Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)

Background

In the summer of 2000, the band began sessions with longtime producer Steve Lillywhite for a new album. However, the dark nature of the recordings combined with a feeling of stagnation by the band members led to the sessions being abandoned. Matthews instead flew to Los Angeles to meet with Ballard with the intention of finishing the new material. Instead, Matthews and Ballard began a productive writing partnership that resulted in an album's worth of new songs in less than two weeks. This material ended up being included on Everyday instead, while most of the songs originally recorded with Lillywhite were re-recorded for Busted Stuff in 2002.

Release and reception

Critical reception

Everyday received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Commercial performance

Everyday became the band's second album in a row to top the Billboard 200. The album has since been certified 3× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 3,000,000 copies. It also became the band's first number one album in Canada.

"I Did It", the album's lead single, peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was more successful on the Adult Alternative Airplay chart, where it peaked at number one for a week. The album's second single, "The Space Between", became the band's first top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number 22. Like its predecessor, it also topped the Triple A chart for a week. The title track was released as the album's final single; despite failing to chart on the Hot 100, it topped the Triple A chart for eight weeks, the band's longest stay at the top of the chart until it was surpassed by "Funny the Way It Is" in 2009.

Track listing

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"
• Karl Perrazo – percussion on "Mother Father"
• Vusi Mahlasela – background vocals on "Everyday"

;Technical

• Glen Ballard – producer
• Karl Derfler – recording engineer, digital editing
• Scott Campbell – digital editing, additional engineering
• John Nelson – assistant engineer
• Chris Lord-Alge – mixing engineer
• Matt Silva – mixing assistant
• Bob Ludwig – mastering engineer
• Jolie Levine-Aller – production coordinator
• Rachel Cleverley – production assistant
• Thane Kerner – art direction, design
• Catherine Dee – design assistant
• Danny Clinch – cover photography
• Dan Winters – interior photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Decade-end charts

Certifications

References

References

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