We Are (Jon Batiste album)

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We Are
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Studio album by Jon Batiste
Released March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
Recorded 2019–2020
Genre
Length 38:01
Label Verve
Producer
  • Jon Batiste
  • Kizzo
  • David Pimentel
Jon Batiste chronology
Meditations
(2020)
We Are
(2021)
World Music Radio
(2023)
Singles from We Are (Jon Batiste album)
We Are ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Albumism 4/5 stars[1]
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars[2]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[3]
The Spill Magazine 4.5/5 stars[4]

We Are (stylized in all caps) is the sixth studio album by Jon Batiste. It was released on Verve Records on March 19, 2021.[5] In April 2022, We Are won Album of the Year at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards; it earned Batiste nine nominations in total, with five wins.[6]

Following the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, We Are reached its peak at number 25 on the US Billboard 200 with 18,000 album equivalent units.[7]

Background

Batiste began working on the album in late 2019, making it in his dressing room over six days in September and finishing it by mid-2020. While largely written and recorded prior to the events of 2020, the album's lyrical and thematic content reflects such events as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and his involvement in 2020, leading Black Lives Matter protests in New York after the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.[5][8]

On June 12, 2020, he released the single "We Are", featuring the band from his New Orleans alma mater, the St. Augustine High School Marching 100.[9]

As part of Record Store Day 2020, Batiste released a limited edition EP titled We Are: Roots & Traditions.[10]

The album also features Mavis Staples, Zadie Smith, PJ Morton, and Trombone Shorty.[11][5]

Speaking to Atwood Magazine, Batiste described We Are as "a representation of genreless music that's just about the story" and "a culmination of my life to this point".[5]

Batiste released a deluxe edition of the album on October 15, 2021.[12]

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2022 Album of the Year We Are Won [13]
Best R&B Album Nominated
Record of the Year "Freedom" Nominated
Best Music Video Won
Best Traditional R&B Performance "I Need You" Nominated
Best American Roots Performance "Cry" Won
Best American Roots Song Won
Best Contemporary Classical Composition Batiste: Movement 11' Nominated

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Jon Batiste, except where noted. 

We Are track listing
No. Title Length
1. "We Are" (featuring St. Augustine High School Marching 100, David Gauthier, Gospel Soul Children, Craig Adams, Braedon Gautier, Brennan Gautier, Autumn Rowe) 4:24
2. "Tell the Truth"   3:21
3. "Cry"   3:57
4. "I Need You"   2:37
5. "Whatchutalkinbout"   2:21
6. "Boy Hood" (featuring PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty) 4:26
7. "Movement 11'"   2:01
8. "Adulthood" (featuring Hot 8 Brass Band) 3:41
9. "Mavis"   0:20
10. "Freedom"   2:58
11. "Show Me the Way" (featuring Zadie Smith) 3:40
12. "Sing"   3:07
13. "Until"   1:03
Total length:
37:56

All songs written and composed by Jon Batiste, except where noted. 

We Are (The Deluxe Edition) track listing
No. Title Length
1. "I Need You"   2:35
2. "Freedom"   2:57
3. "Cry"   3:55
4. "Boy Hood" (featuring PJ Morton, Trombone Shorty) 4:25
5. "Sing" (featuring Tori Kelly) 3:11
6. "We Are" (featuring St. Augustine High School Marching 100, David Gauthier, Gospel Soul Children, Craig Adams, Braedon Gautier, Brennan Gautier, Autumn Rowe) 4:24
7. "Tell the Truth"   3:22
8. "Adulthood" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid) 3:43
9. "Whatchutalkinbout"   2:19
10. "Mavis"    
11. "Freedom" (Big Freedia Remix) 2:52
12. "Tell the Truth" (Uptown Remix - featuring Big Chief Romeo Bougere of the Mardi Gras Indian Show, Michael Batiste) 3:15
13. "Movement 11'"   2:01
14. "Work It Out"   3:04
15. "Adulthood" (featuring Hot 8 Brass Band) 3:42
16. "Show Me the Way" (featuring Zadie Smith) 3:40
17. "Sing"   3:09
18. "We Are" (Montmartre Remix - featuring Abi Bernadoth) 3:19
19. "Until"   1:04
Total length:
57:27

Personnel

Musicians

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Technical

  • Russell Elevado – recording
  • Misha Kachkachishvili – recording
  • Kizzo – composer, producer, recording
  • Emerson Mancini – mastering engineer
  • Manny Marroquin – mixing
  • Marc Whitmore – recording, mixing
  • Alex Williams – recording
  • Karla Cordova – album art
  • Suleika Jaouad – photography
  • Quincy Jonesliner notes
  • Ricky Reed – mixing
  • Ryan Lynn – co executive producer
  • Ken Oriole - recording
  • John Muller – engineer
  • Gavin Paddock - engineer, mix engineer[20]
  • David Andersen - second engineer[20]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for We Are
Chart (2021–2022) Peak
position
Australian Jazz and Blues Albums (ARIA)[21] 1
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA)[22] 5
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[23] 35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24] 191
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25] 175
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[26] 81
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 61
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 66
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[29] 92
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30] 39
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[31] 25
US Billboard 200[32] 25
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[33] 14
Weekly chart performance for We Are: Roots & Traditions
Chart (2020) Peak
position
9

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for We Are
Chart (2021) Position
Australian Jazz and Blues Albums (ARIA)[34] 28

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