Evering Road
2021 studio album by Tom Grennan
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Evering Road is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, released on 12 March 2021 through Insanity Records. It was supported by the singles "This Is the Place" and "Little Bit of Love", while the deluxe edition includes the single "Let's Go Home Together" with Ella Henderson. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Grennan's first chart-topping effort.
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| Released | 12 March 2021 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop[1] | |||
| Length | 46:00 | |||
| Label | Insanity | |||
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| Singles from Evering Road (Deluxe/Special Edition) | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Belfast Telegraph | 7/10[3] |
| Clash | 8/10[4] |
| Evening Standard |   [5] |
| Gigwise | [6] |
| i | [7] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7/10[8] |
| NME | [1] |
A special edition of the album was released on 3 September 2021 featuring five additional songs. The tracks are re-ordered on the digital edition of the album, but the original order is retained on the CD, with the five new songs added at the end, and the 21 tracks spread over two discs.
Background
The title is the name of a street in Hackney, London where Grennan lived with an ex-girlfriend, and the album was partially inspired by their breakup.[5][3]
Critical reception
David Smyth of the Evening Standard compared Grennan to Lewis Capaldi, positing that the album could be "an attempt to jump ahead [of Capaldi] again" with the bombast of its production (including "stirring violins, gospel choirs and grand flourishes") and Grennan's hoarse voice.[5] Reviewing the album for NME, El Hunt called the album an improvement over Lighting Matches with some "surprising [...] experimental moments" but primarily "nondescript" and "middle of the road", with Hunt wishing that Grennan pushed his sound further.[1]
Writing for British newspaper i, Kate Solomon felt that "Grennan is very good at the contemplative verse-anthemic chorus-contemplative middle-eight structure that lends itself to V Festival sets and his gravelly voice is strong and likeable", but criticised Grennan for having an "aggressive self-interest" on the album and "repeatedly ask[ing] others to make allowances for him" in its lyrics, deeming it "totally devoid of empathy".[7]
Commercial performance
Evering Road debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart dated 19 March 2021, with 17,000 chart sales, 73% of which came from physical copies.[9]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "If Only" |
| Dan Grech-Marguerat | 3:30 |
| 2. | "Something Better" |
| Lostboy | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Little Bit of Love" |
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| 3:46 |
| 4. | "Amen" |
| 2:59 | |
| 5. | "It Hurts" |
| Eliot | 3:48 |
| 6. | "Never Be a Right Time" |
| Mark Ralph | 3:04 |
| 7. | "This Is the Place" |
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| 3:05 |
| 8. | "Sweeter Then" |
| Grech-Marguerat | 3:24 |
| 9. | "Make My Mind Up" |
| Lattimer | 3:17 |
| 10. | "Second Time" |
| Grech-Marguerat | 3:13 |
| 11. | "You Matter to Me" |
| Green | 3:13 |
| 12. | "Oh Please" |
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| 3:40 |
| 13. | "I Don't Need a Reason" |
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| 2:52 |
| 14. | "Love Has Different Ways to Say Goodbye" |
| Hogarth | 3:06 |
| Total length: | 46:00 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15. | "Let's Go Home Together" (with Ella Henderson) | TMS | 3:28 | |
| 16. | "Long Live You and I" |
| The Six | 2:45 |
| Total length: | 52:13 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Break the Heart" |
| TMS | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Little Bit of Love" |
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| 3:46 |
| 3. | "If Only" |
| Grech-Marguerat | 3:30 |
| 4. | "It Hurts" |
| Eliot | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Let's Go Home Together" (with Ella Henderson) |
| TMS | 3:28 |
| 6. | "This Is the Place" |
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| 3:05 |
| 7. | "Never Be a Right Time" |
| Ralph | 3:04 |
| 8. | "Sweeter Then" |
| Grech-Marguerat | 3:24 |
| 9. | "Make My Mind Up" |
| Lattimer | 3:17 |
| 10. | "By Your Side" (Calvin Harris featuring Tom Grennan) | Harris | 3:11 | |
| 11. | "Something Better" |
| Lostboy | 3:03 |
| 12. | "You Matter to Me" |
| Green | 3:13 |
| 13. | "Second Time" |
| Grech-Marguerat | 3:13 |
| 14. | "Oh Please" |
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| 3:40 |
| 15. | "I Don't Need a Reason" |
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| 2:52 |
| 16. | "Amen" |
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| 2:59 |
| 17. | "Love Has Different Ways to Say Goodbye" |
| Hogarth | 3:06 |
| 18. | "Long Live You and I" |
| The Six | 2:45 |
| 19. | "People Always Meant to Be" |
| Thomas | 3:56 |
| 20. | "Being Angry" |
| Green | 2:51 |
| 21. | "Little Bit of Love" (Live from Abbey Road) |
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| 3:41 |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Gold | 100,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||