= (album)

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Ed Sheeran - Equals.png
Studio album by
Ed Sheeran
Released29 October 2021 (2021-10-29)
Recorded2017–2021
Genre
Length48:23
Label
Producer
Ed Sheeran chronology
No.6 Collaborations Project
(2019) 		=
(2021)
Singles from =
  1. "Bad Habits"
    Released: 25 June 2021
  2. "Shivers"
    Released: 10 September 2021
  3. "Overpass Graffiti"
    Released: 29 October 2021
  4. "The Joker and the Queen"
    Released: 11 February 2022

= ("equals") is the fifth studio album[2][3] by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, released on 29 October 2021 by Asylum and Atlantic Records.[4] The album was supported by four singles "Bad Habits", "Shivers", "Overpass Graffiti", and "The Joker and the Queen", and one promotional single, "Visiting Hours".

Upon release, = received mixed reviews from music critics, who appreciated Sheeran's emerging sonic experimentation but criticised its production nevertheless. The album reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The Christmas edition of the album was released on 3 December 2021. It contains a sole guest appearance from fellow English singer-songwriter Elton John on the song "Merry Christmas", while the standard edition does not have any guest appearances.

Background[]

On 18 August 2021, Sheeran said there would be a "big announcement" the following day.[5] On 19 August, he announced the album and its release date of 29 October on his social media accounts.[6] He described the album as his "coming-of-age" record.[7] To him, the album was a "really personal record and one that means a lot to me", citing changes in his life, including marriage, the birth of his daughter and experienced losses.[8] The promotional single "Visiting Hours" was released alongside the announcement.[9]

In an interview with Capital FM on 27 June 2021, Sheeran also stated that he would like to see the songs he made for the film Yesterday appear on a repackaged version of the album before he goes on tour for the record.[10]

Singles[]

"Bad Habits" was released on 25 June 2021 as the album's lead single.[11] "Bad Habits" reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.[12]

"Shivers" was released on 10 September 2021 as the album's second single.[13] "Shivers" reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.[14]

"Overpass Graffiti" was released alongside the album on 29 October 2021 as the third single.[15][16] "Overpass Graffiti" reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart, and number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sheeran performed the song for NPR's Tiny Desk Concert series on 26 October.[17]

A remix of "The Joker and the Queen" featuring Taylor Swift was released as the album's fourth single on 11 February 2022.[18][19]

Promotional singles[]

"Visiting Hours" was released on 19 August 2021 as the sole promotional single.[20]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?5.5/10[21]
Metacritic59/100[22]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[23]
Clash6/10[24]
Evening Standard[25]
The Guardian[26]
The Independent[27]
NME[28]
Pitchfork3.6/10[29]
Rolling Stone[30]
The Telegraph[31]
The Times[1]

= received mixed reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[22]

Entertainment Weekly listed it among their three worst albums of 2021, calling it the "cringiest pop album" of the year.[32] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "Sheeran's melodies are soft yet insistent, and the production glistens with fair borrowed from younger, hipper artists who mine a similar blend of retro new wave and modern R&B, but he knows how to turn this stylish sound into something cozy and reassuring, which therefore "is the surest sign that Ed Sheeran has indeed grown up: he's not chasing trends, he's making music for people who have aged out of the clubs but have yet to wallow in nostalgia".[23] Writing for Clash, Robin Murray rated the album 6 out of 10, explaining that the album "follows his mathematically minded opening trilogy, and it puts you in mind of completion, resolution, and conclusion. The album itself, however, offers little in the way of those things, thriving instead on a series of dichotomies – between the everyman and the star, the guitarist and the producer, between the humble pop savant and the brash stadium-filling star".[24] David Smyth from Evening Standard wrote that "although there are a few quiet songs among the 14 here, and more than a few lyrics about the humble joy of staying home with his wife Cherry and their one-year-old daughter Lyra, this is no Taylor Swift-style slice of lockdown restraint".[25]

Commercial performance[]

= debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, selling 139,000 units in its first week, outperforming the rest of the week’s Top 30 combined. It scored the 3rd biggest opening week for an album of 2021 in the UK and the 2nd fastest selling album of 2021, behind Adele's 30.[33] It later became the second best-selling album of 2021 in the UK with 432,000 sales.[34]

The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 chart, becoming Sheeran’s fourth chart-topping album in the United States. It opened with 118,000 album-equivalent units, of which 68,000 were pure sales.[35]

Track listing[]

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Tides"
  • Sheeran
  • Vance
  • Joe Rubel
  • McDaid
3:15
2."Shivers"
3:27
3."First Times"
  • Sheeran
  • Fred
3:05
4."Bad Habits"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
  • Parisi[a]
3:51
5."Overpass Graffiti"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
3:56
6."The Joker and the Queen"
3:05
7."Leave Your Life"Sheeran
  • Sheeran
  • Elvira Anderfjärd
3:43
8."Collide"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
  • Benji Gibson[a]
3:30
9."2step"
  • Bell
  • Watt
2:33
10."Stop the Rain"Sheeran
  • Sheeran
  • Rubel
  • Fred
3:23
11."Love in Slow Motion"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
  • Rubel[a]
3:10
12."Visiting Hours"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Parisi[a]
3:35
13."Sandman"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
4:19
14."Be Right Now"
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
  • Parisi[a]
3:31
Total length:48:23
Christmas edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Merry Christmas" (with Elton John)
  • Sheeran
  • John
  • Mac
Mac3:28
Total length:51:51
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Afterglow"
  • Sheeran
  • Hodges
  • Fred
  • Sheeran
  • Hodges
  • Parisi
3:05
Total length:54:56
Digital fan deluxe limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Overpass Graffiti" (NPR Tiny Desk version)
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Fred
4:01
16."Shivers" (NPR Tiny Desk version)
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Lavelle
  • Mac
3:51
17."Visiting Hours" (NPR Tiny Desk version)
  • Sheeran
  • McDaid
  • Wadge
  • Clemons
  • Smith
  • Pollack
  • Carter
3:49
Total length:60:04

Note

  • ^[a] indicates an additional producer.

Personnel[]

Musicians

  • Ed Sheeran – vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (1, 4–6, 8, 10, 11, 14), bass (1, 10, 11), boy soprano, drums (1); guitar (1, 2, 9), pizzicato violin (2), acoustic guitar (4, 5, 11, 12), percussion (4, 11), keyboards (10), ukulele (13)
  • Foy Vance – piano (1, 10), backing vocals, guitar (1)
  • Joe Rubel – drum programming, guitar (1, 10); programming (1, 10, 11); bass, guitar, piano (1); additional programming (2), strings programming (3, 6), keyboards (10, 11), acoustic guitar, percussion (11)
  • Johnny McDaid – piano (1, 11–13), guitar (2), acoustic guitar (4, 11, 14), backing vocals (5, 8, 11, 12, 14), bass (5, 8, 12), electric guitar (5, 8, 12, 14), keyboards (5, 8, 11–13), programming (5, 11–13), percussion (8), drums (11), glockenspiel, marimba (13)
  • Matt Glasbey – programming (1, 10)
  • Fred – bass (2–8, 10, 14), drums (2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14), guitar (2, 4), keyboards (2, 4–8, 10, 14), programming (2, 4, 5, 14), piano (3, 4, 7, 11), backing vocals (4, 5, 8, 10, 11), acoustic guitar (5), string arrangement (6)
  • Chris Laws – drums, programming (2)
  • Steve Mac – keyboards (2)
  • Parisi – additional strings (3)
  • Ashok Klouda – cello (3, 6)
  • Tim Lowe – cello (3, 6)
  • Victoria Harrild – cello (3, 6)
  • Leon Bosch – double bass (3, 6)
  • Matthew Sheeran – string arrangement (3, 6), programming (6)
  • Eoin Schmidt-Martin – viola (3)
  • Laurie Anderson – viola (3)
  • Rebecca Lowe – viola (3)
  • Gary Pomeroy – viola (3)
  • Meghan Cassidy – viola (3)
  • Ann Bielby – viola (3)
  • Kirsty Mangan – violin (3)
  • Kathy Gowers – violin (3)
  • Thomas Gould – violin (3)
  • Michael Jones – violin (3)
  • Marije Johnston – violin (3)
  • Jan Regulski – violin (3)
  • Anna Blackmur – violin (3)
  • Antonia Kesel – violin (3)
  • Beatrix Lovejoy – violin (3)
  • Warren Zielinksi – violin (3)
  • Samantha Wickramasinghe – violin (3)
  • Ciaran McCabe – violin (3)
  • Matthew Denton – violin (3)
  • Martyn Jackson – violin (3)
  • Iain Archer – slide guitar (4)
  • Hal Ritson – additional vocals, additional programming, bass, keyboards (5); programming (8)
  • Richard Adlam – additional programming, percussion (8)
  • Louise Clare Marshall – additional vocals (5)
  • Sam Roman – guitar, piano (6)
  • Elvira Anderfjärd – backing vocals, bass, drums, keyboards, programming (7)
  • Graham Archer – backing vocals (8)
  • Will Reynolds – backing vocals (8), keyboards (8, 11, 12) acoustic guitar (11), programming (11, 12), electric guitar (12)
  • Benjy – drums (8)
  • Louis Bell – drums, keyboards, programming (9)
  • Andrew Watt – guitar, keyboards, programming (9)
  • Giampaolo Parisi – drums (11), programming (11, 14), sound effects (14)
  • Marco Parisi – keyboards, piano (11, 12); horn (12), strings (14)
  • Aine McDaid – backing vocals (12), flute (13)
  • Jimmy Barnes – backing vocals (12)
  • Jimmy Carr – backing vocals (12)
  • Josh McDaid – backing vocals (12)
  • Kylie Minogue – backing vocals (12)
  • Maev McDaid – backing vocals (12), harp (13)
  • Pauline McDaid – backing vocals (12)
  • Jack Parisi – programming (12)
  • Michael Peter Olsen – cello (13)
  • Owen Pallett – string arrangement, viola, violin (13)

Technical

  • Ed Sheeran – executive production
  • Johnny McDaid – executive production, engineering (2, 4–6, 8, 11–14)
  • Fred – executive production, engineering (4–8, 11, 14)
  • Stuart Hawkes – mastering
  • Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing
  • Joe Rubel – engineering (1, 2, 10, 11), recording (2), string engineering (3, 6)
  • Matt Glasbey – engineering (1, 3, 6, 10, 11)
  • Robert Sellens – engineering (1, 10, 11)
  • Chris Laws – engineering, recording (2)
  • Dan Pursey – engineering, recording, vocal production (2)
  • Graham Archer – engineering (2, 4–8, 10–14), vocal production (2–6, 8, 10–14)
  • Paul LaMalfa – engineering (9)
  • Aine McDaid – recording (13)
  • Kylie Minogue – vocal engineering, additional vocal recording (12)
  • Steve Mac – vocal production (2)
  • Matt Wolach – mixing assistance
  • Kieran Beardmore – mixing assistance (1–3, 5–14)
  • Charlie Holmes – mixing assistance (1–3, 5–14)
  • Camden Clarke – engineering assistance (1, 10, 11)
  • Marta Di Nozzi – engineering assistance (3, 6)
  • Neil Dawes – engineering assistance (3, 6)
  • Will Reynolds – engineering assistance (4–6, 8, 11–13)
  • Hal Ritson – additional engineering (5)
  • Kevin Shirley – additional vocal engineering (12)

Charts[]

Certifications[]

Certifications for =
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[81] Gold 7,500double-dagger
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[82] Gold 20,000double-dagger
Canada (Music Canada)[83] Platinum 80,000double-dagger
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[84] Gold 10,000double-dagger
France (SNEP)[85] Platinum 100,000double-dagger
Germany (BVMI)[86] Gold 100,000double-dagger
Italy (FIMI)[87] Gold 25,000double-dagger
New Zealand (RMNZ)[88] Gold 7,500double-dagger
United Kingdom (BPI)[89] Platinum 300,000double-dagger

double-dagger Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history[]

Release history and formats for =
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Various 29 October 2021

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