Magazines or Novels

Magazines or Novels is the sophomore studio album of American musician Andy Grammer, released through S-Curve Records on August 5, 2014. Prior to the album's release, Grammer released a single "Back Home" on April 8, 2014, co-written by Grammer and Ryan Met of the band AJR, who co-produced the track with Jon Levine. The album's second single, "Honey, I'm Good," was co-written by Grammer and Nolan Sipe and produced by Sipe, Steve Greenberg and Brian West. ^[1]

Magazines or Novels peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard charts.^[2]

Critical reception

Judah Joseph from The Huffington Post gave a positive review of the album sayng "it is in ways reminiscent of John Mayer's earlier work" and compared Grammer's voice to Gavin DeGraw and Adam Levine's. "Magazines or Novels displays a level of consistent creativity and continued talent. [...] It surpasses the standard he set back in 2011". Joseph concluded describing the album as "emotionally complex collection of songs".^[3] Newsday reviewer Glenn Gamboa gave the album a C grade commenting "it feels like a desperate attempt to manufacture another hit" while he ultimately "ends up with cut-rate approximations of other artists (Maroon 5 and OneRepublic)."^[4]

Track listing

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