Everything Changes is the sixth studio album by English singer-songwriter Julian Lennon, released on 2 October 2011.
Background Lennon has described the material as "a bit more free-flowing than [his] previous work", calling it his "favourite album so far". Revealing how Everything Changes came about, Lennon explained: "Obviously, if you sit down and play around for a bit, you’re going to come up with ideas. One thing led to another and pretty soon I had about 30 ideas, so I invited some friends to come over and flesh them out into songs".
Release
Everything Changes was released on 2 October 2011 on CD by Nova Sales & Distribution (UK) and Conehead; and only saw a UK/Ireland release. The album is his first since 1998's Photograph Smile. The album is set to be released on clear vinyl.
The first single from the album was "Lookin' 4 Luv", released digitally on 11 September 2011. The second single was a remix of an album track, "Guess It Was Me", released on 8 April 2012.
On 4 June 2013, the album was re-released with two additional bonus tracks: "Someday", featuring Steven Tyler and "In Between". This follows after Lennon contributed backing vocals to the Aerosmith track "LUV XXX" from the 2012 album Music from Another Dimension!. The re-release revised the track listing slightly; as opposed to placing the new tracks as the last two of the album, they were integrated into original track listing. The iTunes re-release also features an exclusive bonus 41-minute video documentary "Through The Picture Window"
In September 2014 a limited edition box set was released containing 3 CD's (the studio album, as well as an instrumental version, and an acoustic version); a DVD of the documentary noted above; a vinyl version of the studio album; and a photography booklet.
Track listing
Notes "Beautiful" was previously released on Lennon's "Lucy" single in 2009. "Someday" and "In Between" (Produced by Julian Lennon and Mark Spiro; Engineered and Mixed by Angelo Caputo; Assistant Engineer – Mike Gaydusek for NightBird Recording Studios, West Hollywood, CA) were added to the 2013 re-release of Everything Changes. "Someday" was released as a single on 8 April 2013.
Personnel
Musicians Julian Lennon – vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, keyboard programming, strings, guitars, bass, drums Grant Ransom – keyboards, programming, guitars, bass, drums Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, programming, guitars, bass, drums, backing vocals Gregory Darling – acoustic piano, keyboards Matt Backer – guitars, sitar Mark Evans – guitars Guy Chambers – guitars (10), bass (10) Mark Spiro – acoustic guitar (12) Justin Clayton – guitars (14), bass (14) Guy Pratt – bass Vanessa Fraebairn-Smith – cello Tim Ellis – backing vocals
"Someday" Julian Lennon – vocals, backing vocals Steven Tyler – vocals, backing vocals Mark Spiro – acoustic guitar, backing vocals Jon MacLennan – electric guitar Steve Sidelnyk – drum and percussion programming Steve Sidwell – string arrangements Vanessa Fraebairn-Smith – cello Rob Brophy – viola Tereza Stanislave – violin Alwyn Wright – violin
"Always" Jebin Bruni – acoustic piano, keyboards Paul Stanborough – programming David J. Carpenter – bass Bryan Head – drums Vanessa Fraebairn-Smith – cello Sonus Quartet – strings
Production Julian Lennon – producer, design Grant Ransom – producer (1, 3–11, 13, 14) Peter-John Vettese – original production (1, 3, 5, 11) Mark Spiro – producer (2, 12) Jeff Rothschild – mixing (1, 3–11, 13, 14) Angelo Caputo – engineer (2, 12), mixing (2, 12) Graham Archer – mix assistant (1, 3–11, 13, 14) Mike Gaydusek – assistant engineer (2, 12) Chris Gehringer – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York) Ryan Art – design
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