Circles
by Mac Miller
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 January 2020
- Label: REMember, Warner
- Country: United States
- Length: 48:39
- Community rating: 3.87/5 from 25 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released posthumously, 'Circles' was conceived as a companion piece to 'Swimming', completing the conceptual loop of “swimming in circles”. Producer Jon Brion finished the album, moving away from pure hip-hop to craft a sound rooted in singer-songwriter traditions, funk, and soft rock, featuring Miller's relaxed, often sung vocals. The album's lyrical themes are deeply introspective, exploring mental health, weariness, and a search for peace against a backdrop of mellow, synth-layered instrumentation.
Genres
Descriptors: rap, soulful, melodic, personal, emotive
Tracklist
- Circles (02:50)
- Complicated (03:52)
- Blue World (03:29)
- Good News (05:42)
- I Can See (03:40)
- Everybody (04:16)
- Woods (04:46)
- Hand Me Downs (04:58)
- That's On Me (03:37)
- Hands (03:19)
- Surf (05:30)
- Once A Day (02:40)
Credits
- Mac Miller - lead vocals, bass, guitar, producer
- Jon Brion - guitar, cymbals, vibraphone, synthesizer, keyboards, drums, bass, piano, hammond organ, reed organ, percussion, producer
- MonoNeon - bass
- Wendy Melvoin - bass, guitar
- Matt Chamberlain - drums
- Shea Taylor - drums, horn, strings, synthesizer, recording, producer
- Tony Royster Jr. - drums
- Baro Sura - additional vocals, drums
- Alexander Spit - producer
- David x Eli - producer
- Eric Dan - producer, recording
- Guy Lawrence - producer, recording
- Vic Wainstein - associate producer, recording, producer
- Patricia Sullivan - mastering
- Greg Koller - mixing, recording
- Eric Caudieux - recording
- Josh Berg - recording
- Zachary Acosta - recording
- Ross Ferraro - recording
- Stefan Durandt - recording
- Ben Fletcher - recording assistant
- Ben Sedano - recording assistant, assistant
- Jeff Sosnow - a&r
- Public-Library - art direction, design
- David Byrnes - legal
- Irina Volodarsky - legal
- Christian Clancy - management
- Kelly Clancy - management
- Christian Weber - photography
- Preston Hui - project manager
- Nick Dierl - public relations