{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Cowboy Tears | type = studio | artist = Oliver Tree | cover = Cowboy Tears.png | alt = | released = {{start date|2022|2|18}} | recorded = <!-- Please source recording dates/years --> | studio = | genre = * Country<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/oliver-tree-cowboy-tears/|title = ALBUM REVIEW: Oliver Tree conjures a new country on 'Cowboy Tears'|date = 14 February 2022}}</ref> * pop<ref name="Pitchfork"/> * pop rock<ref name="Pitchfork"/> | length = {{plainlist| *34:30 (standard edition) *65:38 (deluxe edition)}} | label = Atlantic | producer = {{hlist|Casey Mattson|Ilan Rubin|Imad Royal|John Hill|Marshmello|Nick Long|Oliver Tree|Travis Barker|Whethan}} | prev_title = Welcome to the Internet | prev_year = 2021 | next_title = Alone in a Crowd | next_year = 2023 | misc = {{Singles | name = Cowboy Tears | type = studio | single1 = Cowboys Don't Cry | single1date = January 12, 2022 | single2 = Freaks & Geeks | single2date = February 3, 2022 }} {{Extra album cover | header = Deluxe edition cover | type = studio | cover = Cowboy Tears Drown the World Oliver Tree.png | border = yes | alt = | caption = ''Cowboy Tears Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow'' cover }} {{Singles | name = Cowboy Tears (Deluxe) | type = studio | single1 = I Hate You | single1date = May 20, 2022 | single2 = Placeholder | single2date = July 15, 2022 }} }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cowboy-tears-mw0003655978|title=Oliver Tree - Cowboy Tears Album Reviews, Songs & More|publisher=AllMusic|last=Collar|first=Matt|access-date=December 23, 2022}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev2score = 4.8/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/oliver-tree-cowboy-tears/|title=Oliver Tree: Cowboy Tears Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=Blum|first=Dani|date=February 23, 2022|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref> | noprose = yes }} '''''Cowboy Tears''''' is the second major-label album by American singer-songwriter Oliver Tree. The album was released on February 18, 2022, through Atlantic Records. A deluxe edition, ''Cowboy Tears Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow'', was released on December 23, 2022.
== Background == Prior to the announcement of ''Cowboy Tears'', Tree had stated numerous times that his 2020 debut album ''Ugly Is Beautiful'' would be his last release as Oliver Tree and that after its release, he would be retiring from music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/3166867/oliver-tree-ugly-is-beautiful-interview/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718112736/http://www.mtv.com/news/3166867/oliver-tree-ugly-is-beautiful-interview/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 18, 2020|title=The End Of Oliver Tree As We Know Him|first=Patrick|last=Hosken|website=MTV News|access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref> However, on June 27, 2021, he made an Instagram post stating that he had come out of retirement to record ''Cowboy Tears''. On October 12, he announced the Cowboy Tears Tour, a North American headlining tour to support the album, which would begin on February 19, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Oliver-Tree-Announces-Cowboy-Tears-Tour-20211012|title=Oliver Tree Announces Cowboy Tears Tour|first=Michael|last=Major|website=BroadwayWorld|access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref> On January 12, 2022, he released the album's lead single "Cowboys Don't Cry" along with a music video starring actress Bella Thorne, and announced that ''Cowboy Tears'' would be released on February 18, with the album cover being revealed and preorders being launched.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://readdork.com/news/oliver-tree-cowboy-tears/|title=Oliver Tree has announced a new album, 'Cowboy Tears'|first=Stephen|last=Ackroyd|date=January 16, 2022|website=Dork|access-date=January 26, 2022}}</ref> On February 3, the second single, "Freaks & Geeks", was released with a music video. On February 18, the same day as the album's release, the music video for "Swing & a Miss" was released. On May 20, Oliver Tree released the single "I Hate You", and began teasing a deluxe edition of ''Cowboy Tears''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://98kupd.com/oliver-tree-releases-new-song-i-hate-you-announces-us-tour/ | title=Oliver Tree releases new song "I Hate You," announces US tour – 98KUPD – Arizona's Real Rock | date=20 May 2022 }}</ref> On July 15, another single from the deluxe edition, "Placeholder", was released.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.1057thepoint.com/music-news/oliver-tree-premieres-new-travis-barker-produced-single-placeholder/ | title=Oliver Tree premieres new, Travis Barker-produced single, "Placeholder | date=15 July 2022 }}</ref> On August 9, Oliver Tree revealed in an interview that the deluxe edition would be titled ''Cowboy Tears Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow'', and that he had worked with Travis Barker on the project.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.distractify.com/p/is-oliver-tree-retiring | title=Oliver Tree Teases Yet Another Retirement and "The End of the Line" for Him (EXCLUSIVE) | date=9 August 2022 }}</ref> On December 15, he announced on Instagram that the deluxe edition would be released on December 23. On December 22, a music video for "Suitcase Full of Cash" was released.
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = ''Cowboy Tears'' track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Cowboys Don't Cry | writer1 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree Nickell|Ilan Rubin|Imad Royal}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Rubin|Royal}} | length1 = 3:09 | title2 = Swing & a Miss | writer2 = {{hlist|Nickell|John Hill|Ethan Snoreck|Casey Mattson}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Hill|Whethan}} | length2 = 2:59 | title3 = Freaks & Geeks | writer3 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck|Mattson}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Mattson}} | length3 = 2:20 | title4 = Doormat | writer4 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck|Mattson}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Mattson}} | length4 = 2:51 | title5 = Suitcase Full of Cash | writer5 = {{hlist|Nickell|Nick Long|Travis Barker}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Long|Barker}} | length5 = 2:29 | title6 = Cigarettes | writer6 = {{hlist|Nickell|Long|Barker}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Long|Barker}} | length6 = 2:33 | title7 = Balloon Boy | writer7 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck|Mattson}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Mattson}} | length7 = 2:18 | title8 = Things We Used to Do | writer8 = {{hlist|Nickell|Hill}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Hill}} | length8 = 2:37 | title9 = California | writer9 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck|Mattson}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Mattson}} | length9 = 2:53 | title10 = Get Well Soon | writer10 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck|Mattson}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Mattson}} | note10 = {{efn|On the CD and cassette releases of the album, as well as some streaming platforms, "Get Well Soon" is track 3 rather than track 10. On the vinyl and other streaming platforms, it is track 10. It is also listed after "California" on the deluxe edition.}} | length10 = 2:23 | title11 = Playing with Fire | writer11 = {{hlist|Nickell|Hill|Snoreck}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Hill|Whethan}} | length11 = 2:28 | title12 = The Villain | writer12 = {{hlist|Nickell|Rubin|Royal}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Rubin|Royal}} | length12 = 2:33 | title13 = Cowboy Tears | writer13 = {{hlist|Nickell|Marshmello}} | extra13 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Marshmello}} | length13 = 2:57 | total_length = 34:30 }} {{Track listing | headline = ''Cowboy Tears Drown the World in a Swimming Pool of Sorrow'' (deluxe edition) track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = I Hate You | writer1 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck|Mattson}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Mattson}} | length1 = 2:42 | title2 = Placeholder | writer2 = {{hlist|Nickell|Long|Barker}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Long|Barker}} | length2 = 2:39 | title3 = Mind Control | writer3 = {{hlist|Nickell|Long|Barker}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Long|Barker}} | length3 = 2:00 | title4 = Wasteland | writer4 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan}} | length4 = 3:12 | title5 = Battleship | writer5 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan}} | length5 = 3:12 | title6 = Sunshine | writer6 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan}} | length6 = 2:15 | title7 = Replacement | writer7 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck|David Pramik}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Pramik}} | length7 = 3:49 | title8 = Oxymoron | writer8 = {{hlist|Nickell|Snoreck|Dylan Wiggins}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Dylan Patrice}} | length8 = 2:44 | title9 = Crash Test Dummy | writer9 = {{hlist|Nickell|Long|Barker}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Whethan|Long|Barker}} | length9 = 3:05 | title10 = The Exploding Man | writer10 = {{hlist|Nickell|Long|Barker}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Long|Barker}} | length10 = 2:18 | title11 = A-Okay | writer11 = {{hlist|Nickell|Long|Barker}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Oliver Tree|Long|Barker}} | length11 = 3:12 | total_length = 65:38 }}
==Personnel== * Oliver Tree – vocals, arrangement, additional mixing * Jacob Dennis – mixing, engineering, vocal production * Emerson Mancini – mastering * Casey Mattson – additional mixing * Cameron Hogan – engineering assistance (1–5, 10, 12, 13)
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Cowboy Tears'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2022) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 28 February 2022|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1669|page=6|date=February 28, 2022}}</ref> | 67 |- {{album chart|BillboardCanada|91|artist=Oliver Tree|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2022}} |- {{album chart|Scotland|85|date=20220805|rowheader=true|access-date=August 6, 2022}} |- {{album chart|UKDigital|74|date=20220225|rowheader=true|access-date=February 26, 2022}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|60|artist=Oliver Tree|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|7|artist=Oliver Tree|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2022}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|7|artist=Oliver Tree|rowheader=true|access-date=March 1, 2022}} |}
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