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Everyday Life
Studio album by
Coldplay
Released22 November 2019 (2019-11-22)
Genre
Length52:51
LabelParlophone
Producer
Coldplay chronology
The Butterfly Package (Live in Buenos Aires)
(2018) 		Everyday Life
(2019)
Singles from Everyday Life
  1. "Orphans" / "Arabesque"
    Released: 24 October 2019
  2. "Everyday Life"
    Released: 3 November 2019
  3. "Daddy / Champion of the World"
    Released: 20 November 2019

Everyday Life is the eighth studio album by Coldplay, released on 22 November 2019. It is a double album, with the first half titled Sunrise and the other Sunset.[2]

Promotion

On 13 October 2019, black-and-white posters featuring the band teasing the album, and the date "22 November 1919" appeared in various cities around the world, including São Paulo, Berlin, Hong Kong and Sydney.[3] On 19 October, a video teaser featuring the same theme was also released.[4][5] Two days later, several fans began receiving typewritten notes from the band in the mail.[6]

dear friends / my typing isn't very good i'm sorry / I and we hope wherever you are you're ok / for the last 100 years or thereabouts we have been working on a thing called Everyday Life / in the classifieds you might write 'double album for sale, one very careful owner' / one half is called 'sunrise', the other 'sunset' / it comes out 22 november / it is sort of how we feel about things / we send much love to you from hibernation /سلام و حب / chris, jonny, guy and Will Champion, esq.

— Coldplay, in a typewritten note to their fans

On 23 October, the track listing was announced by the band in the advertising sections of several newspapers around the world. This included the North Wales Daily Post, where guitarist Jonny Buckland "once had a holiday job".[7]

Live performances

During an online press conference on 1 November, Coldplay announced they would perform Everyday Life in two shows in Amman, Jordan on 22 November, the release date of the album.[8] The first show will showcase the band performing the first half of the album Sunrise at 4:00 a.m. GMT, and the second show will feature the performance of Sunset at 2:00 p.m. GMT.[9] The events, which will be livestreamed on YouTube, will mark the band's first performance in the country. Both performances are being promoted and advertised as YouTube Originals. On 18 November, the band announced a one-off show at the London Natural History Museum on 25 November, with proceeds from the show to be donated to an environmental charity. However, the band announced that they would not play a world tour to promote the album until they had addressed concerns regarding travel and the environmental impact of the shows.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic75/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
The Daily Telegraph[13]
The Guardian[14]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[15]
NME[16]
Q[17]
Uncut[18]

Everyday Life received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 75 out of 100 based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[11] Writing for The Daily Telegraph, Neil McCormick acclaimed the experimentation of the album, stating that Everyday Life "feels organic, analogue and playful as Coldplay dip into different musical genres," and further highlighted Martin's "golden gift for melody, almost simplistically direct lyrics and emotive crooning."[13] Chris DeVille of Stereogum considered that the album's experimentation and use of multiple genres worked "more often than not," and commended the band's "more nuanced" exploration of social issues, concluding that it was a "truly great album."[19] In her review for NME, Charlotte Krol claimed that the record "is proof that Coldplay are more adventurous than they're often given credit for," despite some of its songs being "sometimes more exciting in theory than in practice."[16]

Singles

"Orphans" and "Arabesque" were released as the album's lead singles on 24 October 2019 on the Annie Mac show on BBC Radio 1.[20][21] "Everyday Life" was released as the second single on 3 November 2019.[22] "Daddy" and "Champion of the World" were released as the album's third and fourth singles on 20 November 2019.

Track listing

Sunrise
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Sunrise"
2:31
2."Church"
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
3:50
3."Trouble in Town"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
4:38
4."Broken"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
2:30
5."Daddy"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
4:58
6."WOTW / POTP"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
1:16
7."Arabesque"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
  • Stromae
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
5:40
8."When I Need a Friend"  2:35
Total length:27:59
Sunset
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Guns"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
1:55
2."Orphans"
3:17
3."Èkó"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
2:37
4."Cry Cry Cry"
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
2:47
5."Old Friends"
  • Berryman
  • Buckland
  • Champion
  • Martin
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
2:26
6."بنی آدم"
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
3:14
7."Champion of the World"
4:17
8."Everyday Life"
  • Simpson
  • Green
  • Rahko
  • Lopez[b]
  • Vindver[b]
4:18
Total length:24:52
Everyday Life — Japanese edition (bonus track)[23]
No.TitleLength
9."Flags" (bonus track)3:36
Total length:28:28

Notes

  • [a] indicates a co-producer
  • [b] indicates an additional producer
  • Producers Rik Simpson, Dan Green and Bill Rahko are credited collectively as "The Dream Team".
  • "Broken" is stylised as "BrokEn".
  • "WOTW / POTP" stands for and is rendered in the physical edition liner notes as "Wonder of the World / Power of the People".
  • Track 6 of Sunset can be transliterated as Bani Adam in Latin script; it is the name of a poem by Iranian poet Saadi Shirazi in Persian. The expression translates literally to "Children of Adam", or "Human Beings" within the context of the poem. Verses of the poem are recited in the song by a background female voice.
  • "Church" features female vocal by Norah Shaqur.
  • "Broken" features choir by Mabvuto Carpenter, Denise Green, Stevie Mackey, Neka Hamilton, Surrenity XYZ, LaMarcus Eldrigde and Dorian Holley.
  • "Arabesque" features vocals by Stromae.
  • "When I Need a Friend" features choir by London Voices conducted by Ben Parry.
  • "Orphans" features choir by Marwa Kreitem, Nadeen Fanous, Garine Antreassian, Bashar Murad, Norah Shaqur, Apple Martin, Moses Martin, Ben Oerlemans, Bill Rahko, Aluna and Jocelyn 'Jozzy' Donald.
  • "Èkó" features backing vocals by Tiwa Savage.
  • "بنی آدم" features voice by Dr. Shahrzad (Sherry) Sami.
  • "Everday Life" features backing vocals by Marianna Champion.
  • "Church", "Cry Cry Cry" and "Everyday Life" features backing vocals by Jacob Collier.

Sample credits

  • "Church" beat inspiration by Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Erik Hermansen. Contains a sample from "Jaga Ji Laganay", as performed and written by Amjad Sabri.
  • "Trouble in Town" contains a rendition of "Jikelele", sung by the children of the African Children's Feeding Scheme (ACFS), Soweto, Johannesburg.
  • "Arabesque" includes an excerpt from the film Music Is the Weapon.
  • "When I Need a Friend" includes a sample from the film Everything Is Incredible.
  • "Cry Cry Cry" contains elements from "Cry, Baby", written by Bert Berns and Jerry Ragovoy.
  • "بنی آدم" contains a sample from "The Sun", written by Alice Coltrane.
  • "بنی آدم" and "Champion of the World" contains a sample from "Otuto Nke Chukwu", as performed by Harcourt Whyte.
  • "Champion of the World" contains an interpolation of "Los Angeles, Be Kind", written by Scott Hutchison, Simon Lidell and Andy Monaghan.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the "Orphans / Arabesque" liner notes.[24]

Release history

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various 22 November 2019
Parlophone [25][26][27][28]

References

  1. ^ Metacritic score
  2. ^ "Coldplay look to be teasing a new double album, according to a letter sent to fans". Dork. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  3. ^ Reilly, Nick (21 October 2019). "Coldplay tease new "double album" in mysterious letter to fans". NME. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  4. ^ Minsker, Evan; Strauss, Matthew (21 October 2019). "Coldplay Announce New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ^ "November 22, 1919". Retrieved 23 October 2019 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Rowley, Glenn (21 October 2019). "Coldplay Just Announced a Double Album in the Most Old-Fashioned Way Possible". Billboard. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  7. ^ Moore, Sam (23 October 2019). "Coldplay announce tracklist for new album 'Everyday Life' in local Welsh newspaper". NME. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  8. ^ Pace, Lilly (1 November 2019). "Coldplay Announce 'Everyday Life' Live Stream in Jordan". Billboard. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  9. ^ Arcand, Rob (2 November 2019). "Coldplay Team Up With Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen to Announce Concert Livestream". Spin. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Coldplay to pause touring until concerts are 'environmentally beneficial'". BBC News. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  11. ^ a b "Everyday Life on Metacritic Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  12. ^ Yeung, Neil. "Coldplay Everyday Life". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  13. ^ a b McCormick, Neil (19 November 2019). "Coldplay, Everyday Life, review: '16 heart-on-sleeve songs from one of the greatest British bands of the century'". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  14. ^ Petridis, Alexis (21 November 2019). "Coldplay: Everyday Life review – surefire hits and dodgy experiments". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  15. ^ Loftin, Steven (21 November 2019). "Coldplay continue to grow on the frank, explorative Everyday Life". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  16. ^ a b Krol, Charlotte (21 November 2019). "Coldplay – 'Everyday Life' review: a confounding experiment from a deceptively forward-thinking band". NME. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  17. ^ "Coldplay: Everyday Life". Q: 104. 21 November 2019.
  18. ^ "Coldplay: Everyday Life". Uncut: 25. 21 November 2019.
  19. ^ DeVille, Chris (21 November 2019). "Premature Evaluation: Coldplay Everyday Life". Stereogum. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  20. ^ Strauss, Matthew (24 October 2019). "Coldplay Share New Songs "Orphans" and "Arabesque": Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  21. ^ Shaffer, Claire (24 October 2019). "Coldplay Release 'Orphans,' 'Arabesque' From Double LP 'Everyday Life'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  22. ^ Bucksbaum, Sydney (3 November 2019). "Coldplay drops new song 'Everyday Life' after playing Saturday Night Live". Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  23. ^ "Everyday Life [Japan Bonus Track] COLDPLAY CD Album". Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  24. ^ Coldplay (24 October 2019). Orphans / Arabesque (digital download). Parlophone. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  25. ^ "[PRE-ORDER] Everyday Life Cassette". Warner Music Canada. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  26. ^ "Everyday Life Vinyl Coldplay". shop.coldplay.com. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  27. ^ "[PRE-ORDER] Everyday Life CD". Warner Music Canada. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  28. ^ "Everyday Life by Coldplay". Apple Music. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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