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Cinematic is the sixth studio album from Owl City. It was released on June 1, 2018, and contains 18 tracks. The title song of the album can be found here.

Origin and Reels[]

This album feels the most personal to Adam Young, as this album was written intentionally to compose music that would be about important people in his life, important events in his life, and important places he's visited in his life. He states that he realized this and began writing autobiographical songs, and as he did this he thought that it was similar to watching a highlight, or a scene from a movie, which gave birth to the album name, Cinematic. He announced the album's upcoming existence on October 30, 2017. He planned to release it on June 1, 2018, and successfully performed that idea. He didn't want his fans to wait too long for this release, so he released early 9 different songs in 3 different EPs as a preview of sorts. He wanted to continue the movie or cinematic theme, so he renamed the EPs Reels. Reel 1 was released on December 1, 2017, and included Fiji Water, The 5th of July, and All My Friends. Lucid Dream came out as a single on January 12, 2018, and was later added to Reel 2. Reel 2 continued on February 2, 2018 where it also included a new flashy electric cover of the Father's Day special, Not All Heroes Wear Capes, and a new song, Montana. Montana would later get an acoustic cover by Adam. The Reels ended with Reel 3 on April 6, 2018. New York City, which was released on March 9th, 2018, and would later be added to Reel 3, similar to how All My Friends and Lucid dream were released. The final Reel would go on to include New York City, Cloud Nine, and Be Brave.

Release[]

The Cinematic album was released in full on June 1st, 2018. The album included 15 original songs, and 3 alternate covers of selected songs by Adam. These following songs were brand new to those who listened to the reels, but none of them were new to those who listened to the previews of every song on the album that Adam would share online.

Songs That Don't Appear in Reels:

This album was a first for Adam in the way that this is the only album to not get a physical release at first, and was only released digitally. It soon began to release on Vinyl soon afterwards.

Discography and Sales[]

The album's sales is unfortunately unknown, but we do know that it peaked at #10 on Billboard Hot 100 charts on June 15th and lasted for a week, making this his 5th best performing album according to the Billboard charts behind Mobile Orchestra, The Midsummer Station, All Things Bright And Beautiful, and Ocean Eyes.

Tracklist[]

No. Title Length
1. Fiji Water 4:20
2. The 5th of July 4:11
3. All My Friends 3:25
4. House Wren 3:30
5. Not All Heroes Wear Capes 3:46
6. Montana 4:06
7. Lucid Dream 4:21
8. Always 4:36
9. Cloud Nine 3:52
10. Winners Never Quit 3:39
11. Madeline Island 4:36
12. Be Brave 5:15
13. New York City 3:44
14. Firebird 3:59
15. Cinematic (Song) 4:13
16. All My Friends (Alt Version) 3:28
17. Montana (Alt Version) 3:49
18. Firebird (Alt Version) 4:30
Total length 73:30


Trivia[]

  • Cinematic is the first album to only be released digitally alone, where it's predecessors were released as digital and physical editions.
  • Cinematic is known to be more about Adam's personal experiences in his life rather than it being about his sensational imagination.

Navigation[]

Songs from Cinematic
Fiji WaterThe 5th of JulyAll My FriendsHouse WrenNot All Heroes Wear CapesMontanaLucid DreamAlwaysCloud NineWinners Never QuitMadeline IslandBe BraveNew York CityFirebirdCinematic
Owl City Discography
Albums Maybe I'm DreamingOcean EyesAll Things Bright and BeautifulThe Midsummer StationMobile OrchestraCinematicCoco Moon
EPs Of JuneShooting StarThe Midsummer Station - AcousticUltravioletReel 1Reel 2Reel 3
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