Know (album) explained

Know
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jason Mraz
Cover:	Jason Mraz Know.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	August 10, 2018
Recorded:	2017–2018
Genre:	Pop rock
Length:	36:27
Label:	Atlantic
Prev Title:	Yes!
Prev Year:	2014
Next Title:	Look for the Good
Next Year:	2020

Know is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz. The album was released on August 10, 2018 by Atlantic Records.^[1] The album's lead single "Have It All" was released on April 27, 2018, accompanied by a video filmed with performing arts students from his hometown of Richmond.^{[2] [3]} The video for the third track released on July 6, 2018, "Might as Well Dance", features footage shot at Mraz's wedding.^[4]

The album is a further collaboration between Jason Mraz and the members of indie-rock-folk band Raining Jane: Mai Bloomfield, Becky Gebhardt, Chaska Potter and Mona Tavakoli, with whom Mraz has been working since 2007, and who were his backing band on his previous album Yes!.^[5] The band returns to back him on Know and helped in writing a number of songs as well. The album peaked at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

Commercial performance

In the United States, Know debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 with 33,000 album-equivalent units, which included 26,000 pure album sales.^[6] It is Mraz's fifth top-ten album in the country.^[6]

Track listing

Notes

• signifies an additional producer

Personnel

• Jason Mraz – vocals, acoustic guitar
• Andrew Wells – production, engineering, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, organ, percussion
• Rob Humphreys – drums, percussion
• Sean Hurley – bass
• Eric Ruscinski – piano, organ, acoustic guitar
• Drew Taubenfeld – pedal steel, acoustic guitar
• Tony Maserati – mixing
• Andre de Santanna – production, engineering, bass
• Leo Costa – drums, percussion
• Molly Miller – electric guitar
• Daniel Mandelman – piano, organ, wurlitzer
• Pedro Collini – percussion
• Carlos Sosa – saxophone
• Raul Vallejo – trombone
• Fernado Castillo – trumpet
• Todd Spadafore – organ

Raining Jane

• Mai Bloomfield – vocals
• Becky Gebhardt – writing
• Chaska Potter – vocals
• Mona Tavakoli – vocals

Charts

Chart (2018)! scope="col"

Peak position
Japan Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)^[7]	11
South Korean Albums (Gaon)^[8]	30
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[9]	26
US Billboard 200	9

Release history

Release history and formats for Know! Region! Date! Format! Label

Various	August 10, 2018	CD, digital download	Atlantic

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jason Mraz announces "bright and shiny" new album "Know." due Aug. 10, one-night-only movie on Aug. 7. ABC News Radio. June 14, 2018. August 9, 2018.
2. Taylor . Weatherby . Jason Mraz Turns a Buddhist Monk's Blessing Into a Feel-Good Tune With 'Have It All'. Billboard . April 27, 2018 . April 27, 2018.
3. Web site: Mike . Wass . Jason Mraz Returns With The Uplifting & Anthemic "Have It All" . Idolator . April 27, 2018 . April 27, 2018.
4. Mary J.. DiMeglio . Jason Mraz Shares His Wedding Footage in New Video, 'Might As Well Dance': Watch . Billboard . July 6, 2018 . August 9, 2018.
5. Web site: About the band . rainingjane.com . July 26, 2014.
6. Travis Scott's 'Astroworld' Spends Second Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart. Billboard. Caulfield. Keith. August 19, 2018. August 20, 2018.
7. Web site: Know. on Billboard Japan Hot Albums. Billboard Japan. September 21, 2020. ja.
8. Web site: Gaon Album Chart – Week 35, 2018. . ko . September 6, 2018.
9. Web site: Top 100 Albumes – Semana 33: del 10.8.2018 al 16.8.2018. Productores de Música de España. August 21, 2018. Spanish. PDF.