Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
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Cover to the Compact Disc, digital, and vinyl versions of the album
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| Studio album by David Byrne and Brian Eno | ||||
| Released | 04:00:00, August 18, 2008 (UTC) | |||
| Recorded | Demoed by Eno in his London home studio through 2006, finished by Byrne and Leo Abrahams in their New York City and London home studios through 2008; additional instrumentation recorded at Cafe Music Studios and at Harder Sound in New York City. | |||
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| Length | 47:16 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Todo Mundo | |||
| Producer | David Byrne and Brian Eno, additional production by Leo Abrahams | |||
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| Singles from Everything That Happens Will Happen Today | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 (24 reviews) |
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| Source | Rating |
| The A.V. Club | B+ |
| AllMusic |    |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− |
| Paste | 75/100 |
| Pitchfork Media | 7.6/10 |
| PopMatters | 8/10 |
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Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is the second album made in collaboration between David Byrne and Brian Eno, released on August 18, 2008, by Todo Mundo. The album explores themes of humanity versus technology and optimism in spite of bleak circumstance through the blending of electronic and gospel music. Critical reception was largely positive and the album received awards for both the musical content as well as the packaging and technical production.
This album is the first joint effort between the two musicians since 1981's My Life in the Bush of Ghosts and Eno's work producing and co-writing with Talking Heads. Byrne and Eno worked on the tracks in their home studios throughout 2007 and early 2008 and sent digital copies of the recordings to one another over e-mail. The single "Strange Overtones" was released for free to promote the album and Byrne toured through 2008 and 2009, performing songs from this release as well as the duo's previous collaborations. This tour was later documented with the live extended play Everything That Happens Will Happen on This Tour – David Byrne on Tour: Songs of David Byrne and Brian Eno and the concert film Ride, Rise, Roar.
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today was released with a marketing strategy that involved Byrne creating the vanity label Todo Mundo and hiring Internet startup company Topspin Media to promote the album online using word-of-mouth and Internet sales to market the music. Several formats were created to allow users to have options on how to listen to the music—from free streaming audio to a deluxe package housed in a tin.
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