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The Evolution of Man is the fourth studio album by British recording artist Example, and will be released on 19 November 2012 through Ministry of Sound.
Background and development
Example tweeted that on the plane to Sydney he planned on writing some songs for a new album and he would be listening to Kasabian's new album for lyrical inspiration. While Example was in Australia for 2 months, the singer/rapper planned to write the entire album in the time he spent there.
The Playing In The Shadows arena tour saw the live debuts of three tracks - "We'll Be Coming Back" with Calvin Harris, "Whisper" produced by AN21 & Max Vangeli and "Where Did The Sun Go" produced by Alvin Risk, which was eventually dropped from the album by Alvin's choice.[1] A fourth track, "Come Taste The Rainbow", produced by Benga [2] was due to get its live debut on the tour; however despite being on the official setlist, it was replaced by "Last Ones Standing".
On 25 July 2012 Example announced via Twitter that the name of the lead single from his fourth album was "Say Nothing" - produced by Dirty South, also revealing it would premiere Monday 30 July 2012 on Capital FM. The track, alongside "Perfect Replacement" (produced by Feed Me), received its live debut on 18–19 August 2012 at the V Festival.
On 30 July 2012 Example revealed the single artwork for "Say Nothing" via Twitter [3] and an iTunes preorder became available.[4]
After fans' complaints about the lack of dubstep influence in "Say Nothing", Example responded to a comment on Facebook, saying "wait for the album, I'm not gonna fill the album with the same sounding song, and I'm not gonna keep releasing the same 'dubstep' or 'electro' record".[5]
On 9 August 2012 Example tweeted revealing that Alesso had produced an 'emotional' track for the album called "Queen Of Your Dreams".[6]
On 20 August 2012 Example revealed that Graham Coxon features on the album.[7]
On 23 August 2012 Example tweeted revealing that Skream had produced a track titled "Sitting Comfortably" for the album. This was later renamed "Are You Sitting Comfortably?".[8]
On 20 September 2012, Example announced the standard edition tracklist.[9][10][11] He also announced the producers for each track via Twitter, and revealed that nine of the tracks are explicit.[12] Dirty South is responsible for the production of three album tracks.
Promo video for the opening track "Come Taste the Rainbow" premiered On 19 October 2012.
In the week leading up to the release of the album, all the tracks appeared briefly on Youtube and/or Dailymotion in their entireity, before being taken down. It is believed that the album has completely leaked. On 15th November, Greg James at BBC Radio 1 had the exclusive first play of Perfect Replacement, with Example caliming that he "wanted it to be a single" but that there were "five or six" tracks that could be chosen as the third single, indicating that Queen of your Dreams, the Alesso-produced song that was expected to be the third single, has not been officially confirmed to be a single
Singles
- "Say Nothing" is the album's lead single. It is produced by Dirty South. It was released on 16 September 2012. The single debuted at #2 on the UK Singles Chart.
- "Close Enemies" is the second single from the album.[13] It received its live debut at the Norwich UEA on 15 September 2012,[14] and received its radio debut on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show, where it was announced to be Zane Lowe's hottest record in the world on 26 September 2012 [15] and the lyric video was made public on Example's official YouTube on the same evening.[16] The official video was made public on 8 October 2012, [17] and the track will be released on 11 November. [18]
- "Queen Of Your Dreams" was believed to be set for release as the third single in February 2013.[19][20] It is produced by Alesso.[21]. However, in an interview with Radio 1, Elliot stated that the third single was not confirmed yet, and several tracks could be singles, with Perfect Replacement being the only one mentioned.[citation needed]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Come Taste the Rainbow" | Elliot Gleave | Benga | 4:11 |
| 2. | "Close Enemies" | Gleave, Alex Smith | Alex Smith | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Perfect Replacement" | Gleave | Feed Me | 3:28 |
| 4. | "Crying Out for Help" | Gleave | Tommy Trash | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Queen of Your Dreams" | Gleave | Alesso | 3:12 |
| 6. | "Say Nothing" | Gleave, John McDaid, Dragan Roganović | Dirty South | 3:41 |
| 7. | "All My Lows" | Gleave | Dirty South | 5:50 |
| 8. | "The Evolution of Man" | Gleave | Alex Smith | 3:56 |
| 9. | "One Way Mirror" | Gleave | Dirty South | 4:39 |
| 10. | "Snakeskin" | Gleave | Friction, Sheldrake | 4:22 |
| 11. | "Blood From a Stone" | Gleave | Zane Lowe | 4:49 |
| 12. | "Are You Sitting Comfortably?" | Gleave | Skream | 3:38 |
| 13. | "We'll Be Coming Back" (Calvin Harris feat. Example) | Gleave, Calvin Harris | Calvin Harris | 3:57 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let's Be Fucking Stupid" | Gleave | Dada Life | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Someone To Die For" (Example & Dillon Francis) | Gleave | Dillon Francis | 4:35 |
| 3. | "Whisper" (AN21 & Max Vangeli feat. Example) | Gleave | AN21 & Max Vangeli | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Eutopia (Fade Away)" (Example & Laidback Luke) | Gleave | Laidback Luke | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Daydreamer" (Flux Pavillion feat. Example) | Gleave | Flux Pavilion | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Say Nothing" (Hardwell & Dannic Remix) | Gleave | Hardwell & Dannic | 6:12 |
| 7. | "Close Enemies" (Joker Remix) | Gleave | Alex Smith | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Close Enemies" (Dyro Remix) | Gleave | Alex Smith | 4:19 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | 19 November 2012 | Digital download & CD | Ministry of Sound |
References
- ^ "Pleased to announce..." Facebook. 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Twitter / example: @DJUnBalanced Benga". Twitter. 2012-08-02.
- ^ "Twitter / example: And the artwork for my next..." Twitter. 2012-07-30.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Say Nothing (Remixes) - EP by Example". iTunes. 2012-09-16.
- ^ "My next single..." Facebook. 2012-07-30.
- ^ "Twitter / example: Damn man the song @Alesso has ..." Twitter. 2012-08-09.
- ^ "Blur's Graham Coxon to feature on new Example album". NME. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ https://twitter.com/example/status/238730802551197696
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/leadingbyexample/posts/10151232636397174
- ^ http://trythisforexample.com/#news-full1
- ^ http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/example/news/the-evolution-of-man-tracklisting
- ^ https://twitter.com/example/status/248811627519041536
- ^ http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/example/news/close-enemies-new-single
- ^ "Example - Close Enemies". YouTube. 2012-09-16. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- ^ "BBC - Zane Lowe's Hottest Record - Example - Close Enemies". BBC. 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- ^ "Example - 'Close Enemies' (Lyric Video) (Out 11.11.12)". YouTube. 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- ^ "Example - 'Close Enemies' (Official Video) (Out 11.11.12) - YouTube". YouTube. 2012-10-08.
- ^ "iTunes - Music - Close Enemies (Remixes) - EP by Example". iTunes.
- ^ "3 weeks today my..." Facebook. 2012-10-29.
- ^ "Twitter / example: @Alesso lovely. Hope you like. I think it's a single". Twitter. 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
- ^ "Twitter / example: 5. Queen Of Your Dreams (produced by @Alesso)". Twitter. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2012-09-29.