On July 8, 2022, “Mercury” and “Republic” labels released “Leap”, the third James Bay studio album. It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and London, and was produced by Dave Cobb, Finneas, Gabe Simon, Ian Fitchuk, James Bay, Sacha Skarbek, Jon Green and Benjamin Rice.
Personnel:
- James Bay – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, slide guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming
- Gabe Simon – electric guitar, organ, piano, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals, programming
- Todd Lombardo – acoustic guitar
- Alex Tomkins – piano
- Philip Towns – keyboards, synth bass, piano, mellotron, synthesizer
- Reuben James – Wurlitzer electric piano
- Jon Green – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
- John Ryan – electric guitar, keyboards, drums, backing vocals, programming
- Ian Fitchuk – acoustic and electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums, percussion, backing vocals, programming
- Mads Hauge – keyboards, percussion, programming
- Sacha Skarbek – piano, mellotron, backing vocals
- Joel Little – bass guitar, keyboards, drum programming
- Finneas – bass guitar, piano, synth bass, synthesizer, drum programming
- Andrew Haas – bass guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, drums, programming
- Brian Allen – bass guitar
- Nate Smith – drums, electronic percussion, percussion
- Ian Franzino – drums, programming
- Dave Cobb – percussion, tom-toms
- Jimmy Hogarth – percussion, programming
- Brennan Aerts – drum programming
- Josh Moore – programming
- Davide Rossi – strings
- Forest Miller – violin
- Foy Vance – backing vocals
- Lucy Smith – backing vocals
- Tom Elmhirst – engineer, mixing
- Buckley Miller – engineer
- Gabe Simon – engineer
- Henri Davies – engineer
- Joel Little – engineer
- John Hanes – engineer
- Matt Wiggins – engineer
- Darrell Thorp – engineer
- Marcus Locock – engineer
- Maximilian Von Ameln – engineer
- Adam Lunn – engineer
- Brennan Aerts – engineer
- Afterhrs – engineer
- John Ryan – engineer
- Jimmy Hogarth – engineer
- Andrea Mastroiacovo – engineer assistant
- Art Smith – engineer assistant
- Sean Badum – engineer assistant
- Philip Smith – engineer assistant
- Gabrielle Stok – engineer assistant
- Jeff Gunnell – engineer assistant
- Nick Spencer – engineer assistant
- Mark “Spike” Stent – mixing
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Kolton Lee – mixing
- Serge Courtois – mixing
- Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
- Bryce Bordone – mixing assistant
- Matthew Scatchell – mixing assistant
- Josh Moore – editing
- Alex Tomkins – editing assistant
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
Track listing:
- Give Me the Reason – James Bay, Foy Vance, Gabe Simon
- Nowhere Left to Go – James Bay, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Michael Pollack
- Save Your Love – James Bay, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Ammar Malik, Finneas O’Connell, John Ryan
- Everybody Needs Someone – James Bay, James Murray, Mustafa Omer, Phil Plested
- One Life – James Bay, Bianca Ghermezian, Ethan Gruska, Matt Morris, Stephen Wrabel, Steve Robson
- Silent Love – James Bay, Jon Green, Sacha Skarbek
- Love Don’t Hate Me – James Bay, Jimmy Hogarth, Jon Green
- Brilliant Still – James Bay, Jamie Scott, Johnny Coffer
- Right Now – James Bay, Ilsey Juber
- We Used to Shine – James Bay, Simon Aldred
- Endless Summer Nights – James Bay, Jon Green, Paul Epworth
- Better – James Bay, Simon Aldred
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