Philadelphia's Been Good to Me (stylised in sentence case) is the tenth studio album by the American indie rock musician Kurt Vile, released on May 29, 2026, on Verve Forecast Records. The album is Vile's first to be recorded and released after the death of his longtime collaborator and bandmate Rob Laakso.
The album's release was preceded by the singles "Zoom 97" and "Chance to Bleed".
The album cover features a previously unseen photograph by William Eggleston.
Background and recording The album was largely recorded in Vile's home studio, OKV Central, located in Mount Airy, Philadelphia. He describes the album as his "bringing it all back home to Philly' record", and that he treated the recording process like it was his last album.
Track listing Track listing and credits are adapted from Tidal and Spotify.
Note indicates an additional producer Tracks 4, 6, 7, and 10 are stylised in sentence case.
Personnel Credits are adapted from Tidal.
Musicians
Kurt Vile – electric guitar (all tracks), vocals (tracks 1–7, 9, 10, 12), guitar (1, 4, 5, 9), synthesizer (1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12), acoustic guitar (2, 3, 6, 10), keyboards (7, 12), piano (11), trumpet (12) Jesse Trbovich – background vocals (1), electric guitar (2–5, 7–10, 12), guitar (6) Adam Langellotti – bass (1–7, 9–12), drums (9, 12), synthesizer (12) Matthew Jugenheimer – Wurlitzer organ (1, 5), keyboards (2), piano (3), electric piano (4, 7, 10), percussion (4, 10, 12), organ (6), hi-hat (9), bells (12) Mikel Patrick Avery – percussion (1, 6), drums (1) Sarah Jones – drums (2, 6, 11) Kyle Spence – drums (3–5, 7, 8, 10) David Scher – steel guitar (3), piano (6); lap steel guitar, synthesizer (7) Francie Medosch – background vocals (3, 12) Jon Cox – background vocals (3, 12) Rob Schnapf – shaker (4) Natalie Hoffmann – background vocals (5) Greg Cartwright – electric guitar, vocals (5) Elena Tulve – background vocals (7) Rob Laakso – bass, keyboards (8) Steve Gunn – electric guitar (9)
Technical Kurt Vile – engineering (1–4, 6, 8, 11), additional mixing (1–4, 8, 12) Adam Langellotti – engineering (1–4, 6, 9–12), mixing (1–4, 12), additional engineering (8) Matthew Jugenheimer – engineering (1–4, 6, 9–12), additional mixing (1–4, 12), additional engineering (8) Rob Schnapf – engineering (2–4, 6, 10), mixing (5–7, 9–11), additional engineering (3), additional mixing (2, 3, 8, 12) Matt Schuessler – engineering (2, 3, 6, 7) Matt Qualls – engineering (4, 5, 10) Brian Rosemeyer – engineering (5, 7, 9) Kyle Spence – engineering (5, 7) Peter Katis – engineering, mixing (8) Doug Easley – additional engineering (4, 5, 7, 10) Zoe Duran – additional engineering (4, 5, 7, 10) Jessica Thompson – mastering
Charts + Chart performance for Philadelphia's Been Good to Me Chart (2026) Peakposition Croatian International Albums (HDU)29 French Physical Albums (SNEP) 62 French Rock & Metal Albums (SNEP) 9 UK Albums Sales (OCC) 17
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