Real Life (Evermore album)
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For the Simple Minds Album see Real Life (Simple Minds album)
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Real Life is the second studio album by Evermore, released on 8 July 2006. The album debuted on the ARIA charts
at number five and on the RIANZ
charts at number two. The album reached double-platinum certification
in Australia. Four singles were released from the album – "Running
", "Light Surrounding You
", "Unbreakable
" and "Never Let You Go
".
home studio in New South Wales
, Australia
. This time around, all three brothers had an input on the songwriting with everyone working on their songs individually before bringing them together for the final polish. The band wrote a lot of songs with Dann writing over one hundred songs.
After two months, the band flew to Easton, Maryland
in the United States
where they met up with engineer John Alagía
who the band worked with on Dreams
. The band chose to work with John Alagía because they knew he would let them get on with the job. "To be honest, we did nearly all of it without him," says Jon. "We basically worked with him because we had to - the record company wouldn't allow us to do it all ourselves."
After some preproduction work, the band headed to Massachusetts
where in keeping true to their rural roots recorded at Longview Farm, the oldest recording studio still operating in the US and where artists such as Jimi Hendrix
, The Rolling Stones
and Aerosmith
have recorded. The album was also recorded at The Village Recording Studios
in Los Angeles
and was mixed by Grammy Award
winning engineer Tom Lord-Alge in Miami
.
reviewer Michael Dwyer described Real Life as "a roller-coaster of intense gestures and hollow sentiments", criticising the album's "overwrought drama" and lack of restraint. Bernard Zuel of the Sydney Morning Herald said the album showed a lack of ambition, and said the most disappointing thing about it was not that it failed, but that "you suspect this is exactly what it was meant to sound like". He complained about the lack of excitement on the album, compared to Dreams.
Singles
Real Life (Simple Minds album)
Real Life is the ninth studio album by Simple Minds, released in April 1991. The first album without Michael MacNeil, the album reached #2 in the UK, but failed to chart in the United States, despite hitting the Top 40 with "See the Lights", which also reached #1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks...
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Real Life is the second studio album by Evermore, released on 8 July 2006. The album debuted on the ARIA charts
ARIA Charts
The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...
at number five and on the RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand
The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...
charts at number two. The album reached double-platinum certification
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
in Australia. Four singles were released from the album – "Running
Running (Evermore song)
"Running" is the first single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album Real Life.-Track listing:-Music video:The video contains the band exploring different countries and cities around the world like Hong Kong, Sydney, London and Egypt...
", "Light Surrounding You
Light Surrounding You
"Light Surrounding You" is the second single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album Real Life. It was written by Dann Hume, the drummer....
", "Unbreakable
Unbreakable (Evermore song)
"Unbreakable" is the third single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album Real Life. The single was released as the Unbreakable Live EP....
" and "Never Let You Go
Never Let You Go (Evermore song)
"Never Let You Go" is the fourth single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album Real Life. The radio mix for the single clocks at 4:10.-Track listing:-Video:...
".
Production
The band wrote and recorded demos for the album at their Central CoastCentral Coast, New South Wales
The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie....
home studio in New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. This time around, all three brothers had an input on the songwriting with everyone working on their songs individually before bringing them together for the final polish. The band wrote a lot of songs with Dann writing over one hundred songs.
After two months, the band flew to Easton, Maryland
Easton, Maryland
Easton, founded 1710, is a town within the Easton District of Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 11,708 at the 2000 census, and 14,677 according to current July 2008 census estimates. It is the county seat of Talbot County. The primary ZIP Code is 21601, and the...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
where they met up with engineer John Alagía
John Alagía
John Alagía is an accomplished music producer. He is best known for his work with the Dave Matthews Band and John Mayer. Alagia is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and a graduate of Georgetown University...
who the band worked with on Dreams
Dreams (Evermore album)
Dreams is the debut album by Evermore, released on 27 September 2004 in Australia, 8 October 2004 in New Zealand and 23 May 2006 in the US. The album peaked at #15 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and received Platinum accreditation in 2005...
. The band chose to work with John Alagía because they knew he would let them get on with the job. "To be honest, we did nearly all of it without him," says Jon. "We basically worked with him because we had to - the record company wouldn't allow us to do it all ourselves."
After some preproduction work, the band headed to Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
where in keeping true to their rural roots recorded at Longview Farm, the oldest recording studio still operating in the US and where artists such as Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
and Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
have recorded. The album was also recorded at The Village Recording Studios
The Village (studio)
The Village is a famous recording studio in Los Angeles, California.Since the 1960s, The Village has been the home to recordings by artists such as Aerosmith, The Allman Brothers, The Beach Boys, Mariah Carey, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello, The Doors, Bob...
in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
and was mixed by Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winning engineer Tom Lord-Alge in Miami
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
.
Reception
The AgeThe Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
reviewer Michael Dwyer described Real Life as "a roller-coaster of intense gestures and hollow sentiments", criticising the album's "overwrought drama" and lack of restraint. Bernard Zuel of the Sydney Morning Herald said the album showed a lack of ambition, and said the most disappointing thing about it was not that it failed, but that "you suspect this is exactly what it was meant to sound like". He complained about the lack of excitement on the album, compared to Dreams.
Track listing
Chart statistics
Album| Year | Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Australian ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... chart |
5 |
| 2006 | New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... chart |
2 |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| 2006 | "Running Running (Evermore song) "Running" is the first single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album Real Life.-Track listing:-Music video:The video contains the band exploring different countries and cities around the world like Hong Kong, Sydney, London and Egypt... " |
5 | 4 |
| 2006 | "Light Surrounding You Light Surrounding You "Light Surrounding You" is the second single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album Real Life. It was written by Dann Hume, the drummer.... " |
1 | 15 |
| 2007 | "Unbreakable Unbreakable (Evermore song) "Unbreakable" is the third single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album Real Life. The single was released as the Unbreakable Live EP.... " |
63 | 28 |
| 2007 | "Never Let You Go Never Let You Go (Evermore song) "Never Let You Go" is the fourth single by Evermore, taken from their second studio album Real Life. The radio mix for the single clocks at 4:10.-Track listing:-Video:... " |
29 | 39 |
Personnel
- Jon HumeJon HumeJon Daniel Hume is the eldest of the three brothers who make up the alternative rock band, Evermore.Although Jon was born in Australia, after his family's move to New Zealand, his brothers, Peter and Dann were born in Feilding...
– vocals, guitar - Peter HumePeter Hume (musician)Peter Elisha Hume is a musician from Whangaparaoa, New Zealand. He is a member of the alternative rock band Evermore, performing with his elder brother, Jon Hume and younger brother, Dann Hume. Peter plays the bass guitar and keyboards and is a songwriter. Songs that he has written and sung...
– vocals, piano, keyboards, bass guitar - Dann HumeDann HumeDann Hume is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. Hume, is the youngest of three brothers who make up the alternative rock band, Evermore since 1999...
– vocals, drums
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
8 July 2006 | Warner Warner Music Australasia Warner Music Australasia is the Australian division of the Warner Music Group. The company's operations also include distribution to New Zealand.-History:In 1969, Warner Bros... |
CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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