The Great Divide (Noah Kahan album)
2026 studio album by Noah Kahan
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The Great Divide is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan. It was announced on January 28, 2026,[10] with the single of the same name releasing two days later on January 30.[11] A North American tour, The Great Divide Tour, was also announced spanning the United States and Canada throughout the spring and summer of 2026.[12] The album was released on April 24, 2026, through Mercury Records and garnered a #1 debut in both the United States and United Kingdom, with the former being the best first week sales for a rock album in over a decade.[13] Music outlets were generally impressed by the project, although some, such as Pitchfork, criticized the record's length.
- Long Pond (Hudson Valley, New York)
- Guilford Sound (Guilford, Vermont)
- Fire Tower Farm (Only, Tennessee)
- Gold Pacific (Nashville)
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| Released | April 24, 2026 | |||
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| Length | 77:20 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 8/10[2] |
| The Guardian |   [3] |
| The Irish Times | [4] |
| Paste | C[5] |
| Pitchfork | 6.2/10[6] |
| Rolling Stone |  [7] |
| Slant Magazine | [8] |
| Spill Magazine | 10/10[9] |
Background
Kahan built up the announcement of the album through months of social media teases, posting to a TikTok account named "thelastofthebugs" with a short clip captioned "you weren't supposed to find this... only the last of the bugs ever do".[14] "The last of the bugs" is a reference to Kahan's song "The View Between Villages". Hints and clues continued to be dropped on this TikTok account, in addition to Noah's own TikTok account, throughout December 2025 and January 2026.[15]
The album was officially announced on January 28, 2026,[16] with Kahan explaining that the album was written "next to a piano in Nashville, next to a pond in Guilford Vermont, in a legendary studio in upstate New York, on a farm with a firetower in Only, Tennessee."[17]
On March 16, 2026, Netflix released Noah Kahan: Out of Body, a documentary filmed after the release of Stick Season and its subsequent tours.[18]
Extended edition
On April 24, Kahan announced an expanded edition, subtitled "The Last of the Bugs", which adds four additional tracks to the original seventeen.[19]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "End of August" |
| 5:17 | |
| 2. | "Doors" |
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| 3:51 |
| 3. | "American Cars" |
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| 4:32 |
| 4. | "Downfall" |
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| 4:15 |
| 5. | "Paid Time Off" |
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| 3:47 |
| 6. | "The Great Divide" |
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| 5:17 |
| 7. | "Haircut" |
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| 4:49 |
| 8. | "Willing and Able" |
| 4:57 | |
| 9. | "Dashboard" |
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| 3:50 |
| 10. | "23" | Kahan |
| 4:41 |
| 11. | "Porch Light" |
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| 4:22 |
| 12. | "Deny Deny Deny" |
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| 3:50 |
| 13. | "Headed North" | Kahan |
| 4:26 |
| 14. | "We Go Way Back" |
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| 4:02 |
| 15. | "Spoiled" | Kahan |
| 5:06 |
| 16. | "All Them Horses" | Kahan |
| 5:13 |
| 17. | "Dan" |
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| 5:05 |
| Total length: | 77:20 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 5. | "Lighthouse" |
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| 5:05 |
| 7. | "Staying Still" |
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| 4:29 |
| 19. | "A Few of Your Own" |
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| 4:30 |
| 20. | "Orbiter" | Kahan |
| 4:47 |
| Total length: | 96:11 | |||
Note
Personnel
Credits are adapted from Tidal.[20]
Musicians
- Noah Kahan – vocals (all tracks), piano (track 1), background vocals (2, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16), acoustic guitar (3–9, 11, 13–17), guitars (6, 10, 15, 16), mandolin (11), electric guitar (12, 15)
- Carrie K – drums (1–12, 14, 16, 17), percussion (2, 3, 5–7, 9, 10, 12, 13), background vocals (5, 9, 13), animal sounds (14, 16)
- Gabe Simon – electric guitar (1, 2, 6, 9, 12, 14), mandolin (1, 2, 6, 12), background vocals (2, 6, 9, 12, 13), baritone guitar (2, 4, 6), bass (2–4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14, 16), drums (2, 4), hurdy-gurdy (2), percussion (2, 3, 6, 13), slide guitar (2, 10), acoustic guitar (2, 13), banjo (4, 5, 10), upright bass (5), Hammond B3 (8), piano (9, 10); bouzouki, electric mandolin (12); programming (14); 12-string acoustic guitar, guitars (16)
- Dylan Jones – organ (1, 6), acoustic guitar (1, 14), piano (2, 3, 10, 14), mandolin (2, 6), background vocals (2), banjo (3, 11, 14, 16); mandocello, pump organ (3); keyboards (6), Mellotron (7, 15), Dobro guitar (7, 16), slide guitar (14), electric piano (16)
- Nina de Vitry – fiddle (1, 5, 7, 11, 16), cello (1, 16), violin (2, 14), mandolin (7), background vocals (16)
- Aaron Dessner – acoustic guitar, shaker (1, 4, 8, 11, 15); piano (1, 4, 8), synthesizer (1, 4, 11, 15, 17), bass synthesizer (1, 4, 15), electric guitar (1, 8, 11, 15); electric bass guitar, drums (1, 8, 15); guitars (1, 8, 17), drum programming (1, 17), Mellotron (4, 8, 11, 17), bass (4, 8, 17), Hammond B3 (4), tambourine (8, 11, 15), baritone guitar (8), banjo (11, 15, 17); body percussion, grand piano, upright piano (11); slide guitar (15); acoustic keyboard, mandolin, percussion (17)
- Benjamin Lanz – trombone (1)
- Noah Levine – electric guitar (3, 6), acoustic guitar (3, 8), baritone guitar (7), background vocals (13)
- Eddy Dunlap – pedal steel guitar (4, 8, 10, 17)
- Justin Vernon – background vocals, banjo (4); electric guitar (15, 17)
- Alberto Sewald – saw (7)
- Rob Moose – string arrangement (8)
- Sam Westhoff – organ (9, 12)
- Amy Allen – background vocals (9)
- Andrew Barr – drums (11, 15)
Technical
- Bella Blasko – engineering (1, 4, 11, 15)
- Sam Westhoff – engineering (2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13)
- Phillip Smith – engineering (2, 3, 6)
- Alberto Sewald – engineering (7, 9, 11, 16), additional engineering (1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17), engineering assistance (2, 3, 6)
- Maddie Harmon – engineering (11), additional engineering (1, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17), engineering assistance (2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 12–14, 16)
- Gabe Simon – engineering (14)
- Gillian Pelkonen – engineering assistance (1, 4, 8, 11, 15, 17)
- Matt Hall – engineering assistance (2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13)
- Benjamin Lanz – additional engineering (1)
- Rob Moose – additional engineering (8)
- Todd Clark – additional engineering (12)
- Ryan Hewitt – mixing
- Max Challis – mixing assistance
- Tyler Spratt – mixing assistance
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Carrie K – production coordination
Charts
| Chart (2026) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] | 1 |
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[22] | 2 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23] | 3 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24] | 5 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[25] | 1 |
| Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[26] | 4 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[27] | 1 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[28] | 17 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[29] | 27 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[30] | 1 |
| German Pop Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[31] | 1 |
| Irish Albums (OCC)[32] | 1 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[33] | 38 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] | 1 |
| Norwegian Albums (IFPI Norge)[35] | 6 |
| Polish Albums (ZPAV)[36] | 15 |
| Portuguese Albums (AFP)[37] | 4 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC)[38] | 1 |
| Spanish Albums (Promusicae)[39] | 13 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[40] | 4 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[41] | 1 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[42] | 1 |
| UK Americana Albums (OCC)[43] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200[13] | 1 |
| US Americana/Folk Albums (Billboard)[44] | 1 |
| US Top Rock & Alternative Albums (Billboard)[45] | 1 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Canada (Music Canada)[46] | Gold | 40,000‡ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[47] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||