas said he made a point of being hyper-collaborative after producing his debut alone.
• The album's creative approach was announced as a move from the bedroom-producer mentality to a classic studio/band environment.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Maps of Ages ↗ (mapsofages.com)

Privacy · Contact