Cherry Blossom (album)

Cherry Blossom
Cherry Blossom
Studio album by the Vamps
Released	16 October 2020
Recorded	2019–2020
Genre	Pop; pop rock;
Length	32:07
Label	EMI
Producer	The Vamps; LostBoy; Jordan Riley; Jack & Coke;
The Vamps chronology
The Vamps studio album chronology
Singles from Cherry Blossom
	"Married in Vegas"; Released: 31 July 2020; "Chemicals"; Released: 10 September 2020; "Better"; Released: 2 October 2020; "Would You"; Released: 4 April 2021;

Cherry Blossom is the fifth studio album by the British pop rock band the Vamps. It was released on 16 October 2020 via EMI Records,^[3] and includes the single "Married in Vegas". The album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart, becoming the Vamps' second number-one album in their home country. It is promoted by a concert tour that begun on 6 September 2021.^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Times	^[2]

Background

The band wrote "half an album quickly" 18 months before the release of the album, in early 2019, but scrapped all of the planned material and started over. Early in 2020, the band sent their completed album to their label, believing that they had a strong collection of "bangers and ballads" to mark what they regarded as the second part of their career, using the cherry blossom title and imagery as a symbol of "rebirth", but they were not entirely certain about which song should be released as the lead single.^{[citation needed]}

Singles

"Married in Vegas" was released as the lead single from the album on 31 July 2020.^[4] Its release was accompanied by an official music video posted to The Vamps' YouTube channel, directed by Dean Sherwood.

Track listing

*Cherry Blossom* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Glory Days (Intro)"	Bradley Simpson James McVey Connor Ball Tristan Evans James Abrahart Jordan Riley	Riley	0:14
2.	"Glory Days"	Simpson McVey Ball Evans Abrahart Riley	Riley	3:26
3.	"Better"	Simpson Peter Rycroft Jakob Hazell Svante Halldin	LostBoy Jack & Coke	2:25
4.	"Married in Vegas"	Simpson McVey Ball Evans Rycroft	LostBoy	3:12
5.	"Chemicals"	Simpson McVey Ball Evans Tom Mann Rycroft	LostBoy	2:50
6.	"Would You"	Simpson	Simpson Evans^[a]	3:01
7.	"Bitter"	Simpson McVey Ball Evans Abrahart	Simpson Evans^[a]	2:57
8.	"Part of Me"	Simpson McVey Ball Evans Rycroft	Simpson LostBoy	3:11
9.	"Protocol"	Simpson McVey Ball Evans	Simpson Evans^[a]	3:54
10.	"Nothing but You"	Simpson McVey Ball Evans Rycroft	LostBoy	3:10
11.	"Treading Water"	Simpson McVey Ball Evans	Simpson Evans^[a]	3:47
Total length:				32:07

Japanese edition bonus track^[5]
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Married in Vegas" (acoustic)	3:32
Total length:		35:52

Personnel

Bradley Simpson – lead vocals, songwriter, bass, guitar, backing vocals (all tracks)
Tristan Evans – lead guitar, songwriter, drums, producer, programming, backing vocals (all tracks)
Connor Ball – songwriter, bass guitar, backing vocals (all tracks)
James McVey – bass, songwriter, engineer, guitar, piano, producer, programming, recording, backing vocals (all tracks)
James Abrahart – songwriter, backing vocals
Luke Burgoyne – mixing assistant
Dan Grech-Marguerat – mixing, programmer
Svante Halldin – songwriter
Stuart Hawkes – mastering engineer
Jakob Hazell – songwriter
Charles Hicks – mixing assistant
Jack & Coke – bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, producer, programming, recording, strings
Lostboy – bass, drum programming, keyboards, producer, programming, recording
Tom Mann – songwriter
Jordan Riley – bass, composer, drums, guitar, keyboards, piano, producer, programming, recording, backing vocals
Peter Rycroft – songwriter

Charts

Chart performance of *Cherry Blossom*
Chart (2020)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[6]	77
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[7]	14
Irish Albums (OCC)^[8]	9
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[9]	77
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[10]	1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[11]	63
UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	1

References

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