{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox album | name = Look for the Good | type = studio | artist = Jason Mraz | cover = Jason Mraz - Look for the Good.png | alt = | released = {{start date|2020|06|19}} | recorded = <!-- Please source recording dates/years --> | studio = | genre = Reggae<ref name="PM"/> | length = 59:12 | label = * Interrabang * BMG | producer = Michael Goldwasser | prev_title = Know | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride | next_year = 2023 | misc = {{Singles | name = Look for the Good | type = studio | single1 = Look for the Good | single1date = April 17, 2020 | single2 = Wise Woman | single2date = May 5, 2020 | single3 = You Do You | single3date = May 29, 2020 }} }} '''''Look for the Good''''' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, released through Interrabang and BMG Rights Management on June 19, 2020. It was produced by Michael Goldwasser and preceded by the singles "Look for the Good", "Wise Woman" and "You Do You" (featuring Tiffany Haddish).<ref name="TMU">{{cite web|url=https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/jason-mraz-tiffany-haddish-you-do-you/|title=Jason Mraz and Tiffany Haddish team up for new single 'You Do You'|website=Tone Deaf|last=Jenke|first=Brittany|date=June 3, 2020|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/look-for-the-good-mw0003372457|title=Jason Mraz – ''Look for the Good'' Album Review|website=AllMusic|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref> | rev2 = ''PopMatters'' | rev2score = 6/10<ref name="PM"/> }} Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic commented that "Mraz is supported by an empathetic crew of studio pros who help him add shade and texture to his anthems of love and good vibe", including producer and co-founder of Easy Star Records, Michael Goldwasser. Erlewine pointed out that "the album is loosely structured into a side of socially minded tunes and a side of party tunes and ditties about love" but that "over the course of a full album, his relentless positivity can seem cloying".<ref name="AM"/> Andy Jurik of ''PopMatters'' wrote that the album "offers good vibe escapism that feels almost surreal in 2020" and is "steeped in reggae and backbeat vibes" with an "earthier, groove-orientated vibe" than his previous work. Jurik concluded that while "an unavoidably endearing record, [...] considering the verbal skills of its creator, it feels like a lost opportunity for something wittier and deeper<ref name="PM">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/jason-mraz-look-for-good-2646198445.html|title=Jason Mraz Emphasizes Reggae and Positivity on ''Look for the Good''|website=PopMatters|last=Jurik|first=Andy|date=June 18, 2020|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>
David Gill of ''Riff Magazine'' wrote that "Mraz seems to genuinely understand and admire the positivity of artists like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. The bad news is that his new album lacks both the political gravitas and the sense of spiritual authenticity earned through suffering and struggle that made those artists great."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/jason-mraz-look-for-the-good/|title=Jason Mraz is feeling his irie on ''Look for the Good''|website=Riff Magazine|last=Gill|first=David|date=June 18, 2020|access-date=June 22, 2023}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing
| title1 = Look for the Good | writer1 = {{hlist|Jason Mraz|Michael Goldwasser|Chaska Potter|Mai Sunshine Bloomfield|Mona Tavakoli|Rebecca Gebhardt|Abby Dorsey|Jeff Berkley}} | length1 = 5:09
| title2 = Make Love | writer2 = {{hlist|Mraz|Dorsey|Andre De Sant'anna|Michael Natter|Nancy Natter|Marcel Camargo|Leo Costa}} | length2 = 5:34
| title3 = My Kind | writer3 = {{hlist|Mraz|Potter}} | length3 = 4:55
| title4 = Good Old Daze | writer4 = {{hlist|Mraz|Mike Daly}} | length4 = 4:11
| title5 = You Do You | note5 = featuring Tiffany Haddish | writer5 = {{hlist|Mraz|Dorsey|Potter|Tavakoli|Bloomfield|Gebhardt|De Sant'anna|Costa|Brandon Coleman|Tiffany Haddish}} | length5 = 4:35
| title6 = Wise Woman | writer6 = {{hlist|Mraz|Potter|N. Natter}} | length6 = 4:40
| title7 = Take the Music | writer7 = {{hlist|Mraz|Tavakoli|Bloomfield|Gebhardt|Potter|Billy Galewood}} | length7 = 5:48
| title8 = Time Out | note8 = featuring Sister Carol | writer8 = {{hlist|Mraz|Tavakoli|Bloomfield|Gebhardt|Potter|Sister Carol}} | length8 = 5:09
| title9 = DJ FM AM JJason | writer9 = {{hlist|Mraz|Goldwasser|Dorsey|Bloomfield|Gebhardt|Potter|Tavakoli}} | length9 = 4:24
| title10 = Hearing Double | writer10 = Mraz | length10 = 3:03
| title11 = The Minute I Heard of Love | writer11 = Mraz | length11 = 4:47
| title12 = Gratitude | writer12 = {{hlist|Mraz|Martin Terefe|Sacha Skarbek|Matt Morris|Daly}} | length12 = 6:57
| total_length = 59:12 }}
==Personnel== {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} '''Musicians''' * Rob Baker – choir vocals * Tamir Barzilay – drums, percussion * Mai Sunshine Bloomfield – choir vocals * Sister Carol – vocals * Fernando Castillo – trumpet * Connie Corn – choir vocals * Renea Flenoid – choir vocals * Shardie Flenoid – choir vocals * Cristian Gamez – turntables * Becky Gebhardt – choir vocals, sitar * Michael Goldwasser – guitar, synthesizer, bass, drums, percussion, vocals * Sivan Goldwasser – choir vocals * Tali Goldwasser – choir vocals * Tiffany Haddish – vocals * John "Asher" Henry – drums, percussion {{col-3}}
* Jerry Lindahl – choir vocals * Chiquis Lozoya – bass * Daniel Mandelman – piano, clavinet, synthesizer * Molly Miller – guitar * Jason Mraz – vocals, guitar * Chaska Potter – choir vocals * Andy Powers – guitar * Roger Rivas – organ * Andre De Sant'anna – drums, percussion * Carlos Sosa – saxophone * Maria Spicer-Walker – choir vocals * Stephen Suckarie – guitar * Mona Tavakoli – choir vocals, drums, percussion * Raul Vallejo – trombone
{{col-3}} '''Technical personnel''' * Michael Goldwasser – producer, additional engineering * Jeff Berkley – engineer * Scott Jacoby – mixing * Robbie Robinson – mastering * James Berkley – assistant engineer * Mike Sabri – additional engineering {{small|(5)}} * Paul "Computer Paul" Henton – additional engineering {{small|(8)}} * Matthew Gibbs – production assistant * Greg Stanley – production assistant * Zack Erickson – assistant mix engineer {{col-end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Look for the Good'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2020) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Flanders|169|artist=Jason Mraz|album=Look for the Good|rowheader=true|access-date=June 22, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|182|artist=Jason Mraz|album=Look for the Good|rowheader=true|access-date=June 22, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|77|artist=Jason Mraz|album=Look for the Good|rowheader=true|access-date=June 22, 2023}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlbumSales|25|artist=Jason Mraz|rowheader=true|access-date=June 22, 2023}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
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