Last Night in the Bittersweet

Last Night in the Bittersweet is the fourth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, released on 1 July 2022 by Atlantic Records. Two songs from the album, "Through the Echoes" and "Lose It", were jointly released on 11 May 2022. Last Night in the Bittersweet is Nutini's first release in eight years, following his third studio album, Caustic Love (2014).

Critical reception

Last Night in Bittersweet received a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic from four critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Writing in Mojo, John Aizelwood gave this release 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "worth wallowing in".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart dated 8 July 2022, and by midweek, was outselling the album at number two by a ratio of 4:1. It is Nutini's third consecutive UK number-one album.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

• Paolo Nutini – production
• Dani Castelar – production (all tracks), mixing (3, 5, 11, 12), engineering (1–15)
• Gavin Fitzjohn – production (all tracks), engineering (3, 4, 8)
• Matt Colton – mastering
• Paul Savage – mixing (1, 2, 6–10, 13)
• Richard Woodcraft – mixing (4, 14–16), engineering (3–5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16), additional production (12, 15, 16)
• Joe Jones – engineering (1, 10), engineering assistance (7)
• Rhys Evans – engineering (4)
• Kevin Burleigh – engineering (13)

Artwork

• Alex Cowper – design
• David Sanden – design
• Reuben Sutherland – design
• Shamil Tanna – photography
• Paolo Nutini – cover art concept, back cover photo

Charts

Certifications

References