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Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is the second album made in collaboration between David Byrne and Brian Eno,[1] released on August 18, 2008.[2] It is the first joint effort between the two since 1981's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and Eno's work producing and co-writing with Talking Heads. Byrne and Eno worked on creating the blend of electronic and Gospel music throughout 2007 and early 2008 over e-mail and have used word-of-mouth and Internet sales to market the music. Byrne toured for this album, performing songs from both this release and from the duo's previous collaborations, through late 2008 and early 2009.

History

In December 2007, David Byrne announced on the BBC Radio music show The Weekender that he was working with former collaborator Brian Eno on a brand new album of "proper songs," describing it as a "completely different thing" from the experimental My Life in the Bush of Ghosts. While the two discussing the 2006 remix of that album at a dinner party, Eno suggested adding lyrics and vocals[3] some songs that he had written and intended to finish,[4] some of which were eight years old.[5]

Byrne visited Eno's London studio to listen to the rough mixes of the demos and the two decided to collaborate to finish writing the songs,[6] leaving Eno and Peter Chilvers[7] to convert a variety of digital music formats into MIDI, thereby stripping out extraneous information and making them suitable for Byrne to embellish.[8] (Chilvers would be thanked in the liner notes as "Digital Archeologist.")[9] The two continued to work on this and other musical projects for several months - although Byrne confessed that he was initially "terrified" at writing lyrics for the demos - and agreed that if the project wasn't fun for both of them, they would abandon it.[4] The duo decided to remain low-key about the project and not announce their new collaboration for fear that they may not complete an album's worth of new material,[10] or as Byrne characterized it "we can't just do Life in the Bush of Ghosts II."[11]

Composition

Byrne took a Compact Disc of the demos from Eno and spent about a year trying to write lyrics to finish the songs, attempting to balance the simple chords that Eno had written with the more complex ones that Byrne prefers.[12] Although it was uncharacteristic for Eno, many of the songs were written on acoustic guitar, with the help of Steinberg Cubase.[13] The musicians exchanged Eno's demos with the lyrics and vocal melodies completed by Byrne over e-mail until 14 songs were recorded, sometime prior to June 2008.[3] Byrne characterized the process as "very slow" and full of trepidation,[14] in part because of the strict division of labor they had between writing instrumentation and vocalization.[13] Eno only provided a few vocal sketches and Byrne made minimal changes to the instrumentation[15] and avoided changing chords in the melody to suit his singing style.[16] The two only worked in the studio together on a couple of occasions, including one full week and a weekend on another occasion[10] and neither partner got a veto in the process of track selection or production.[17] Byrne's recollection of the writing process:

"I recall Brian mentioning that he had a lot of largely instrumental tracks he'd accumulated, and since, in his words, he 'hates writing words,' I suggested I have a go at writing some words, and tunes over a few of them, and we see what happens."[6]

He later explained, "In a nutshell, Brian wrote most of the music, and I composed most of the vocal melodies and lyrics, and then sang them."[18] If Byrne's vocal harmonies were radical enough, Eno would revise the instrumentation to accompany it,[12] but Byrne avoided writing instrumentation and chose to adapt to the instrumentals as written.[19] Using a style similar to the Talking Heads album Speaking in Tongues, Byrne scatted and murmured some lyrics before they were completed and Eno also contributed some vocal harmonization he credits as "inhuman piano."[8] In composing lyrics for the album, Byrne attempted to "write a little bit based on what I think the person on the other end is going to like" and compared the process to collaborating with Fatboy Slim.[10]

Both musicians continued to work on their own projects during the composition of Everything That Happens Will Happen Today - including Byrne conducting the second season of Big Love and completing the musical and album Here Lies Love and online single "Toe Jam" with Fatboy Slim. Eno produced Coldplay's Viva la Vida and U2's No Line on the Horizon. Chris Martin of Coldplay even wrote a song to the instrumental track for "One Fine Day", but acquiesced when he heard Byrne's song saying that he "couldn't do better than that." Once that song was finished,[4] the two began in earnest writing the rest of the tracks.[20] As the project progressed, Byrne got to working several hours a day on the album[13] and he later described the process as easy "once you get the technical glitches worked out."[21] He even credited the time between their last collaboration and the transatlantic distance as a strength, since it allowed the two to keep their own schedules.[15]

Themes

The two were inspired by Gospel music while making the album; both have described it as "electronic Gospel", in particular the track "Life Is Long."[22] In addition to subtle Biblical themes in the lyrics,[3] Eno was influenced by Gospel musicality, which he initially discovered through Talking Heads[6] while working on More Songs About Buildings and Food[23] by listening to "Surrender to His Will" by Reverend Maceo Woods and the Christian Tabernacle Choir.[24] While Byrne considers the music "[un]like any contemporary gospel record that you would hear out there," it is "informed by that feeling and those kind of lyrics, which allude to hope in the face of despair."[12] Eno also considers the album "something that combines something very human and fallible and personal, with something very electronic and mathematical sometimes." The two tried to "make that picture of the human still trying to survive in an increasingly complicated digital world... It's quite easy to make just digital music and it's quite easy to make just human music, but to try and make a combination is sort of, exciting, I think."[25]

The instrumental demos were primarily written in major chords, which Byrne considered slightly "ominous" and surprising from Eno.[10] In spite of this, Byrne's lyrics ended up being hopeful and spiritual, with themes of redemption,[8] what he considers "optimism in spite of the dread."[10] Spiritual themes emerged over the course of a year in which Byrne was writing lyrics, noting that they "surfaced pretty quickly."[26] Byrne has speculated that the hopeful lyrics might be an antidote to being "completely pessimistic and cynical about politics and the state of the world;"[14] for instance, "The River" is about the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.[26] He has also cited the political climate of the Iraq War and the beginning of the late 2000s recession as factors that inspired him to create uplifting music.[27] As he explained, "I was surprised that's what came out... The tracks are very different from what I would have done myself. I lean toward things that are more complicated." Eno also thinks the album is "much better than the songs [he] imagined."[4]

Eno has also said the album is about "paint[ing] a picture of the human trying to survive in an increasingly digital world"[28] and Byrne considered his job as lyricist to "bring more humanity" to Eno's instrumentals, which can be "cold and academic."[27] Themes of humanity struggling with technology are apparent on several tracks and Byrne has characterized the "overall vibe" of the album as "We're going to get through this. Humanity will prevail."[11] The lyrical content includes "a sinister inflection" but "many songs feel fairly uplifting and the overall tone is hopeful."[18] Byrne attempted to write in a style that was "simple but not corny, basic but heartfelt;" one of his inspirations in writing lyrics was the story of Valentino Achak Deng in Dave Eggers' What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng[29] and the two are thanked in the liner notes.[9]

Production

By March 2008, the duo had recruited multi-instrumentalist and previous Eno collaborator Leo Abrahams to play guitar, percussion instruments, and piano and Seb Rochford to play drums with Byrne in New York City. Jarvis Cocker of Pulp also added uncredited guitar in London.[30] Abrahams continued to perform in his home studio and only played guitar with Byrne on one occasion.[31] Abrahams and Rochford would continue working on the tracks in Abrahams' studio through May, with all collaborations being carried on via e-mail.[32] Other musicians worked with Byrne in New York City and Eno in London, such as frequent Byrne collaborator Mauro Refosco and Eno's daughters Darla and Irial. In addition to the tracks that were released, the musicians had some other instrumentals that Byrne did not complete.[10]

In April 2008, speaking at an event in New York, Byrne confirmed the release of a new album, calling it a "record of sung songs"[33] in contrast to the experimental music from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts[1] and later told the New York Daily News that "Brian had written a lot of music, but needed some words, which I know how to do. What's it sound like? Electronic Gospel. That's all I'm saying."[34] Eno also explained the differences between this album and their previous one saying, "[T]his is quite different from My Life in that the intention of that album was to not use our voices at all, but instead to find voices and stick them on to the music. This new one is different – these are songs written and sung by David. They cover quite a range. They go from electronic folk Gospel to quite indefinable areas of music."[22]

Throughout the spring and summer, Abrahams recorded drums at his home studio and Cherif Hashizume recorded more Cafe Music Studios, while Robert Harder at Harder Sound recorded the drums on "My Big Nurse", "Never Thought", "The Painting", and "Life Is Long".[9] Mixing continued through June 2008 in New York[35] by Patrick Dillett at Kampo Studios, who recorded brass and percussion and sent the audio to Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound for mastering.[9] On July 28, 2008, details of the album became of public knowledge when Byrne posted on his blog that he and Eno had finished the new album, titled Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, and that it would be released on August 18, 2008.[1] The album website was launched on the same day, with an introduction and a promotional video of Byrne announcing the new album.

Release

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"Strange Overtones"
The final chorus of "Strange Overtones" discusses the themes of humanity and technology, illustrating the "electronic Gospel" genre of the album with the lyrics:

"Strange overtones in the music you are playing
We're not alone; it is strong and you are tough

But a heart is not enough."
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Template:Sample box end The album was self-released on August 18, 2008 exclusively through the album's website. It was made available there free for streaming and for purchase as a download of DRM-free MP3s.[3] The duo planned to release the album from other online digital music services starting the following month,[8] and it was sold by the Amazon MP3 and iTunes Store by the end of the year. No record label was involved in releasing the digital format and independent distributors were allowed to handle the physical product, which was released[36] on November 25[37] as an enhanced CD and a deluxe-packaged CD in a tin.

Formats

Initially, three distinct versions of the album were released:[2]

  • Digital only - as 320 kbps MP3s, with a 17-page PDF digital booklet designed by Stefan Sagmeister for $8.99.
  • Digital album with CD - everything included above as well as an Enhanced CD to be mailed to the customer no later than November 30, 2008 for $11.99 and $3.00 shipping.
  • Deluxe CD - everything from both packages above as well as four exclusive bonus songs, a short film about the album by Hillman Curtis, a screensaver, and a three-dimensional version of the packaging for $69.99 plus $10.00 shipping, also to be mailed by November 30, 2008. Delays caused this to be pushed back to December.

In addition, customers are entitled to lossless FLAC versions of the album at no extra cost for all download formats of the album. By mid-December 2008, 12% of customers chose to download the FLAC option.[38]

In addition, the CD was released in Japan with a bonus track and obi strip in November 2008 through Beat Records. On February 17, 2009, the album was released on 180-gram vinyl LP.

Singles

The first single off the album, "Strange Overtones", was released on August 4, 2008 as a free digital download only through the album's website. The track has been described as "a song about writing a song"[22] and features thematic elements of humanity versus technology. It was downloaded over 40,000 times within the first three days it was available.[8] In September 2008, Jon Yeo created a music video for the track featuring the paintings of Brian Eno.[39]

Design

The physical releases of the album came with graphics and packaging designed by Stefan Sagmeister.[40] Sagmesiter received a Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package Grammy Award in 2005 for art direction on the Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime box set and designed the cover to Byrne's Feelings. His inspiration for the packaging was based on the song "Home"[41] and the artwork reflects an urban scene of a house by a roadside; the liner notes provide closeups on the home and the artwork on the CD is the grass from the lawn. Sagmeister proceeded to create not only an image for the cover, but an entire three-dimensional model for the house. Upon repeated listenings to the album, he became convinced that there was a sinister element to the setting and provided clues to the "dark edge"[41] of the scene, such as a discarded condom wrapper in the gutter. The deluxe package comes in a tin with a microchip that plays a sound of someone walking down a hallway in the house and slamming a door when the package is opened.[42] This design of a pixelated, dimetric projection domestic scene has been compared to The Sims.[43]

Reception

The release of Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is atypical considering the multiple formats which were released over a period of half a year. Consequently, the album is difficult to measure in terms of sales records and the critical reception was distributed over several months.

Critical reception

Reviews have been mostly positive; for instance, with 23 reviews, the album has received a 75% on Metacritic.[44] Positive reviews have labeled it "exceedingly pleasant,"[45] "maddeningly infectious,"[46] and "vibrant."[47] The music has been compared to the tone of Paul Simon[48] and the arrangement has been compared to The Beach Boys.[49]

In comparison to My Life in the Bush of Ghosts some have found a connection between the two,[50] (as well as Eno's production of Talking Heads' Remain in Light[51] and Little Creatures, which was produced by the band.[52]) Other commentators have emphasized the differences between the two projects[53] considering this album to be an "antithesis,"[54] "conservative,"[55] and "less exciting."[56] In particular, the experimental nature of the former has been contrasted with the pop music style of this album.[57] Audra Schroeder, writing for the The Austin Chronicle gave the album two out of four stars noting "Thirty years after first collaborating on the Talking Heads, these two don't have to mine the past since there's nothing that remarkable about Everything."[58] At the same time, other reviewers have found the break with the experimental nature of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts to be positive and noted that Byrne sounds "adventurous once again."[59] Jim DeRogatis, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times gave the album three-and-a-half out of four stars and observed:

"[T]he influence of their 1981 collaboration 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' actually ranks far below many of the Eno-produced Talking Heads albums or much of Eno's startlingly innovative solo catalog: Even 27 years ago, there was nothing all that original or appealing about an ethnologically-minded mix of various world rhythms and random vocal snippets captured via shortwave radio. Anyone who claims these boys invented sampling clearly never heard Can or musique concrete. Right off the bat, 'Everything That Happens Will Happen Today' is a much more accessible, enjoyable and arguably better album than 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'--at least if you care about conventional pop/rock songcraft. A collection of instantly winning and familiar tunes, many working what Byrne calls 'a folk-gospel thing,' it's Byrne's most melodic work since the Talking Heads, and Eno's most tuneful offering since 'Wrong Way Up,' his 1990 pairing with John Cale."[60]

In addition, several reviewers[48] have noted parallels between this album and Byrne's Big Love: Hymnal,[8] particularly their common spiritual themes[61] and atmospheric moods.[62]

Awards

Several year-end lists included the album amongst the best releases of 2008:

The A.V. Club commissioned celebrities to give their picks for album of the year and Tim Heidecker of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! chose Everything That Happens Will Happen Today describing it as "the most interesting and listenable pop record of the year, in my book."[70]

Sales and chart performance

Although the artists have not released sales figures, they have indicated that the album was purchased across the globe during the first 24 hours it was available and that the servers hosting the album delivered "several terabytes" by September 6.[71] A report in late December asserted that they had sold "nearly 20,000 downloads."[72] By October 2008, Byrne explained that they had recouped their losses on the album[26] and that sales had "paid back the recording costs and costs for building the Web site."[21] Their business model also allowed them to self-release and plan a tour immediately after finishing the music production, rather than wait months for record label advancement.[11]

In the first week of December, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today reached the top spot on the College Music Journal AAA charts and third on the CMJ Radio 200.[73] The album entered the Billboard 200 for the week of January 17, 2009, debuting at 182[74] with 4,008 copies sold.[75]

Promotion

Promotional poster for Byrne's tour.

While Byrne and Eno did a few interviews for the album and subsequent tour, the two attempted to market Everything That Happens Will Happen Today via word-of-mouth and Internet hype rather than a traditional marketing scheme.[76] Eno was convinced in part because of his own preferences for digital music from the iTunes Store[77] rather than CDs[28] as well as the success of Radiohead's In Rainbows from 2007. Byrne was also impressed by that band's release strategy as a means of valuing music.[78] The duo carefully avoided Internet leaks by not giving out promotional copies of the album to journalists, but Byrne did preview the song "One Fine Day" prior to the release by performing it with a choir of senior citizens.[22]

Marketing

Byrne and Eno have both expressed their displeasure with the record industry and traditional models of marketing music, with Eno saying:

"The music industry... were selling [physical products, such as Compact Discs] quite expensively actually, that fostered a generally quite lazy attitude within record companies... Suddenly now we have a quite different situation which it seems to me, artists understand much better than record companies do... Artists know how to use it, young artists are very comfortable with starting their careers on Facebook or MySpace or something like that – and they're way ahead of the record companies in some respects."[77]

Byrne has outlined the relative merits of different distribution models with this one reflecting his "self-distribution model" in which "the artist stands to receive the largest percentage of income from sales per unit — sales of anything. A larger percentage of fewer sales, most likely, but not always. Artists doing it for themselves can actually make more money than the massive pop star, even though the sales numbers may seem minuscule by comparison."[79] A month after releasing the album, Byrne was skeptical of market saturation claiming "I sense that a lot of people don't know we have a record out" and hoped to counter-balance that ignorance with his tour.[10] He also described the digital music market as "so infinite [that] it's easy for music to get lost out there"[21] and has noted that this business model would not work for performers who aren't already established.[80]

The duo enlisted a music marketing startup company - Topspin Media[81] - to design their site, delivery options for the digital music, and promotional web widgets.[82] Like the entirety of the recording process, the marketing was self-financed and controlled by the artists.[21] The company used viral marketing techniques to collect potential customers' e-mail addresses and encourage them to post the album streaming on their blogs.[83] By early November, the collected e-mail addresses amounted to 37% of the album sales.[84] Topspin have also created a Flickr pool encouraging users to upload screenshots of the widget posted to web sites.[85] No ads were taken out for the album.[15]

Byrne and Eno were praised by Fast Company for their innovative use of Internet marketing and distribution for this album as well as several other releases[86] and the promotion of this album has been lauded as a way of undermining copyright infringement.[87]

Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour

Main article: Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno Tour

Byrne assembled a band to tour for the album, performing music throughout the latter half of 2008 and early 2009 across North America, Europe, and Australasia. In planning the set lists for the tour, Byrne assembled songs "from this new record, as well from collaborations Brian and I have done in the past which includes one song from Bush of Ghosts [and] three songs from the three Talking Heads records we did together"[12] - More Songs About Buildings and Food, Fear of Music, and Remain in Light. (The two also collaborated for several tracks on Byrne's The Catherine Wheel.) By performing music from all of their collaborations, Byrne hoped to "draw a line linking this new material with what we did 30 years ago, a little bit anyway."[88] Although early reports indicated that Eno would be participating, he did not.[89]

Track listing

All songs written by Byrne (lyrics) and Eno (instrumentation), except "Strange Overtones", co-written by Leo Abrahams:

  1. "Home" – 5:06
  2. "My Big Nurse" – 3:21
  3. "I Feel My Stuff" – 6:25
  4. "Everything That Happens" – 3:46
  5. "Life Is Long" – 3:45
  6. "The River" – 2:30
  7. "Strange Overtones" – 4:17
  8. "Wanted for Life" – 5:06
  9. "One Fine Day" – 4:55
  10. "Poor Boy" – 4:19
  11. "The Lighthouse" – 3:46
Japanese release
  2. "Poor Boy" (Eno & Leo Abrahams Remix)
Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
  1. "Never Thought" – 4:08
  2. "Walking Along the River" – 4:38
  3. "The Eyes" – 3:29
  4. "The Painting" – 4:33

Personnel

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Byrne (left) and Eno (right) from the liner notes to the album.
"Home"
"My Big Nurse"
"I Feel My Stuff"
  • Leo Abrahams – guitar, solo guitar
  • David Byrne – vocals
  • Brian Eno – basses, electric drums, "inhuman piano", guitar, keyboards, brass, backing vocals, traps
  • Tim Harries – melody bass
  • Phil Manzanera – drone guitar
  • Seb Rochford – live drums
"Everything That Happens"
  • Leo Abrahams – piano, coin guitar
  • David Byrne – vocals
  • Brian Eno – bass, keyboards, water guitars, stellar voice
"Life Is Long"
"The River"
"Strange Overtones"
"Wanted for Life"
  • Leo Abrahams – guitars, bass, backing vocals, percussion
  • David Byrne – vocals
  • Barry Danielian – treated brass
  • Brian Eno – bass, backing vocals, snout keyboard, guitar, electric drums
  • Dan Levine – treated brass
  • Dave Mann – treated brass
  • Seb Rochford – live drums
  • Paul Shapiro – treated brass
"One Fine Day"
  • Leo Abrahams – acoustic guitar, bass
  • David Byrne – vocals
  • Brian Eno – bass, backing vocals, Steinberg virtual guitar, electric guitars, programming
  • Steve Jones – melody guitar
  • Mauro Refosco – zabumba, cahon, tamborim, conga, shaker
  • Seb Rochford – live drums
"Poor Boy"
  • Leo Abrahams – high bass
  • David Byrne – vocals, guitars
  • Brian Eno – bass, electric drums, programming, guitars, keyboards, brass
  • Seb Rochford – live drums
"The Lighthouse"
  • Leo Abrahams – bass, thunder guitar
  • David Byrne – vocals, guitars, ebow guitars, clavinet, piano, surdu, percussion
  • Brian Eno – bass, guitar treatments, keys, programming
  • Seb Rochford – live drums
"Never Thought"
  • Leo Abrahams – ebow, acoustic guitar, piano, percussion
  • David Byrne – vocals, ebow guitars
  • Brian Eno – bass, lead and rhythm guitars, programming, "inhuman piano", backing vocals
  • Melanie Hall QC – female backing vocals
  • Robert Wyatt – Handsonic drum
"Walking Along the River"
  • David Byrne – vocals, piano
  • Brian Eno – bass, electric guitars, keyboards, electric drums, Omnichord piano, percussion, backing vocals
  • Darla Eno – vocals
  • Irial Eno – vocals
  • Seb Rochford – live drums
"The Eyes"
  • Leo Abrahams – reverse guitars, bass
  • David Byrne – vocals
  • Brian Eno – guitars, keys, Omnichord piano, piano, backing vocals
"The Painting"
  • Leo Abrahams – guitars, bass, glockenspiel, solo guitar
  • David Byrne – vocals
  • Brian Eno – guitar, shakers, programming, keys
  • Mauro Refosco – zabumba, timbal
  • Seb Rochford – live drums

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Template:Country data World Worldwide August 18, 2008 Self-released Digital (320 kbps MP3 and FLAC) n/a
Template:Country data World Worldwide September 29, 2008 7 Digital Digital (320 kbps AAC and MP3) n/a
Template:Country data World Worldwide October 6, 2008 iTunes Store Digital (256 kbps AAC) n/a
Japan Japan November 19, 2008 Beat Records High Quality Compact Disc BRC-218
Template:Country data World Worldwide November 25, 2008 Todo Mundo Compact Disc CD-TODO-002
Template:Country data World Worldwide November 30, 2008 Amazon MP3 Digital (256 kbps MP3) n/a
Template:Country data World Worldwide February 17, 2009 Todo Mundo 180 gram vinyl LP LP-TODO-002

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