Everyday is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Dave Matthews Band. It was released on February 27, 2001, through RCA Records. It is the band's first album to be produced by Glen Ballard, who also co-wrote all twelve of the album's songs with guitarist and vocalist Dave Matthews. The album marked a shift in the band's sound, prominently featuring electric guitar and concise pop arrangements.
Everyday was a commercial success, becoming the band's second number one album in the US. Three singles were released ("I Did It", "The Space Between", and "Everyday"), with "The Space Between" becoming the band's first top 40 hit in the US. Reviews were mixed; some critics disliked the band's change in sound while others welcomed the more accessible material.
Background
In the summer of 2000, the band began sessions with longtime producer Steve Lillywhite for a new album. However, the dark nature of the recordings combined with a feeling of stagnation by the band members led to the sessions being abandoned. Matthews instead flew to Los Angeles to meet with Ballard with the intention of finishing the new material. Instead, Matthews and Ballard began a productive writing partnership that resulted in an album's worth of new songs in less than two weeks. This material ended up being included on Everyday instead, while most of the songs originally recorded with Lillywhite were re-recorded for Busted Stuff in 2002.
Release and reception
Critical reception
Everyday received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 16 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". The album has since been certified 3× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales exceeding 3,000,000 copies. It also became the band's first number one album in Canada.
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Year-end charts
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!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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! scope="row"| US Billboard 200
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! scope="row"| Worldwide Albums (IFPI)
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! scope="col"| Chart (2002)
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!scope="row"|Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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!scope="row"|Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)
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! scope="row"| US Billboard 200
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Decade-end charts
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!scope="row"| US Billboard 200
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