A Place We Knew

A Place We Knew is the debut studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Dean Lewis. The album was released on 22 March 2019. The album was announced in February 2019, with Lewis revealing that "all the songs were written through relationships I'd been in and houses I used to live in and hotel rooms".[3]

A Place We Knew
Studio album by Dean Lewis
Released	22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)
Length	40:09
Label	Island
Producer	Edd Holloway Nick Atkinson John Castle Dylan Nash
Dean Lewis chronology
Same Kind of Different (2017) A Place We Knew (2019)
Singles from A Place We Knew
"Be Alright" Released: 29 June 2018 "7 Minutes" Released: 18 January 2019 "Stay Awake" Released: 18 March 2019[1] "Straight Back Down" Released: 30 August 2019[2]

Of the album, Dean stated that "Things come and go so fast, but I wanted to make something authentic, raw",[4] describing the title as "encapsulat(ing) the bittersweet memories of past relationships".[5]

The album topped the Australian chart upon release. It will be supported by a US and European tour from February to April 2019, as well as a five-date Australia and New Zealand tour in May 2019.[5] During his musical guest appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on March 18, 2019, Lewis performed "7 Minutes" and "Stay Awake" to support the release of the album.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the album was nominated for three awards, winning Album of the Year and Best Male Artist.[6] and Song of the Year for '7 Minutes'[7].

Singles

"Be Alright" is the album's lead single, released on 29 June 2018 and peaked at number 1 in Australia and won an ARIA Music Award at the ARIA Music Awards of 2018. "7 Minutes" was released on 18 January 2019 as the album's second single and peaked at number 10 in Australia. "Stay Awake" released on 19 March 2019 as the album's third single. "Straight Back Down" was released to radio on 30 August 2019 as the album's fourth single.[2]

The album includes the singles "Waves" and "Chemicals" from Lewis' 2017 extended play Same Kind of Different.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Herald Sun	[9]
Who Magazine	[10]

All Music's critic Neil Z. Yeung gave A Place We Knew an overall positive review, commending the lyrics, saying it shows "simple yet evocative storytelling, resulting in painfully relatable snapshots of times when things just don't work out".[8] Cameron Adams from Herald Sun gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars saying "Vance Joy, and before him Ed Sheeran and The Lumineers, [have] set the sonic blueprint for Lewis' who is 'seizing the moment' for super-ultra-non-toxic masculinity in music." Suggesting to try this album if you like Joy and Sheeran".[9]

Gavin Scott from Who Magazine gave the album 5 out of 5 stars saying "Thanks to both the deeply personal nature of Lewis' lyrics, inspired by his own real-life relationships, and the pain and emotion that comes through in his vocals, it's impossible not to feel moved by A Place We Knew. A substantial, meaningful album for a world too often distracted by frivolity."[10]

Jeff Jenkins from Stack Magazine said "His break-up balladry – emotive, anthemic and folk-tinged – falls somewhere between Ed Sheeran and Sheppard. It's a potent formula".[11] Brodie Lancaster from The Saturday Paper said "The appeal of Dean Lewis's debut album is that the earnest musings on broken relationships can be moulded to anyone's story. But what his formulaic songwriting gains in popularity, it lacks in depth and insight".[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Hold of Me"	Dean Lewis	Dylan Nash	3:22
2.	"7 Minutes"	Lewis Nicholas Atkinson Edd Holloway	Atkinson Holloway Nash^[b]	3:31
3.	"A Place We Knew"	Lewis	Dann Hume Nash^[b]	3:26
4.	"Stay Awake"	Lewis Neil Ormandy Steven Solomon	Solomon Atkinson Holloway Nash^[a]	3:05
5.	"Waves"	Lewis Atkinson Holloway	Atkinson Holloway	4:00
6.	"Be Alright"	Lewis Jonathan Hume	Atkinson Holloway Nash^[b]	3:16
7.	"Chemicals"	Lewis	John Castle Holloway^[b]	3:41
8.	"Straight Back Down"	Lewis Atkinson Holloway	Atkinson Holloway Nash^[b]	3:25
9.	"Time to Go"	Lewis	D. Hume	3:10
10.	"Don't Hold Me"	Lewis J. Hume	Castle Atkinson^[b] Holloway^[b] Nash^[b]	2:59
11.	"For the Last Time"	Lewis	Atkinson Holloway Nash^[b]	3:15
12.	"Half a Man"	Lewis Hayley Warner J. Hume	Atkinson Holloway	2:59
Total length:				40:09

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 33 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 30 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 61 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 15 Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[18] 28 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[19] 21 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[20] 27 French Albums (SNEP)[21] 60 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 32 Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 20 Latvian Albums (LAIPA)[24] 15 Lithuanian Albums (AGATA)[25] 20 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 7 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[27] 25 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[28] 46 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[29] 11 UK Albums (OCC)[30] 37 US Billboard 200[31] 31

Year-end charts Chart (2019) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[32] 16 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[33] 174 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] 41

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[35]	2× Platinum	140,000
Canada (Music Canada)[36]	Gold	40,000^*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[37]	2× Platinum	40,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Date	Format	Label	Catalogue
Australia	22 March 2019	Digital download[38] CD[39]	Island	7739314

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