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Live Life Living is the fifth studio album by British recording artist Example. It will be released on 23 June 2014 through Epic Records.[1]
Background and development
Gleave signed to Epic Records in 2013, leaving Ministry of Sound who had released his past three albums.[4] On 15 April 2013, he stated on Facebook that he was in Los Angeles working on his fifth studio album. Five album tracks were written and produced in Los Angeles with Stuart Price, and the album will consist entirely of productions by Gleave, Price, Fraser T Smith and Alfie "Critikal" Bamford. Bamford is responsible for additional production on every track. The lead single from the album, titled "All the Wrong Places", was debuted at his Auckland concert in New Zealand on 24 April.[5] He appeared at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival. Example announced via Twitter that album tracks "All the Wrong Places" and "Only Human" were to be played at all festival gigs in the summer. "All the Wrong Places" made its radio debut on 15 July on BBC Radio 1 with Zane Lowe and was released on 8 September.[6][7] It entered the UK Singles Chart at number 13. "Only Human" was first performed live at a pre-festival warm-up show at the O2 Academy Bristol on 6 June 2013. At festivals during the summer, Gleave also performed the album track "Take Me As I Am". It was premiered at Global Gathering 2013.
The album will be released on 23 June 2014.[1] He also revealed that the new album will feature no rapping, and he won't appear on any collaborations until the end of the album project. Gleave cites The Prodigy, Faithless, Underworld and The Chemical Brothers as influences for the new album, which will include elements of acid house, hardstyle, big beat and 90s rave.[2] The album's second single, "Kids Again", premiered alongside its remixes in January 2014 and will be released on 16 March. It was produced by Gleave and Fraser T Smith, and co-produced by Critikal.
On 11 March during an interview with Capital FM Example confirmed that "Stay with Me" is the next single after "Kids Again". Example stated that "Stay with Me" would be closer to some 2014 dance songs such as Gorgon City's "Ready for Your Love" and Clean Bandit's "Rather Be". In an interview with UKF, Elliot described the album as "quite dark and tough and twisted" aside from the singles.[8]
Marketing
Singles
"All the Wrong Places" is the album's lead single. It was produced by Critikal, Steve Hill and Example, and was released on 6 September 2013. The single debuted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. The album's second single "Kids Again" was produced by Fraser T Smith, Critikal and Example. It was released on 16 March 2014 and also peaked at #13 in the UK charts,
Other songs
"Only Human" was released for exclusive iTunes download upon pre-order of the album, on 26 March 2014.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Next Year" | |||
| 2. | "Kids Again" |
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| 3. | "Stay with Me" |
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| 4. | "10 Million People" |
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| 5. | "Only Human" |
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| 3:44 |
| 6. | "Til I'd Seen You" |
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| 7. | "Can't Face the World Alone" |
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| 8. | "Live Life Living" |
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| 9. | "All the Wrong Places" |
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| 3:27 |
| 10. | "Take Me As I Am" |
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| 11. | "All Night" |
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| 12. | "Longest Goodbye" |
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| 13. | "New Friends" |
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| 14. | "Full Eclipse" |
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| 15. | "One Last Breath" |
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| 16. | "Kids Again" (Piano Version) |
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| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "All the Wrong Places" (Quintino Remix) | 5:25 |
| 2. | "All the Wrong Places" (Calyx & TeeBee Remix) | 4:58 |
| 3. | "All the Wrong Places" (Jack Beats Remix) | 5:33 |
| 4. | "All the Wrong Places" (Starkillers Remix) | 5:11 |
| 5. | "Kids Again" (MOTi Remix) | 4:37 |
| 6. | "Kids Again" (Dimension Remix) | 4:09 |
| 7. | "Kids Again" (Zed Bias Remix) | 4:46 |
| 8. | "Kids Again" (Critikal 'Miami Sunrise' Remix) | 5:12 |
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 25. | "All the Wrong Places" | 3:27 |
| 26. | "All the Wrong Places" (Quintino Remix) | 5:25 |
| 27. | "Kids Again" | 3:13 |
| 28. | "Kids Again" (MOTi Remix) | 4:37 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| Worldwide | 23 June 2014 | CD, digital download | Epic Records/Sony |
References
- ^ a b c "Twitter / example: June 23rd". Twitter. 2014-02-28.
- ^ a b c d e f "Example: Fed Up With Rapping - YouTube". YouTube. 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Technikal - Right guys, today is the release date of Example's..." Facebook. 2013-09-08.
- ^ "Example signs new record deal". Contactmusic.com. 2013-07-16. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ^ "Example live in studio with Fletch & Vaughan - Video Display - Video". The Edge. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
- ^ "Example debuts new single 'All The Wrong Places'". Digital Spy. 2013-07-16.
- ^ "Example - All the Wrong Places (Radio Edit + Jack Beats Remix)". Dancing Astronaut. 2013-07-19.
- ^ "Example: New album will be "tough and twisted!"". UKF Music. 2014-02-27.
- ^ Gleave, Elliot (2014-03-26). "My new album #LiveLifeLiving is up for pre-order on iTunes. Order now and get the track 'Only Human' today". Twitter.
- ^ "Example's new album 'Live Life Living' will be out in June". Popjustice. 2014-03-04.
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/live-life-living-deluxe-version/id839062328