| PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I | ||||
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| Released | April 13, 2018 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 2018 | |||
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| Length | 35:15 [1] | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
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PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. I (alternatively written PTX Presents: Top Pop, Vol. 1) is the sixth studio album by American a cappella group Pentatonix, released on April 13, 2018. It is their first album with bass vocalist Matt Sallee, and without original bass vocalist Avi Kaplan. [2] It is also their first full-length album not to feature any original material.
The album was announced on February 27, 2018, together with a new tour in the following summer. [3] Pentatonix announced the tracklist on April 10. [4] [5]
Three singles from the album were released before the release: "Havana" on February 23, 2018, "New Rules x Are You That Somebody?" on March 9, and "Attention" on March 23. [6] [7] [8] Pentatonix released a performance of a mashup of songs on the album on YouTube on April 19, 2018. [9]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
AllMusic gave the album a rating of 3 out of 5, stating "Make no mistake, [Pentatonix] are still proudly the children of Glee , but that's also the ace up their sleeve: they're flashy about their hip attributes, which helps disguise how this album is -- at its core -- music by a very good music theater troupe." [10]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 1. | "Attention" (Charlie Puth cover) | Charlie Puth, Jacob Kasher | Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Finesse" (Bruno Mars cover) | Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Johnathan Yip, Ray Romulus, Jeremy Reeves, Ray McCullough II | Hoying, Grassi | 3:11 |
| 3. | "New Rules x Are You That Somebody?" (Dua Lipa / Aaliyah medley) | Caroline Ailin, Emily Warren, Ian Kirkpatrick / Static Major, Timbaland | Hoying | 2:58 |
| 4. | "Havana" (Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug cover) | Camila Cabello, Young Thug, Adam Feeney, Brittany Hazzard, Ali Tamposi, Brian Lee, Andrew Watt, Pharrell Williams, Louis Bell, Kaan Gunesberk | Hoying, Grassi | 2:35 |
| 5. | "Perfect" (Ed Sheeran cover) | Ed Sheeran, Will Hicks, Benny Blanco | Hoying | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Stay" (Zedd and Alessia Cara cover) | Linus Wiklund, Sarah Aarons, Anders Frøen, Alessia Caracciolo, Anton Zaslavski, Jonnali Parmenius | Matt Sallee, Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado | 3:22 |
| 7. | "Feel It Still" (Portugal. The Man cover) | Robert Bateman, Zachary Scott Carothers, Freddie Gorman, John Baldwin Gourley, John Hill, Brian Holland, Eric Andrew Howk, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Wade Sechrist, Asa Taccone | Grassi | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Despacito x Shape of You" (Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee / Sheeran medley) | Luis Rodríguez, Erika Ender, Ramón Ayala / Sheeran, Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, Kevin Briggs [11] | Grassi, Maldonado, Hoying | 3:18 |
| 9. | "Issues" (Julia Michaels cover) | Julia Michaels, Benjamin Levin, Tor Hermansen, Mikkel Eriksen, Justin Tranter | Maldonado | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Praying" (Kesha cover) | Kesha Sebert, Andrew Joslyn, Ben Abraham, Ryan Lewis | Hoying, Grassi, Maldonado | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Sorry Not Sorry" (Demi Lovato cover) | Demi Lovato, Warren "Oak" Felder, Sean Douglas, Trevor Brown, William Zaire Simmons | Hoying, Grassi | 3:23 |
| Total length: | 35:15 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Lead vocals | Length |
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| 12. | "Take On Me" (A-ha cover) | Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket, Pål Waaktaar | Grassi, Hoying | 3:29 |
| Total length: | 38:44 | |||
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] | 26 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] | 8 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 28 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 142 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard) [17] | 15 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] | 23 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] | 35 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) [20] | 34 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [21] | 30 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV) [22] | 42 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP) [23] | 39 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [24] | 60 |
| Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [25] | 92 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [26] | 19 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [27] | 76 |
| US Billboard 200 [28] | 10 |