Cody Simpson grew up on the east coast of Australia, not far from the beach known as Surfer's Paradise, but the title of his hastily assembled second album can also be seen as a retort to his debut: if that 2012 full-length was Paradise, this 2013 follow-up offers a sun-kissed variation of the same.
Certainly, there's a heavy hippie vibe here, Simpson eager to paint himself as the kind of troubadour who'd wander along the beach in sandals, clutching an acoustic guitar in hopes of serenading the next girl who comes his way.
In other words, he sounds a little bit like a teen pop version of Jack Johnson or Jason Mraz, which is indeed fruitful territory as those two sunny singer/songwriters write love songs that could be mistaken for sweet, sticky teen pop.
The transition from run-of-the-mill teen popster to cheerful balladeer isn't necessarily painless -- "Imma Be Cool," complete with guest rap, may induce a cringe -- but the surf-and-sun concept gives Simpson a persona he lacked on Paradise and it also generates some appealingly breezy tunes.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Da DeeKevin Aryaeji, Antwoine "T-Wiz" Collins, Rich King, Roman Ramirez, Cody Simpson, Keinan Warsame, Wayne Wilkins | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Pretty Brown EyesCody Simpson, Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas, Alexandre Castillo Vasquez | Cody Simpson | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 3 | No CeilingTerence Coles, Carsten Mortensen, Lucas Secon | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | Sinkin' InAndrew Watt | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:38 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | Summertime of Our LivesToby Gad, Emanuel Kiriakou, Ryan Petersen, Nolan Sipe | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:16 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 6 | Imma Be CoolJacob Lutrell, Asher Roth, Cody Simpson, Ryan Williamson | Cody Simpson | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | If You Left Him for MeChristopher J. Baran, Alex DeLeon, Cody Simpson, Matt Squire | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| 8 | LoveBrandon Salaam Bailey, Joe Khajadourian, Ziggy Marley, Alex Schwartz, Cody Simpson, Michael Warren | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 9 | Better Be Mine | Cody Simpson | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 10 | Children Of The Ocean | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 11 | Rainy Day | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | Awake All Night | Cody Simpson | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 40 mins | 92 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 286 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Aryaeji | Composer, Engineer |
| 2 | Brandon Salaam Bailey | Composer |
| 3 | C.J. Baran | Instrumentation, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Christopher J. Baran | Composer |
| 5 | Nick Bilardello | Art Direction, Design |
| 6 | Ivan Bodley | Bass |
| 7 | Eren Cannata | Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Producer |
| 8 | Terence Coles | Composer |
| 9 | Antwoine "T-Wiz" Collins | Composer, Producer |
| 10 | Alex DeLeon | Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 11 | The Futuristics | Producer |
| 12 | Toby Gad | Composer |
| 13 | Pete Ganbarg | A&R |
| 14 | Chris Gehringer | Mastering |
| 15 | Serban Ghenea | Mixing |
| 16 | Rob Gold | Art Manager |
| 17 | Andrew Goldstein | Keyboards, Percussion, Producer, Programming |
| 18 | John Hanes | Engineer |
| 19 | Dalton Hibbard | Mixing Assistant |
| 20 | Pete Hofmann | Mixing, Pro-Tools |
| 21 | Joe Khajadourian | Composer, Guitars |
| 22 | Rich King | Composer |
| 23 | Emanuel Kiriakou | Bass, Composer, Keyboards, Percussion, Producer, Programming |
| 24 | Jens Koerkemeier | Editing, Engineer |
| 25 | Jacob Lutrell | Composer |
| 26 | Ziggy Marley | Composer, Featured Artist |
| 27 | Chris McDonald | Engineer |
| 28 | Will Michaelsen | Assistant |
| 29 | Mintman | Guitar, Synthesizer |
| 30 | Chris Morris | A&R, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitars |
| 31 | Carsten Mortensen | Composer |
| 32 | Juan Pablo Negrete | Engineer, Vocal Engineer |
| 33 | Troy Noka | Engineer, Producer |
| 34 | Ryan Petersen | Composer, Producer |
| 35 | Aryanna Platt | A&R |
| 36 | Roman Ramirez | Composer |
| 37 | Nick Romel | Project Director |
| 38 | Asher Roth | Composer, Featured Artist |
| 39 | Ryan Williamson | Composer, Producer |
| 40 | Alex Schwartz | Composer |
| 41 | Lucas Secon | Beats, Composer, Engineer, Synthesizer, Vocals (Background) |
| 42 | Noah Shain | Mixing |
| 43 | Cody Simpson | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 44 | Nolan Sipe | Composer, Producer |
| 45 | Harper Smith | Photography |
| 46 | Jon Sosin | Guitar, Ukulele |
| 47 | Matt Squire | Composer, Instrumentation, Producer, Vocals (Background) |
| 48 | Theron Thomas | Composer |
| 49 | Timothy Thomas | Composer |
| 50 | Alexandre Castillo Vasquez | Composer |
| 51 | Michael Warren | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 52 | Keinan Warsame | Composer |
| 53 | Andrew Watt | Composer, Guitar, Percussion, Producer, Vocals |
| 54 | Wayne Wilkins | Composer, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |