Example tweeted that on the plane to Sydney, he planned on writing some songs for a new album and he would be listening to Kasabian's album Velociraptor! for lyrical inspiration. Whilst in Australia for 2 months, the singer planned to write the entire album in the time he spent there.
On 25 July 2012 Example announced via Twitter that the name of the lead single from his fourth album was "Say Nothing" – produced by Dirty South, also revealing it would premiere Monday 30 July 2012 on Capital FM. The track, alongside "Perfect Replacement" (produced by Feed Me), received its live debut on 18–19 August 2012 at the V Festival.
After fans' complaints about the lack of dubstep influence in "Say Nothing", Example responded to a comment on Facebook, saying "wait for the album, I'm not gonna fill the album with the same sounding song, and I'm not gonna keep releasing the same 'dubstep' or 'electro' record".[4]
The promotional video for "Come Taste the Rainbow" premiered on 19 October 2012 on Hunger TV. This was also uploaded later to Example's official YouTube channel.[5]
"Close Enemies", produced by Alex Smith, was released as the second single from the album on 11 November 2012, entering the UK Singles Chart at No. 37.
On 15 November, Greg James at BBC Radio 1 had the exclusive first play of "Perfect Replacement", with Example claiming that he "wanted it to be a single" but that there were "five or six" tracks that could be chosen as the third single. On 24 November, Example confirmed "Perfect Replacement" as the third single. Previous tweets had hinted towards "Queen of Your Dreams" becoming a future single. During a live hangout on Google+, he revealed that he struggles to reach the high notes and so he doesn't perform "Queen of Your Dreams" live.
From 11 February to 1 March 2013, Example and his live band completed their second UK arena tour. He performed six tracks from The Evolution of Man along with songs from his previous two albums Playing in the Shadows and Won't Go Quietly. The band consists of Gleave, Sheldrake, Johnny "Drummachine" and Kaikai (who replaced David Stewart as guitarist). He was supported by Benga on all dates and Micky Slim, Sway, Baller B and P Money on selected dates.
Singles
"Say Nothing" is the album's lead single. It is produced by Dirty South, and was released on 16 September 2012. The single debuted at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.[6]
"Close Enemies" is the second single from the album. It is produced by Alex Smith, and was released on 11 November 2012. The single debuted at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart but debuted at number 7 on the UK Indie and dance.[6]
"Perfect Replacement" is the third and final single from the album. It is produced by Feed Me and was released on 24 February 2013. The single peaked at number 46 on the UK Singles Chart but it peaked at number 7 on the UK Indie chart and number 9 on the UK Dance chart[6]
Reception
The album received mostly mixed to positive reviews from music critics.
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February 28, 2023
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For the 1874 biology book see Ernst Haeckel For the evolutionary process see Human evolution The Evolution of Man is the fourth studio album by English musician Example released on 19 November 2012 through Ministry of Sound The Evolution of ManStudio album by ExampleReleased19 November 2012 2012 11 19 Recorded2012GenreHip hop dance rap 1 rock 2 pop 3 Length54 21LabelMinistry of SoundProducerAlesso Benga Dirty South Feed Me Friction Calvin Harris Zane Lowe Moam Sheldrake Skream Alex Smith Tommy TrashExample chronologyPlaying in the Shadows 2011 The Evolution of Man 2012 Hits 2013 Singles from The Evolution of Man Say Nothing Released 16 September 2012 Close Enemies Released 11 November 2012 Perfect Replacement Released 24 February 2013 Contents 1 Background and development 2 Singles 3 Reception 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 Release history 8 ReferencesBackground and development EditExample tweeted that on the plane to Sydney he planned on writing some songs for a new album and he would be listening to Kasabian s album Velociraptor for lyrical inspiration Whilst in Australia for 2 months the singer planned to write the entire album in the time he spent there On 25 July 2012 Example announced via Twitter that the name of the lead single from his fourth album was Say Nothing produced by Dirty South also revealing it would premiere Monday 30 July 2012 on Capital FM The track alongside Perfect Replacement produced by Feed Me received its live debut on 18 19 August 2012 at the V Festival After fans complaints about the lack of dubstep influence in Say Nothing Example responded to a comment on Facebook saying wait for the album I m not gonna fill the album with the same sounding song and I m not gonna keep releasing the same dubstep or electro record 4 The promotional video for Come Taste the Rainbow premiered on 19 October 2012 on Hunger TV This was also uploaded later to Example s official YouTube channel 5 Close Enemies produced by Alex Smith was released as the second single from the album on 11 November 2012 entering the UK Singles Chart at No 37 On 15 November Greg James at BBC Radio 1 had the exclusive first play of Perfect Replacement with Example claiming that he wanted it to be a single but that there were five or six tracks that could be chosen as the third single On 24 November Example confirmed Perfect Replacement as the third single Previous tweets had hinted towards Queen of Your Dreams becoming a future single During a live hangout on Google he revealed that he struggles to reach the high notes and so he doesn t perform Queen of Your Dreams live From 11 February to 1 March 2013 Example and his live band completed their second UK arena tour He performed six tracks from The Evolution of Man along with songs from his previous two albums Playing in the Shadows and Won t Go Quietly The band consists of Gleave Sheldrake Johnny Drummachine and Kaikai who replaced David Stewart as guitarist He was supported by Benga on all dates and Micky Slim Sway Baller B and P Money on selected dates Singles Edit Say Nothing is the album s lead single It is produced by Dirty South and was released on 16 September 2012 The single debuted at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart 6 Close Enemies is the second single from the album It is produced by Alex Smith and was released on 11 November 2012 The single debuted at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart but debuted at number 7 on the UK Indie and dance 6 Perfect Replacement is the third and final single from the album It is produced by Feed Me and was released on 24 February 2013 The single peaked at number 46 on the UK Singles Chart but it peaked at number 7 on the UK Indie chart and number 9 on the UK Dance chart 6 Reception EditThe album received mostly mixed to positive reviews from music critics Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic65 100Review scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 BBC Music favourable 7 Digital Spy 8 The Guardian 9 The Independent 10 NME 2 SB TV favourable 3 Time Out London 11 Virgin Media 12 Track listing EditNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Come Taste the Rainbow Elliot Gleave Adegbenga AdejumoBenga4 112 Close Enemies Gleave Alex SmithAlex Smith4 223 Perfect Replacement Gleave Jon GoochFeed Me3 284 Crying Out for Help Gleave Thomas OlsenTommy Trash4 135 Queen of Your Dreams Gleave Alessandro LindbladAlesso3 126 Say Nothing Gleave Johnny McDaid Dragan RoganovicDirty South Moam b 3 417 All My Lows Gleave RoganovicDirty South5 508 The Evolution of Man Gleave SmithAlex Smith3 569 One Way Mirror Gleave RoganovicDirty South4 3910 Snakeskin Gleave Andy Sheldrake Ed KeeleySheldrake Friction a 4 2211 Blood from a Stone Gleave Zane LoweZane Lowe4 4912 Are You Sitting Comfortably Gleave Oliver JonesSkream3 3813 We ll Be Coming Back Calvin Harris and Example Gleave Adam Wiles Diane WarrenCalvin Harris3 57 Deluxe edition bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Producer s Length1 Let s Be Fucking Stupid Gleave Ollie Corneer Stefan EngblomDada Life4 032 Someone to Die For with Dillon Francis Gleave Dillon FrancisDillon Francis4 353 Whisper Example vs AN21 amp Max Vangeli Gleave Antoine Josefsson Max VangeliAN21 amp Max Vangeli4 014 Eutopia Fade Away with Laidback Luke Gleave Luke van ScheppingenLaidback Luke4 305 Daydreamer Flux Pavilion featuring Example Gleave Joshua SteeleFlux Pavilion3 516 Say Nothing Hardwell and Dannic remix Gleave McDaid RoganovicDirty South Hardwell c Dannic c 6 127 Close Enemies Joker remix Gleave SmithAlex Smith Joker c 4 078 Close Enemies Dyro remix Gleave SmithAlex Smith Dyro c 4 19 Notes Track listing and credits from album booklet a signifies a co producer b signifies an additional producer c signifies a remixerPersonnel EditElliot Gleave vocalsProduction 13 Adam Calvin Harris Wiles producer mixing 13 Adegbenga Benga Adejumo producer mixing 1 Alessandro Alesso Lindbald producer mixing 5 Alex Smith producer mixing vocal engineer 2 8 Andy Sheldrake producer mixing 10 Antoine AN21 Josefsson producer mixing 16 Dillon Francis producer mixing 15 Dragan Dirty South Roganovic producer mixing 6 7 9 Ed Friction Keeley producer mixing 10 Graham Coxon guitars 4 6 10 Johnny McDaid writer backing vocals 6 Jon Feed Me Gooch producer mixing mastering guitars keyboards 3 Jon Moon vocal engineer Joshua Flux Pavilion Steele producer mixing 18 Luke van Scheppingen producer mixing 17 Max Vangeli producer mixing 16 Mike Marsh mastering Morten Moam Hampenberg additional production Oliver Skream Jones producer mixing 12 Ollie Corneer producer mixing 14 Phil Faversham mixing programming additional production mastering Shawn Neon Stereo Mohammadi vocal engineer Simon Davey mastering Stefan Engblom producer mixing 14 Thomas Tommy Trash Olsen producer mixing 4 Tom Goss guitars Wez Clarke drums programming vocal producer mastering Zane Lowe producer mixing 11 Additional personnel Alex Jenkins artworkCharts EditWeekly charts Edit Weekly chart performance for The Evolution of Man Chart 2012 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 14 40Irish Albums IRMA 15 34Scottish Albums OCC 16 14UK Albums OCC 17 13UK Dance Albums OCC 18 1UK Independent Albums OCC 19 1 Year end charts Edit Year end chart performance for The Evolution of Man Chart 2012 PositionUK Albums OCC 20 162Release history EditRegion Date Format LabelUK citation needed 19 November 2012 Digital download CD Ministry of SoundVarious citation needed 27 November 2012References Edit a b Jeffries David The Evolution of Man Rovi Corporation Retrieved 26 May 2013 a b NME Album Reviews Example The Evolution of Man NME COM NME 16 November 2012 a b Example The Evolution of Man Album Review SB TV The UK s leading online youth broadcaster SB TV 14 November 2012 Archived from the original on 20 January 2013 Retrieved 25 November 2012 My next single Facebook 30 July 2012 HUNGER TV EXAMPLE COME TASTE THE RAINBOW YouTube YouTube 19 October 2012 a b c EXAMPLE Artist Official Charts Official Charts Retrieved 24 February 2013 BBC Music Review of Example The Evolution of Man BBC 12 November 2012 Example The Evolution of Man Album review Music Album Review Digital Spy Digital Spy 23 November 2012 Example The Evolution of Man review The Guardian 15 November 2012 Album Example The Evolution of Man Ministry of Sound Reviews Music The Independent The Independent 24 November 2012 Archived from the original on 18 June 2022 Example The Evolution of Man album review Buy The Evolution of Man album Time Out Music Time Out London Example The Evolution of Man Album Review Reviews Music Virgin Media Virgin Media The Evolution of Man Example AllMusic Retrieved 1 November 2013 Australiancharts com Example The Evolution of Man Hung Medien Retrieved 28 November 2021 Irish charts com Discography Example Hung Medien Retrieved 28 November 2021 Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 28 November 2021 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved 28 November 2021 Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Retrieved 28 November 2021 Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company Retrieved 28 November 2021 End of Year 2012 PDF UKChartsPlus Retrieved 28 November 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Evolution of Man amp oldid 1093786309, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
