Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil
Chapter 1: Snake Oil is the second studio album by American DJ and musician Diplo, released under his country moniker Thomas Wesley. It was released through Mad Decent and Columbia Records on May 29, 2020. The album features collaborations by Orville Peck, Cam, Morgan Wallen, the Jonas Brothers, Thomas Rhett, Young Thug, Blanco Brown, Noah Cyrus, Julia Michaels, Clever, Zac Brown, Danielle Bradbery, Ben Burgess, Lil Nas X, and Billy Ray Cyrus.Critical reception
Chapter 1: Snake Oil was met with generally mixed to unfavorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the release received an average score of 46, based on 9 reviews.Track listing
Notes
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Personnel
Musicians
- Diplo – drums, programming, remixer
- King Henry – bass, drums, guitar, programming
- Thomas Lea – violin
- Charlie Handsome – guitar
- Diablo – programming
- Jr Blender – drums and programming
- Ryan Tedder – drums and programming
- Maximilian Jaeger – drum machine, drums, programming, guitar, keyboards
- Philip von Boch Scully – drums and programming
- William John Wilde – harmonica
- MØ – vocals
- Orville Peck – bass, guitar, and piano
- Tommy Brenneck – piano
- Matt Zara – guitar
- Great Dane – drums and programming
- Jocelyn "Jozzy" Donald – background vocals
Technical
- Eric Lagg – mastering
- Joe LaPorta – mastering
- Chris Gehringer – mastering
- Maximilian Jaeger – mixing, recording
- Sean Moffitt – mixing
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- A Bainz – mixing
- Zaq Reynolds – recording
- Analog in the Digital – recording
- King Henry – recording
- Cinco – recording
- Ernesto Olvera-LaPier – engineering
- Joey Moi – engineering
- John Hanes – engineering
- Rich Rich – engineering
- Joe Grasso – engineering
- Lindsay Marias – vocal production
- Ryan Tedder – vocal production
- Hauf – vocal production
- Benjamin Rice – vocal production
- Andrew "VoxGod" Bolooki – vocal production
- Jocelyn "Jozzy" Donald – vocal production
- Jesse Brock – engineering assistance
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications