Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)
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| Studio album by Dave Matthews Band | ||||
| Released | February 27, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | November 2000 Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 51:00 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Glen Ballard | |||
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Everyday is the fourth studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on February 27, 2001.
Sales
In the United States, Everyday performed very well commercially. It opened at #1 with 755,000 copies sold its first week, and stayed at #1 for two weeks. After 25 weeks of sales, it sold over 2.5 million copies. To date, it has sold nearly 3 million copies. It was the 5th best selling album of the Billboard Year in 2001. The album was also certified platinum in Canada (100,000 units) in July 2001.[1]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ [3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
| Sound and Vision | [5] |
Initial critical response to Everyday was generally positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 67, based on 16 reviews.[6]
Track listing
All songs by David J. Matthews and Glen Ballard.
- "I Did It" – 3:36
- "When the World Ends" – 3:32
- "The Space Between" – 4:03
- "Dreams of Our Fathers" – 4:41
- "So Right" – 4:41
- "If I Had It All" – 4:03
- "What You Are" – 4:33
- "Angel" – 3:58
- "Fool to Think" – 4:14
- "Sleep to Dream Her" – 4:25
- "Mother Father" – 4:24
- "Everyday" – 4:43
As of July 2015, "Dreams of Our Fathers" remains the only song released on a Dave Matthews Band studio album to never be performed live.
Personnel
- Dave Matthews Band
- Carter Beauford — bongos, conga, drums, background vocals, vibraphone
- Stefan Lessard — bass guitar
- Dave Matthews — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals, baritone guitar
- LeRoi Moore — flute, contrabass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, background vocals
- Boyd Tinsley — violin, background vocals
- Additional personnel
- Glen Ballard — keyboards, piano
- Carlos Santana — electric guitar on "Mother Father"
- Vusi Mahlasela — background vocals on "Everyday"
Charts
- Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 2001 | The Billboard 200 | 1[7] |
| 2001 | Top Canadian Albums | 1[citation needed] |
| 2001 | Top Internet Albums | 1[citation needed] |
| 2001 | German Albums Chart | 97[8] |
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| Preceded by | Billboard 200 number-one album March 17–30, 2001 |
Succeeded by Hot Shot by Shaggy |
