Beauty Behind the Madness

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Beauty Behind the Madness, the second studio album by the Canadian singer The Weeknd, was released in August 2015. His first album Kiss Land had been well received, but he considered it a commercial disappointment. A collaboration with Ariana Grande and producer Max Martin, Love Me Harder, became his first top ten hit. That showed him that he could make pop music in his own way. With Martin and others he wrote, among other songs, In the Night and Can't Feel My Face.

The record shifts from dark alternative R&B to a sound that is more pop, with influences of disco, funk and soul. Critics heard the influence of Michael Jackson in it. Guests are Labrinth, Ed Sheeran and Lana Del Rey. The Hills and Can't Feel My Face reached first place on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was his first number one in the United States and won a Grammy for Best Urban Contemporary Album.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Real Life3:43Apple Music ↗
2. 2Losers (feat. Labrinth)4:41Apple Music ↗
3. 3Tell Your Friends5:34Apple Music ↗
4. 4Often4:09Apple Music ↗
5. 5The Hills4:02Apple Music ↗
6. 6Acquainted5:49Apple Music ↗
7. 7Can't Feel My Face3:34Apple Music ↗
8. 8Shameless4:14Apple Music ↗
9. 9Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey)4:38Apple Music ↗
10. 10In the Night3:56Apple Music ↗
11. 11As You Are5:41Apple Music ↗
12. 12Dark Times (feat. Ed Sheeran)4:21Apple Music ↗
13. 13Prisoner (feat. Lana Del Rey)4:35Apple Music ↗
14. 14Angel6:17Apple Music ↗

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