You Deserve Love

You Deserve Love is the third studio album by American rock band, White Reaper. The album was released through Elektra Records on October 18, 2019.

Background

Following the conclusion of their tour with The Struts in the autumn of 2018, White Reaper began recording new material for a third studio album. On May 29, 2019, the lead-off single for You Deserve Love, called "Might Be Right" was released. The second single, "Real Long Time" came out two months later. On August 27, 2019, the album was announced with the third single, "1F". In describing the album name, bassist Sam Wilkerson said “Everyone stopped me at You Deserve Love,” he says. “I think it’s cool, because it’s true for everybody. I think it’s what everybody needs to hear.”

Critical reception

You Deserve Love was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 7 reviews. Loudwire named it one of the 50 best rock albums of 2019.

Track listing

Adapted from Apple Music.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Musicians

• Tony Esposito – guitar , vocals
• Nick Wilkerson – drums , percussion
• Sam Wilkerson – bass
• Hunter Thompson – guitar
• Ryan Hater – keyboard

Personnel

• Jay Joyce – producer, mixer
• Joe LaPorta – mastering
• Chris Taylor – assistant engineer
• Jimmy Mansfield – assistant engineer
• Jason Hall – engineer

References