Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)

Everyday
Studio album by Dave Matthews Band
Released	February 27, 2001
Recorded	November 2000
Studio	Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Rock
Length	51:00
Label	RCA
Producer	Glen Ballard
Dave Matthews Band chronology
Listener Supported (1999) Everyday (2001) The Videos 1994–2001 (2001)
Singles from Everyday
"I Did It" Released: January 3, 2001 "The Space Between" Released: April 16, 2001 "Everyday" Released: November 15, 2001

Everyday is the fourth studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on February 27, 2001.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Now	4/5[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[7]
Spin	5/10[8]
USA Today	[9]

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.^[1]

Commercial performance

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.^[10]

Track listing

All songs by David J. Matthews and Glen Ballard.

1. "I Did It" – 3:36
2. "When the World Ends" – 3:32
3. "The Space Between" – 4:03
4. "Dreams of Our Fathers" – 4:41
5. "So Right" – 4:41
6. "If I Had It All" – 4:03
7. "What You Are" – 4:33
8. "Angel" – 3:58
9. "Fool to Think" – 4:14
10. "Sleep to Dream Her" – 4:25
11. "Mother Father" – 4:24
12. "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
2001	The Billboard 200	1[11]
2001	Top Canadian Albums	1
2001	Top Internet Albums	1
2001	German Albums Chart	97[12]

References

1. "Reviews for Everyday by Dave Matthews Band". Metacritic. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Everyday – Dave Matthews Band". AllMusic. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
3. Browne, David (February 26, 2001). "Everyday". Entertainment Weekly. New York. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
4. Hochman, Steve (February 25, 2001). "A Startling Departure for the Dave Matthews Band". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
5. Hughes, Kim (March 8, 2001). "Dave Matthews Band". Now. Toronto. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
6. Fricke, David (March 15, 2001). "Dave Matthews Band: Everyday". Rolling Stone. New York. Archived from the original on January 5, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
7. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. pp. 519–20. ISBN 0-743-20169-8.
8. Dolan, Jon (April 2001). "United and Conquer". Spin. New York. 17 (4): 153–54. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
9. Gundersen, Edna (February 27, 2001). "Dave Matthews Band's jam jells into more solid sound". USA Today. McLean. Retrieved November 2, 2016. (subscription required (help)).
10. "Gold & Platinum Certification – July 2001". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
11. "Dave Matthews Band - Chart history | Billboard". billboard.com. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
12. "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de. Retrieved 27 April 2014.