''Never Enough'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter

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. It was released through

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on April 7, 2023, two days after his 28th birthday. Production was handled by Caesar himself, Zachary Simmonds (his younger brother), Sir Dylan,

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, Rami, and Raphael Saadiq.

Background and recording

On February 8, 2022, in an interview with '' Complex Canada'' of his home country, Caesar said that he recorded the album mostly by himself after quarantine for the

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. Three days later, in an interview with ''

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'', he stated that he was tapping into different influences aside from his traditional style of R&B music for his next album. On April 12, 2022, it was announced that Caesar had signed with

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and he was interviewed by ''

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'', in which he shared that the album would be less focused on R&B and include influences that he was earlier inspired by, such as

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and

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. On March 21, 2023, Caesar announced the title of its album and shared its cover art, tracklist, and release date.

Singles and promotion

The lead single of the album, " Do You Like Me?", was released on January 27, 2023. The second single, "Let Me Go", was released on February 10, 2023. On February 28, 2023, Caesar announced the title of the album via now-deleted social media posts. On March 21, 2023, he shared its release date, cover art, and tracklist. On March 31, 2023, the third single, "Valentina", was released. On April 4, 2023, he released "Unstoppable", the fourth and final single before the album.

Reception

The album was shortlisted for the

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."Here's the 2023 Polaris Music Prize short list"

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, July 13, 2023.

Track listing

Notes * signifies a co-producer * signifies an uncredited co-producer

Personnel

Production and music *

– vocals (1–15); bass (3, 4, 6, 8, 10–15); guitar (3, 4, 8, 10, 12–15); synth bass (3, 6, 8, 10); synthesizer programming (4, 10, 12–15); drums (11, 12, 14, 15) * Axel Benamar – programming (13) * BadBadNotGood **

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– bass (1) **

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– drums (1) **

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– guitar, synth bass (1) * Chronixx – vocals (15) * Daniel Migdal – strings (7, 11) * DannyBoyStyles – guitar (6) * Dylan Wiggins – programming (1, 2, 3, 8, 10–15); synthesizer programming (5) *

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– drum programming (11) * Joel Compass – programming (14) * Jordan Evans – programming (12) * Justin Lucas – guitar (6) * Justine Skye – background vocals (10) *

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– programming (11) *

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– bass (7); drums, programming, synthesizer programming (12) * Rami Yacoub – programming (4) *

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– background vocals (15) * Serpentwithfeet – background vocals (8) *

– drum programming (4) * Simon Hessman – guitar (3) *

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– programming, guitar, synth bass (6) * Zachary Simmonds – programming (2) Technical * Dylan Wiggins – engineer (2, 10) * Félix Remy – engineer (7) * Jake Ferguson – engineer (11) * Jens Jungkurth – engineer (11) * Migui Maloles – engineer (1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 11, 15) * Riley Bell – engineer (7, 14) *

– engineer (6) * Tom Elmhirst – mixer (1–15); engineer (12)

Charts

References

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