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Twelve Carat Toothache (2022)

Where the lyrics of Twelve Carat Toothache take you, and where it was really made.

Post Malone's fourth album is his shortest to date at 43 minutes, and it was finished in January 2022 but held back by its label until June.

Key places

Jungle City recording location (2022)

Recording site Jungle City Studios — Listed as one of the recording locations for the album. The point marks the studio's exact location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Crosby in Burbank (2022)

Recording site The Enterprise (Burbank) — Listed as one of the recording locations for the album. The point uses the city center of Burbank, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Electric Feel in West Hollywood (2022)

Recording site NightBird (West Hollywood) — Listed as one of the recording locations for the album. The point uses the city center of West Hollywood, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Gold Tooth Music in Beverly Hills (2022)

Recording site The Red Lips Room (Beverly Hills) — Listed as one of the recording locations for the album. The point uses the city center of Beverly Hills, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Sarm in London (2022)

Recording site Wild Bunch Studios (London) — Listed as one of the recording locations for the album. The point uses the city center of London, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Twelve Carat Toothache: fourth studio album by American musician Post Malone
• Released June 3, 2022 through Mercury Records and Republic Records
• 14 tracks running 43 minutes, the shortest album of Malone's career
• Guests: Roddy Ricch, Doja Cat, Gunna, Fleet Foxes, the Kid Laroi, and the Weeknd
• Deluxe edition released June 7 with two new tracks, 'Waiting For Never' and 'Hateful'
• Three singles: 'One Right Now', 'Cooped Up', and 'I Like You (A Happier Song)'

Background

• April 24, 2020: Malone announced during a live stream that a new album was in progress
• July 2020: Malone told The Wall Street Journal he wanted to take steps outside his comfort range
• April 2021: manager Dre London said two projects would come in 2021, but this did not happen
• January 10, 2022: London revealed the album was complete, but Republic Records and its parent label Universal Music Group had delayed its release
• Louis Bell, a close friend and frequent collaborator of Malone, was involved in the album
• The COVID-19 pandemic kept Malone from touring, which gave him less incentive to make as much music

Recording

• Louis Bell credited for programming across tracks 1 to 16
• 'One Right Now' produced by Louis Bell, Brian Lee, and Andrew Bolooki
• Recording locations listed: Crosby in Burbank, Electric Feel in West Hollywood, Jungle City in New York City, Gold Tooth Music in Beverly Hills, and Sarm in London
• Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes credited on acoustic guitar

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Austin Richard Post, professionally known as Post Malone, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
• His music blends pop, hip-hop, trap, country, R&B, and rock.
• He began his musical career in 2010 and gained mainstream recognition with the 2015 cloud rap single "White Iverson".
• He signed with Republic Records in 2015; his debut album Stoney (2016) produced the Diamond-certified single "Congratulations".
• His second album Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018) debuted atop the US Billboard 200 and produced Hot 100 number-one singles "Rockstar" and "Psycho".
• "Sunflower" with Swae Lee, from the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack, became the highest-certified song in RIAA history.
• Hollywood's Bleeding (2019) also debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.
• Twelve Carat Toothache (2022) and Austin (2023) both peaked at number two on the Billboard 200.
• In 2024 he topped the Hot 100 with a guest spot on Taylor Swift's "Fortnight" and his country pop single "I Had Some Help" with Morgan Wallen.
• His country music debut F-1 Trillion (2024) became his third number-one album on the Billboard 200.
• He has sold over 150 million records in the US according to the RIAA.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Rhian Daly of NME enjoyed the album and called it another step up for Post Malone, despite an occasional outdated attitude and some light filler
• Kathleen Johnston of The Daily Telegraph called it an ambitious record with real range
• Jon Caramanica of The New York Times praised the album's tonal consistency and its brightest sounds to date
• Chris Willman of Variety gave a positive review and said the album finally feels transitional for one of pop's biggest stars
• Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic described it as a fascinating emotional exploration of a conflicted artist
• Maura Johnston of Rolling Stone said the album is full of big-name cameos, sweeping gestures, and pensive vibes
• Matthew Strauss of Pitchfork said it is slick, streamlined, and a little less vulgar and ostentatious than earlier work
• JT Early of Beats Per Minute said Post shows he is as human as everyone else
• Robin Murray of Clash gave a mixed review and found it quietly rebellious but curiously unsatisfying
• Mackenzie Cummings-Grady of HipHopDX said lukewarm guest contributions could not help Malone get out of the quicksand
• Paolo Ragusa of Consequence said the album feels thrown together and incomplete

Reappraisal

• Metacritic average score of 68, based on 15 reviews
• AnyDecentMusic? gave it 5.6 out of 10, based on its assessment of the critical consensus

Records

• Debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 121,000 album-equivalent units, including 21,000 pure album sales
• Tracks earned a total of 127.82 million on-demand streams
• Fourth top-five album in the US for Malone
• Ranked 26th best-selling album of the year according to Hits
• Total of 747,000 album-equivalent units by the end of 2022
• 'One Right Now' peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100
• 'Cooped Up' peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100
• 'I Like You (A Happier Song)' peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album is Malone's shortest at 43 minutes across 14 songs.
• Malone and the Weeknd posted a 7-second snippet of 'One Right Now' on Instagram on November 2, 2021, and it got over 150,000 likes in an hour.
• On Saturday Night Live on May 14, 2022, Malone performed 'Cooped Up' with Roddy Ricch and 'Love/Hate Letter to Alcohol' joined by Fleet Foxes.
• Malone previewed 'Love/Hate Letter to Alcohol', a collaboration with Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold, during an Instagram live on April 23, 2022.
• Malone announced two additional songs, 'Waiting for Never' and 'Hateful', for release on June 7.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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