Everything Changes (Julian Lennon album)

2011 studio album by Julian Lennon

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".^[1] 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".^{[2][non-primary source needed]}

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.^[10] The album is his first since 1998's Photograph Smile. The album is set to be released on clear vinyl.^{[11][12][non-primary source needed]}

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.^[13]

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"^[14]

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.^[15][16]

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 – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboards, programming, strings, guitar, bass, drums
• Grant Ransom – keyboards, programming, guitar, bass, drums
• Peter-John Vettese – keyboards, programming, guitar, bass, drums, backing vocals
• Gregory Darling – acoustic piano, keyboards
• Matt Backer – guitar, sitar
• Mark Evans – guitar
• Justin Clayton – guitar, bass on "Beautiful"
• Guy Chambers – guitar, bass on "Never Let You Go"
• Mark Spiro – acoustic guitar on "In Between"
• Guy Pratt – bass
• Vanessa Fraebairn-Smith – cello
• Tim Ellis – backing vocals

"Always"

• Jebin Bruni – acoustic piano, keyboards
• Paul Stanborough – programming
• David J. Carpenter – bass
• Bryan Head – drums
• Vanessa Fraebairn-Smith – cello
• Sonus Quartet – strings

"Someday"

• Julian Lennon – lead and backing vocals
• Steven Tyler – lead and backing vocals
• Mark Spiro – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Jon MacLennan – electric guitar
• Steve Sidelnyk – programming, drums, percussion
• Steve Sidwell – string arrangements
• Vanessa Fraebairn-Smith – cello
• Rob Brophy – viola
• Tereza Stanislave – violin
• Alwyn Wright – violin

References

1. "'Everything Changes' for Julian Lennon in U.S. Release of his First Indie Work". West Deptford, NJ Patch. 9 December 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
2. "Julian | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
3. Thomas, Stephen. "Everything Changes – Julian Lennon : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
4. Gage, Simon (30 September 2011). "CD review – Everything Changes: Julian Lennon (Nova) | Entertainment". Daily Express. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
5. Rhodes, Clint (18 November 2011). "Julian Lennon – 'Everything Changes' – heraldstandard.com: Spinit Weekend". heraldstandard.com. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
6. Wippsson, Johan (6 April 2012). "Julian Lennon – Everything Changes". Melodic (magazine). Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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8. "Album Review: Julian Lennon – Everything Changes | Road Trip Radio". Roadtripradio.wordpress.com. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
9. Perry, Andrew (29 September 2011). "Julian Lennon: Everything Changes, CD review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
10. "Faq – Official Julian Lennon Website". julianlennon.com. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
11. "Julian Lennon – the Official Website". juliannlennon.com. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
12. "Ah Vinyl..." Julian's Official Facebook page. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
13. "Guess It Was Me – Official Julian Lennon Website". julianlennon.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
14. "Everything Changes". iTunes Store.
15. Trakin, Roy. "Julian Lennon Set to Release First Box Set". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
16. "Everything Changes Box Set". Retrieved 8 April 2019.