''Tomorrow Forever'' is the twelfth album by

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musician

Matthew Sweet Sidney Matthew Sweet (born October 6, 1964) is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990 ...

, funded wholly by his fans through the crowdfunding platform

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. It was released on June 16, 2017, as a digital download, CD, and a 2- LP vinyl set.

Production

The album was funded by a

campaign from June 27 – July 27, 2014. The album's expected April 2015 release date was delayed to June 2017. Sweet originally recorded 38 songs and cut this down to 17 for the final album, which was the reason for the delay in release. Twelve of the remaining 21 tracks were released in a bonus demo album (''Tomorrow's Daughter''), sent exclusively to backers of the campaign on Kickstarter, and intended for official release later.

Release

The album charted at number 27 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. Critics generally praised the album but highlighted its familiarity with his earlier albums. The review aggregating website

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reports a normalized score of 77% based on 4 critic reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

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- piano * Evan Carter - painting photography * Paul Chastain - 12-string electric guitar, electric guitar, rhythm guitar *

Gary Louris Gary Michael Louris (born March 10, 1955) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band the Jayhawks and their principal songwriter and vocalist a ...

- electric guitar, backing vocals * Sean Magee - mastering * Valentine McCalumn - baritone, Dobro, electric slide guitar, guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, wah wah guitar * Ric Menck - drums * Dan Miggler - art direction * John Moremen - electric guitar, rhythm guitar * Debbi Peterson - drums *

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, engineer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin,

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a Capstan (tape recorder), capstan, which pulls i ...

, mixing, organ, piano, primary artist, producer

Chart performance

References

External links

* {{Authority control Matthew Sweet albums 2017 albums Albums produced by Matthew Sweet