Last Night in the Bittersweet

Last Night in the Bittersweet is the fourth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini, released on 1 July 2022 by Atlantic Records. Two songs from the album, "Through the Echoes" and "Lose It", were jointly released on 11 May 2022. Last Night in the Bittersweet was Nutini's first release in eight years, following his third studio album, Caustic Love (2014).^[1][2]

Last Night in the Bittersweet
Studio album by Paolo Nutini
Released	1 July 2022 (2022-07-01)
Length	72:07
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Paolo Nutini Gavin Fitzjohn Dani Castelar
Paolo Nutini chronology
Caustic Love (2014) Last Night in the Bittersweet (2022)
Singles from Last Night in the Bittersweet
"Through the Echoes" Released: 11 May 2022 "Lose It" Released: 11 May 2022 "Shine a Light" Released: 1 June 2022 "Acid Eyes" Released: 22 June 2022 "Petrified in Love" Released: 22 June 2022

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	87/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
The Arts Desk	[5]
Clash	8/10[6]
Evening Standard	[7]
The Irish Times	[8]
The Skinny	[9]
The Times	[10]

Last Night in Bittersweet received a score of 87 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic from four critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[3] Writing in Mojo, John Aizelwood gave this release 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "worth wallowing in".^[11]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart dated 8 July 2022, and by midweek, was outselling the album at number two by a ratio of 4:1.^[12] It was Nutini's third consecutive UK number-one album.^[13]

Track listing

Last Night in the Bittersweet track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Afterneath"	Paolo Nutini Gavin Fitzjohn John Blease Quentin Tarantino	4:05
2.	"Radio"	Nutini Matty Benbrook	4:22
3.	"Through the Echoes"	Nutini	3:41
4.	"Acid Eyes"	Nutini Dani Castelar	4:33
5.	"Stranded Words" (interlude)	Nutini Tom Herbert	2:31
6.	"Lose It"	Nutini Gavin Fitzjohn	5:30
7.	"Petrified in Love"	Nutini Fitzjohn	3:53
8.	"Everywhere"	Nutini	5:51
9.	"Abigail"	Nutini	3:50
10.	"Children of the Stars"	Nutini	3:20
11.	"Heart Filled Up"	Nutini	5:17
12.	"Shine a Light"	Nutini Thomas Seamus Simon	5:56
13.	"Desperation"	Nutini	3:35
14.	"Julianne"	Nutini	4:51
15.	"Take Me Take Mine"	Nutini	6:51
16.	"Writer"	Nutini	4:01
Total length:			72:07

Personnel

Musicians

• Paolo Nutini – vocals (all tracks), bass guitar (3, 4, 6, 7, 12), acoustic guitar (3, 9, 11–13, 15), piano (3), synthesizer (4, 6, 8, 12, 15), organ (9), electric guitar (10)
• Gavin Fitzjohn – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 6–15), bass guitar (1); flugelhorn, saxophone (2); organ (3, 7, 8), acoustic guitar (4, 10, 15), programming (6), percussion (8, 10), piano (11, 15), synthesizer (12, 13)
• John Blease – drums (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10–12, 14, 15), percussion (8, 10)
• Jordi Fuster – electric guitar (1, 4, 7, 8, 10–12), acoustic guitar (12)
• Dani Castelar – programming (1, 3–15), skit (2), electric guitar (4), synthesizer (6)
• Donato di Trapani – synthesizer (1, 11, 12, 14), Hammond organ (10), piano (14)
• Dave Nelson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar (2)
• Matty Benbrook – drums, synthesizer (2)
• Pat Noodle – Mellotron (3)
• Tom Herbert – bass guitar (4, 5, 7–9, 11, 12, 15)
• Damon Reece – drums (6)
• Gerard Ballester – drums (8)
• Tom Pinder – trombone (8)
• Michael Mcdaid – acoustic guitar (9); backing vocals, bass guitar (10); electric guitar (14)
• Joe Glossop – Hammond organ (10), organ (15)
• Daniel Forouhar – twelve-string guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar (13)
• Scott Anderson – drums (13)
• Peter Riley – electric guitar (13)
• The Frying Salsiccia Brothers – backing vocals (14)
• Rob Moose – strings (14)

Technical

• Paolo Nutini – production
• Dani Castelar – production (all tracks), mixing (3, 5, 11, 12), engineering (1–15)
• Gavin Fitzjohn – production (all tracks), engineering (3, 4, 8)
• Matt Colton – mastering
• Paul Savage – mixing (1, 2, 6–10, 13)
• Richard Woodcraft – mixing (4, 14–16), engineering (3–5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16), additional production (12, 15, 16)
• Joe Jones – engineering (1, 10), engineering assistance (7)
• Rhys Evans – engineering (4)
• Kevin Burleigh – engineering (13)

Artwork

• Alex Cowper – design
• David Sanden – design
• Reuben Sutherland – design
• Shamil Tanna – photography
• Paolo Nutini – cover art concept, back cover photo

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Last Night in the Bittersweet Chart (2022–2025) Peak position Australian Digital Albums (ARIA)[14] 9 Australian Physical Albums (ARIA)[14] 34 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 13 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 5 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 33 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[19] 13 Greek Albums (IFPI)[20] 45 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[21] 8 Irish Albums (OCC)[22] 1 Italian Albums (FIMI)[23] 17 Scottish Albums (OCC)[24] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[25] 3 UK Albums (OCC)[26] 1

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Last Night in the Bittersweet Chart (2022) Position UK Albums (OCC)[27] 66

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[28]	Gold	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.