Mama's Boy (album)

Mama’s Boy is the third studio album by American indie pop band LANY, released on October 2, 2020 through Polydor Records.

Background and composition
After the release of their first two albums, LANY and Malibu Nights, the band took part in two collaborations: one with Julia Michaels on the song "Okay" and another with Lauv on the song "Mean It". Both collaborations became the band's first ever charted releases. They also covered the song "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles in an earlier live session for Spotify.

During that time, they had grown good working partnerships with Mike Crossey and Sasha Sloan who co-wrote most of the material for the album, as well as a few on Malibu Nights. Paul Klein stated in an interview with Front Row Live, "I've only co-written a couple time before, but nothing like what I had done recently. And I did learn really quick and who I gelled with the most and what really seemed to work, what made me most comfortable. I know it sounds kinda silly, but I found writing with female songwriters a lot more comforting and made me feel way more safe. It reminded me of when you're a little kid and something goes wrong. Like who would you run to first: your mom." He also expressed how the more they talked before they started writing, the better the songs turned out. Jake Goss also added compliments about Crossey, stating "Before, it was so much fun. And this time around with Mike, he had a big studio. So we were able to test out what he had in his studio. It was fun messing around with layers and finding a perfect balance."

Singles
On May 13, LANY released the album's lead single, "Good Guys". On July 1, their second single "If This Is the Last Time" was released. The album's third single, "You!", was released on August 13, 2020. The fourth single, "Cowboy in LA", was released on September 16, 2020.

Track listing
Notes
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Personnel
Credits based on the deluxe edition track listing.

LANY
 * Jake Goss - drums (tracks 1–16), background vocals (1, 3), percussion (15)
 * Paul Klein - vocals (all tracks), piano (tracks 1, 2, 4–9, 11–17), background vocals (1), keyboards (3, 15), bass guitar (6)
 * Les Priest - background vocals (tracks 1, 3), programming (15, 16)

Additional musicians


 * Tyler Johnson – guitar (tracks 1–14); bass guitar, drum programming, keyboards (6)
 * Chad Copelin – bass guitar (tracks 1, 5, 8–13, 15), organ (5, 8), synthesizer (5, 9, 10, 12), guitar (12, 15), keyboards (15, 16), programming (15)
 * Heritage Hall Kids Choir – background vocals (track 1)
 * Steve Day – background vocals (track 1)
 * Paul Meany – background vocals (track 1)
 * King Henry – guitar (tracks 2, 3), bass guitar (3, 7, 14), drums (14)
 * Jon Joseph – bass guitar (tracks 2, 4)
 * Sasha Alex Sloan – background vocals (tracks 3, 4, 7)
 * Alex Mansour – cello (track 4)
 * Nickie Conley – background vocals (track 5)
 * Terry White – background vocals (track 5)
 * Jason Eskridge – background vocals (track 5)
 * Terrell Hunt – background vocals (track 5)
 * Laura Cooksey – background vocals (track 5)
 * Shelly Justice – background vocals (track 5)
 * Lici Brown – background vocals (track 5)
 * Debi Shelby – background vocals (track 5)
 * Cameron Mitchell– keyboards (tracks 10, 15, 16), background vocals (10), programming (15, 16)
 * Mitch Bell – guitar (track 12)
 * Noah Conrad – flugelhorn (track 14)

Technical
 * Robin Schmidt – mastering (tracks 1–14)
 * Mike Crossey – mixing (tracks 1–16), vocal production (1–11, 13–15)
 * Pedro Calloni – mixing, engineering (track 17)
 * Chad Copelin – engineering, (tracks 1, 5, 8–13, 15, 16), vocal production (1, 9, 12)
 * Nick Lobel – engineering (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 14)
 * Christian Theriot – engineering assistance (tracks 1, 5, 8, 11–13, 15, 16)
 * Eric Eylands – engineering assistance (track 9)
 * Jacob Johnston – engineering assistance (track 10)
 * Justin Long – engineering assistance (track 10)
 * Dylan Mellgren – engineering assistance (track 16)
 * Cassidy Mandel – engineering assistance (track 16)