''For Cryin' Out Loud!'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter

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. The album was released on October 4, 2024, through OYOY and

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. It is the follow-up record to his debut studio album ''

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Background

During a May 2024 ''

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'' cover story for Finneas's sister,

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, Finneas revealed he was working on a new solo album. He described feeling lonely whilst solo-producing his first album, believing that he did an "OK job", but not making songs in the best possible way they could sound. Therefore, Finneas said, "I've made a point to be hyper-collaborative. Fortunately, most of my friends are producers". On August 8, 2024, Finneas announced ''For Cryin' Out Loud!'' on

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and released the title track as its lead single, along with a

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directed by Isaac Ravishankara. A same-day press release characterized Finneas' creative process for the album as "steering things away from the bedroom producer mentality and to a classic studio/band environment". The album was produced during a series of live studio sessions in

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Critical reception

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians *

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– lead vocals, keyboards, percussion (all tracks); synthesizer (tracks 1, 3–7, 9, 10), guitar (3, 4, 8), bass guitar (4, 8–10) * Aron Forbes – bass guitar (tracks 1–8, 10), guitar (9) * Miles Morris – drums (all tracks),

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(9) * Lucy Healey – keyboards, vocals (all tracks); synthesizer (track 5) * David Marinelli – percussion (all tracks), synthesizer (1, 2, 6, 7), keyboards (2–10),

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(7, 8), vocals (9, 10) * Matthew Fildey – guitar (tracks 1–3, 5, 7–10),

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(1, 4, 6, 7), synthesizer (4) * Sam Homaee – synthesizer (tracks 7, 9, 10), percussion (7), guitar (9) * Jesse McGinty –

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, trombone, trumpet (track 8) Technical *

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, recording * Dale Becker – mastering * Jon Castelli – mixing * Aron Forbes –

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, recording * Brad Lauchert – mix engineering * Katie Harvey – mastering assistance * Noah McCorkle – mastering assistance

Charts

References

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