Purpose [Deluxe Edition]

by Justin Bieber

Overview

Across only three days of December 2013, Journals was released, Justin Bieber announced his retirement -- surprise! -- and Justin Bieber's Believe opened in theaters. Journals, an unpromoted collection heavy on R&B-oriented ballads, arrived in a dead zone for new releases -- not that last-minute holiday shoppers could have stuffed stockings with it anyway, as no physical edition was available. Many of its songs appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, but only two of them remained for a second week. In another odd twist, perhaps an act of sabotage or one of confused mercy, the album was not submitted for sales tracking, so it did not appear on the Billboard 200, where it would have presumably landed in a low slot. As for the film, that grossed barely two-million on its opening weekend. The entertainer's career was in a bizarre state. Roughly a year later, Skrillex and Diplo resuscitated a vulnerable piano ballad Bieber handed them and applied it a wobbly dance-pop production. "Where Are Ue Now," that song reached the Top Ten in the singer's native Canada, the U.S., and several other territories. By the end of 2015, Bieber's career and personal life, which had been marked by a series of public blunders, appeared to be back in order. "What Do You Mean?" and "Sorry" had skillfully latched onto the spritely tropical house sound; the former became his first number one hit in the States, and the latter narrowly missed the top. These singles also showed him making a deeper connection with his material and that, yes, he was progressing from performer to artist. Highlighted by those three hits that preceded it, Purpose is characterized as much by its inward-looking ballads, like the voice-and-piano-only "Life Is Worth Living" and the title track, both of which offer full-effort stock spiritual platitudes. In those songs and many others, there's repentance for personal and romantic slip-ups, and Bieber -- yearning, aching, but not desperate -- frequently sounds as if he's trying to win over a lover for the long term. There are many metaphorical obstacles in his path -- he dodges lightning, a blizzard, and an avalanche, skates on thin ice, gets stuck on a treadmill -- yet he ultimately owns up to his own mistakes and admits "Don't nobody deserve myself." A bumpy, oddly compelling restart, Purpose should hook open-minded pop fans who previously paid him no mind, and it could even win back some of those who wrote Bieber off years ago. [A Deluxe Edition added five bonus tracks: "Been You, Get Used to It," "We Are", "Trust," "All in It."] ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date:	11/13/2015
Label:	Def Jam / Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602547576439

Tracks

1. Mark My Words
2. I'll Show You
3. What Do You Mean?
4. Sorry
5. Love Yourself
6. Company
7. No Pressure
8. No Sense
9. The Feeling
10. Life Is Worth Living
11. Where Are Ü Now
12. Children
13. Purpose
14. Been You
15. Get Used to It
16. We Are
17. Trust
18. All in It

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Justin Bieber   Primary Artist,Lead Vocals,Featured Artist
Skrillex   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Diplo   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mark Jackson   Piano
Nas   Vocals,Featured Artist
Big Sean   Vocals,Featured Artist
James Wong   Guitar
Dominic Jordan   Drums
Jimmy Giannos   Keyboards
Sasha Sirota   Bass
Andreas Schueller   Percussion
Travis Scott   Vocals,Featured Artist
Halsey   Vocals,Featured Artist
Josh Gudwin   Guitar
Jason Boyd   Vocals (Background)
Phil Beaudreau   Trumpet
Leroy Clampitt   Guitar (Bass)
Trevon Trapper   Vocals (Background)
Teddy Photo   Vocals (Background)
Julia Michaels   Vocals (Background)
Jimmy Powers   Guitar,Guitar
Mark "the Mogul" Jackson   Piano
Theron Feemster   Piano

Technical Credits

Blood   Producer
Leesa D. Brunson   A&R
Mark Jackson   Composer,Producer,Composer
Nas   Composer
Mike Dean   Composer,Producer
Thomas Troelsen   Composer
Brandon Green   Composer,Composer,Lyricist
Sonny Moore   Composer
Manny Marroquin   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Jaycen Joshua   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Steve James   Producer,Producer
Benny Blanco   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Diplo   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Big Sean   Composer
Simon Cohen   Engineer,Engineer
Bart Schoudel   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Randy Merrill   Mastering
Mark "Exit" Goodchild   Engineer,Vocal Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Saul Vazquez, Jr.   Composer
James Wong   Composer
Terese Joseph   A&R
Scott "Scooter" Braun   A&R,Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Gregg Rominiecki   Engineer
Kory Aaron   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jeremy Snyder   Composer,Producer
Andrew Luftman   Production Consultant,Production Coordination
Ian Kirkpatrick   Composer,Producer
Justin Bieber   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Executive Producer
Mason Levy   Composer
Dominic Jordan   Composer
Jimmy Giannos   Composer
Soundz   Producer
Andre Harris   Composer,Producer
Gladius   Producer
Chris Sclafani   Engineer
Andreas Schueller   Composer
Clarence Coffee, Jr.   Composer
Ryan Kaul   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
James Abrahart   Composer
DJ Tay James   Producer
Travis Scott   Composer
Halsey   Composer
Todd Robinson   Assistant
Alexander Castillo Vasquez   Composer,Lyricist
Axident   Producer
David Rodriguez   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Josh Abraham   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins   Composer
Usher Raymond IV   Executive Producer
Oliver Goldstein   Composer,Lyricist
Justin Tranter   Composer
Nico Hartikainen   Composer,Producer
Andrew Wuepper   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Chris Galland   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Josh Gudwin   A&R,Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Vocal Engineer
Benjamin Levin   Composer
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Mogul   Producer
Samuel Jacquet   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Oligee   Producer
Jason Boyd   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,A&R
Henrique Andrade   Engineer,Assistant,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Michael Dean   Composer,Producer
Jordan Ware   Composer
Jennifer Beal   Package Production
Karl Rubin Brutus   Composer
Andreas Shuller   Composer
Stephen Philibin   Composer
Big Taste   Producer
Eben Wares   Composer
Ian Kirkpatirck   Composer,Producer
Iron Eye Art Group   Design,Art Direction
Leroy Clampitt   Composer
A.C.   Producer
Frederik Strand Halland   Composer
Michael Tucker   Composer
BloodPop   Producer
Scott Braun   Composer
Sarah Hudson   Composer
Chris "Tek" O'Ryan   Engineer,Vocal Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Ely Weisfeld   Composer
Skrillex   A&R,Mixing,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Nasir Jones   Composer
Julia Michaels   Composer
Kenneth Coby   Composer
Max Borghetti   Composer,Lyricist
Thomas Wesley Pentz   Composer
Chelsea Avery   A&R
Mark Johnson   Composer
Mark "the Mogul" Jackson   Producer
Benjamin Levy   Composer
D.K. the Punisher   Producer
Theron Feemster   Composer
Thomas Cullison   Assistant
Andy Proctor   Package Production
Ed Sheeran   Composer
The Audibles   Producer
Sean Anderson   Composer
MdL   Producer
Maejor Ali   Producer
Josh Connolly   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Jacques Webster   Composer
Zeke Mishanec   Assistant,Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Donovan Knight   Composer
Chris Burkard   Photography
Josh Sellers   Assistant
Seif "Mageef" Hussain   Production Consultant,Production Coordination
Brandon Harding   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Fredrik Halland   Composer
Joshua Gudwin   Composer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Jessica Severn   Packaging,Graphic Design
Maddox Chhim   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Ike Schultz   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Jon Schacter   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Johannes Raassina   Engineer
Dylan William   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Derrick Stockwell   Mixing Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Nikos Goudinakis   Assistant
Karl Rubin   Composer
Nico Stadi   Composer