Everything Changes (Julian Lennon album)

Lennon has described the material as "a bit more free-flowing than [his] previous work", calling it his "favourite album so far". 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".[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Express	[3]
Herald Standard	Favorable[4]
Melodic	[5]
Record Collector	[6]
Road Trip Radio	[7]
The Telegraph	[8]

Everything Changes was released on 2 October 2011 on CD by Nova Sales & Distribution (UK) and Conehead; and only saw a UK/Ireland release.[9] The album is his first since 1998's Photograph Smile. The album is set to be released on clear vinyl.[10][11]

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.[12]

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"[13]

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.[14][15]

Notes

• "Beautiful" was previously released on Lennon's "Lucy" single in 2009.
• "Someday" and "In Between" (Produced by Julian Lennon & Mark Spiro, Engineered & 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.

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