Native Tongue (stylized in all uppercase) is the eleventh studio album by American alternative rock band Switchfoot. It was released on January 18, 2019, through Fantasy Records. Native Tongue peaked at No. 41 in its opening week on the Billboard 200 chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Christian albums chart. At the 50th Dove Awards, Native Tongue won Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year.
Promotion
Singles "Native Tongue" was released on October 19, 2018, as the album's first single, and was written by Jon Foreman, Tim Foreman, and Brent Kutzle of OneRepublic. The video for the track premiered on Paste magazine's website the same day.
"Voices" was released on November 16, 2018, as the second single and the music video was released on the same day. Switchfoot promoted the album with a North American Native Tongue Tour, with supporting acts Colony House and Tyson Motsenbocker.
"All I Need" was released on December 14, 2018, across all streaming platforms, followed by "Let it Happen" on January 4, 2019.
Accolades Year Organization Award Result Ref. 2019 GMA Dove Awards Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year
+ Year-end lists Publication Accolade Rank Top 50 Albums of 2019
Track listing
History
Native Tongue is Switchfoot's first studio album since Learning to Breathe (in 2000) not to crack the top 20 on the Billboard 200. It is also Switchfoot's first studio album since Hello Hurricane, in 2009, not to peak at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart. It is Switchfoot's longest studio album by track listing, and the second-longest by duration, beaten only by Vice Verses.
Personnel
Switchfoot Jon Foreman – lead vocals, guitar Tim Foreman – bass guitar, background vocals, lead vocals Chad Butler – drums, percussion Jerome Fontamillas – keyboards, guitar Drew Shirley – guitar
TechnicalInformation from the album booklet. The Foreman Brothers – producer Brent Kutzle – producer Tyler Chester – producer Tanner Sparks – engineer, mixing Tyler Spry – producer, engineer Bear Rinehart – additional production Adam Hawkins – mixing Bryan Cook – mixing John Nathaniel – mixing Joe Laporta – mastering Paul Blakemore – mastering Brandon Collins – string arrangement
Additional instrumentation Kaela Sinclair – vocals Tanner Sparks – guitar Tyler Chester – keyboards, acoustic guitar Brent Kutzle – guitar, keyboards Tyler Spry – background vocals, programming, keyboards, guitar Bear Rinehart – keyboards Steve Wilmot – programming John Painter – marching drums, horns, strings David Davidson – violin David Angell – violin Monisa Angell – viola Betsy Lamb – viola Craig Nelson – contrabass Paul Nelson – cello Keith Tutt II – cello
Charts +Chart performance for Native Tongue Chart (2019) Peakposition Australian Digital Albums (ARIA) 20
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