{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Good Parts | type = studio | artist = Andy Grammer | cover = Andy Grammer - The Good Parts.png | alt = | released = December 1, 2017 | recorded = | studio = | genre = <!-- Please source genres --> | length = 42:28 | label = * BMG Rights Management * S-Curve | producer = | prev_title = Spotify Singles | prev_year = 2017 | next_title = Naive | next_year = 2019 | misc ={{Singles | name = The Good Parts | type = Studio album | single1 = Fresh Eyes | single1date = July 29, 2016<ref name="usitunes">{{cite web|title=Fresh Eyes - Single by Andy Grammer on Apple Music|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fresh-eyes-single/id1136336963|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924234834/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fresh-eyes-single/id1136336963|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2016|website=iTunes|access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref> | single2 = Give Love | single2date = June 9, 2017 | single3 = Smoke Clears | single3date = November 3, 2017 }} }} '''''The Good Parts''''' is the third studio album by American recording artist Andy Grammer, released on December 1, 2017, through BMG Rights Management and S-Curve Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-good-parts/1305145789|title=The Good Parts by Andy Grammer on iTunes|website=iTunes Store|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> It includes the single "Fresh Eyes",<ref name="Blast">{{cite magazine|last=Vain|first=Madison|title=Andy Grammer on his new single and writing his third album: 'I'm having a blast'|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/29/andy-grammer-fresh-eyes-third-album|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 29, 2016|access-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717163920/https://ew.com/article/2016/07/29/andy-grammer-fresh-eyes-third-album/|archive-date=July 17, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> which peaked at number 59 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.
==Background== In an interview with ''Billboard'', Grammer confirmed that 115 songs had been written for the album, and that "This is the first time I'm going to release an album that all the way down in my deepest self - and as a people pleaser, this is a really crazy to say - I don't care if you like it. To actually believe that when I say that... what a different place to be at as a 33-year-old artist."<ref name="Stories">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/andy-grammer-new-album-the-good-parts-songs-stories-interview-8054935/|title=Andy Grammer Shares Stories Behind Tracks on 'The Good Parts,' 'A Very Good Snapshot of Where I'm At'|last=Weatherby|first=Taylor|magazine=Billboard|date=December 1, 2017|access-date=July 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514131140/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/andy-grammer-new-album-the-good-parts-songs-stories-interview-8054935/|archive-date=May 14, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> He discussed the title track with ''PopCrush''; "about sharing your true story with people and really wanting to get to the place where you could honestly share those unfiltered parts."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://popcrush.com/andy-grammer-the-good-parts-interview/|title=Andy Grammer Sees the Bigger Picture with Third Album, 'The Good Parts' (Interview)|website=PopCrush|date=December 8, 2017|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2019}}
==Promotion== On December 10, 2017, Grammer announced a 22-city tour to promote the album in 2018, beginning on March 14 at The Fillmore in San Francisco and finishing on April 15 at Philadelphia's Theatre of Living Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitaltourbus.com/news/andy-grammer-announces-2018-u-s-tour/|title=Andy Grammer Announces "The Good Parts Tour"|website=Digital Tour Bus|date=December 10, 2017|access-date=June 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613040614/https://www.digitaltourbus.com/news/andy-grammer-announces-2018-u-s-tour/|archive-date=June 13, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> On June 25 of that year, Grammer announced a second leg of his tour, starting on September 28 at St. Petersburg's State Theatre and ending on November 14 at Houston's House of Blues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theearlyregistration.com/2018/06/25/andy-grammer-shares-second-leg-of-the-good-parts-tour/|title=Andy Grammer Shares Second Leg of "The Good Parts Tour"|author=TER Staff|website=The Early Registration|date=June 25, 2018|access-date=June 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401043902/https://theearlyregistration.com/2018/06/25/andy-grammer-shares-second-leg-of-the-good-parts-tour/|archive-date=April 1, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = Smoke Clears | writer1 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Jarrad Rogers * Nolan Sipe }} | length1 = 2:57 | title2 = Freeze | writer2 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Jesse St John * Yik Nam Jason Wu }} | length2 = 3:06 | title3 = The Good Parts | writer3 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Alexander Evert * Sam Fischer * Alexander Tirheimer }} | length3 = 3:39 | title4 = Spaceship | writer4 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Sean Douglas * Ian Kirkpatrick }} | length4 = 3:00 | title5 = Fresh Eyes | writer5 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Ross Golan * Kirkpatrick }} | length5 = 3:18 | title6 = 85 | writer6 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Brett McLaughlin * Kyle Moorman }} | length6 = 3:21 | title7 = Always | writer7 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Alexander Evert * Alexander Tirheimer * Nate Cyphert * Nick Ruth }} | length7 = 3:01 | title8 = Workin' on It | writer8 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * McLaughlin * Daniel Omelio }} | length8 = 3:34 | title9 = Grown Ass Man Child | writer9 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Trevor David Brown * Warren Felder * David Hodges }} | length9 = 3:08 | title10 = This Ain't Love | writer10 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Omelio * Felder * Mike Eyal Aljadeff * Jordan Patrick Humphrey * Jordan Richard Palmer }} | length10 = 3:25 | title11 = Civil War | writer11 = {{flatlist| * Grammer }} | length11 = 3:25 | title12 = Grow | writer12 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Emanuel Kiriakou * Clarence Coffee Jr. }} | length12 = 3:07 | title13 = Give Love | note13= featuring LunchMoney Lewis | writer13 = {{flatlist| * Grammer * Jeffrey David Goldford * Gamal Lewis * Stefan Litrownik }} | length13 = 3:27 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|57|artist=Andy Grammer|rowheader=true|access-date=July 30, 2019}} |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Andy Grammer|title=The Good Parts|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2017|certyear=2019|source=radioscope|access-date=December 18, 2024}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true|nosales=true|noshipments=true}}
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