No One Else Can Wear Your Crown

Studio album by

Oh Wonder

Released

7 February 2020

Length

30:41

Label

Island

Producer

Oh Wonder
Starsmith

Oh Wonder chronology

Ultralife
(2017)

No One Else Can Wear Your Crown
(2020)

22 Break
(2021)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	65/100^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
DIY	^[2]
The Line of Best Fit	7.5/10^[3]
Pitchfork	5.7/10^[4]

No One Else Can Wear Your Crown is the third studio album by London-based alt-pop duo Oh Wonder, released through Island Records on 7 February 2020.^[5] It was preceded by the release of the singles "Hallelujah", "Better Now", "I Wish I Never Met You" and "Happy".^[6] The duo embarked on a world tour in support of the album in March 2020.^[7] However, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]^[9]

Background and recording

Oh Wonder wrote and recorded the album at their home studio, and it was co-mixed by Cenzo Townshend.^[10]

Track listing

*No One Else Can Wear Your Crown* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dust"	Josephine Vander Gucht Anthony West	2:40
2.	"Happy"	Vander Gucht West Sasha Sloan	2:53
3.	"Better Now"	Vander Gucht West Joe Janiak	3:18
4.	"Hallelujah"	Vander Gucht West	3:11
5.	"In and Out of Love"	Vander Gucht West	2:57
6.	"How It Goes"	Vander Gucht West Finlay Dow-Smith	3:25
7.	"Drunk On You"	Vander Gucht West Dow-Smith Lawrence Principato	3:09
8.	"Nothing But You"	Vander Gucht West	3:16
9.	"I Wish I Never Met You"	Vander Gucht West	2:58
10.	"Nebraska"	Vander Gucht West	2:54
Total length:			30:41

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"Hallelujah" (acoustic)	Vander Gucht West	3:46
12.	"Better Now" (acoustic)	Vander Gucht West Janiak	3:13
13.	"Happy" (acoustic)	Vander Gucht West Yatchenko	3:31
14.	"Drunk on You" (acoustic)	Vander Gucht West Dow-Smith Principato	3:17
15.	"Hallelujah" (unplugged)	Vander Gucht West	3:51
Total length:			48:19

Personnel

Oh Wonder

Josephine Vander Gucht – vocals, production (all tracks); mixing (tracks 1–12), piano (1–10), keyboards (1–9) string arrangement (1, 2, 4–7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15), Wurlitzer electric piano (13)
Anthony West – vocals, production, mixing (all tracks); keyboards, programming (1–10, 12, 13); guitar (2, 3, 10, 12, 13), bass guitar (9)

Additional musicians

Maïa Collette – cello (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13)
Helen Sanders-Hewett – viola (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12)
Rosie Langley – violin (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12)
Tobie Tripp – violin (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12), horn arrangement (12, 13, 15), string arrangement (12, 13, 15), strings (15)
George Lindsay – programming (tracks 1, 2, 6, 12, 15), drums (6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15)
Yves Fernandez – bass guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6–8)
Fin Dow-Smith – piano (track 6), keyboards (7)
Jonny Abraham – trumpet (track 6)
Jess Cox – cello (tracks 12, 13, 15)
James Trood – drums (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Dan Beer – French horn (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Diana Sheach – French horn (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Edward Ashby – sousaphone (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Courtney Brown – trombone (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Thomas George White – trombone (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Jack Birchwood – trumpet (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Nick Mead – trumpet (tracks 12, 13, 15)
George White – viola (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Ciara Ismail – violin (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Oli Langford – violin (tracks 12, 13, 15)
ACM Gospel Choir^[a] – choir (tracks 13, 15)

Technical

Frank Arkwright – mastering
Cenzo Townshend – mixing (tracks 1–10)
Camden Clarke – mixing assistance (tracks 1–10)
Robert Sellens – mixing assistance (tracks 1–10)
Starsmith – production (track 7), additional production (6)
Jason McIntosh – engineering (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Andy Cook – engineering assistance (tracks 12, 13, 15)
Rowan McIntosh – engineering assistance (track 15)

Charts

Chart performance for *No One Else Can Wear Your Crown*
Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)^[11]	46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[12]	84
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[13]	86
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[14]	17
UK Albums (OCC)^[15]	8

Notes

^ The ACM Gospel Choir consists of arranger Mark De-Lisser and vocalists Adam Wallis, Charlotte Churchmann, Charlotte Lubbock-Stevens, Chess Galea, Chloe Sanders, Debby Bracknell, Gneg Dwight, Hermione Thomas, Joanna Breheny, Jonathan Owusu-Yianomah, Jonny De Mallet Morgan, Kedma Macias, Rachel Clark, Seonaid Bowers, Toni Reece Robinson, and Wilson Atie.

References

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