Everyday
by Dave Matthews Band
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Feb 27, 2001
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 56 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 56
  3. Negative: 4 out of 56

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  1. John
    Oct 4, 2001
    6
    Everyday has its catchy songs, but this is not one of the best DMB records. I don't understand why Dave felt he needed to go to Glen and change the sound of the band. Gone are the long solos that we as DMB fans are accustomed to. I really believe Lillywhite sessions would have been their best album if they had released it. That is a true Dave Matthews Band record. I will continue to Everyday has its catchy songs, but this is not one of the best DMB records. I don't understand why Dave felt he needed to go to Glen and change the sound of the band. Gone are the long solos that we as DMB fans are accustomed to. I really believe Lillywhite sessions would have been their best album if they had released it. That is a true Dave Matthews Band record. I will continue to buy their CD's...i just hope they go back to their original, rocking sound. None of this pop stuff. They don't need more fans. But I'm glad they came out with Everyday. some of the songs are going to be DMB classics. But their old stuff is by far much better. I hope their next CD is like another Lillywhite Sessions. See you later Glen Ballard...go back to your pop bands. … Expand
  2. BobM
    Jul 23, 2001
    5
    I'm disappointed to think the album that was to be released (with songs such as "Bartender", "Diggin' a Ditch") was passed over for "Everyday". At least he plays some of the unreleased songs in concert>
  3. JuvenalF.
    Aug 27, 2001
    6
    I'm disapointed.Dave Matthews is going where the other pop artists are.He had is placesound and he is losing it with "Everyday".DMB its not a pop band,they invented a new sound and now they are a common pop band.Still the cd has some good songs
  4. AmyR.
    Aug 7, 2001
    6
    I don't blame Glen Ballard for this music, he did what he was told: make upbeat pop tunes. I blame BMG and other collaborators for discouraging the music that came from the gut of Dave Matthews in the unreleased album. Fans were robbed of what could've been the bands' best album.
  5. NobleT.
    Jan 30, 2002
    6
    Since I love the band, I have to be honest. I am highly disappointed and prefer to listen to Crash and the others. The way that their music was in the past was something original and great. Please don't settle for this. And although I will continue to listen to and buy DMB music, I would much rather have the jam sessions that I have grown to want, know and LOVE.
  6. J.Lane
    Oct 19, 2001
    6
    Although this album has its future classics, i am mostly disappointed in this album. I do not understand why they did not release Lillywhite Sessions, which in my opinion, would have been the best DMB album yet. I feel bad that Dave went to Glen Ballard. That moron messed up the whole rocking sound of DMB that we as fans have come to love. No long solos or anything like it . they Although this album has its future classics, i am mostly disappointed in this album. I do not understand why they did not release Lillywhite Sessions, which in my opinion, would have been the best DMB album yet. I feel bad that Dave went to Glen Ballard. That moron messed up the whole rocking sound of DMB that we as fans have come to love. No long solos or anything like it . they didn't need more fans, especially teenie boppers that don't realize how talented they are. Go back to the original sound that made them famous and get rid of that Ballard jerk...let him go back to the pop bands that sellout to mainstream rock and pop. i will continue to buy DMB albums, i just hope they go back to their original sound.… Expand
  7. KateK.
    Oct 23, 2001
    6
    I love DMB, but this album doesn't show the heart and spirit that made the band famous. It's far too controlled and formulated.
  8. AshleyK.
    Jul 9, 2001
    6
    I'm a dedicated Dave fan so I would never say that I hate any of his music, but I would much rather listen to his old stuff then Everyday. Everyday is soo different from anything the band ever did. I think Ballard forced them into making a more mature album and it doesn't appeal to DMB's true fans who enjoy the 20 minute long jam sessions =)
  9. AnhV.
    Oct 11, 2005
    5
    I'm a big DMB fan, but when I listened to this album for the first time, I was deeply dissappointed. It just lacks their usual intensity, density and complexity, etc. Ballard's arrangements obviously don't work that well for the DMB sound.
  10. Kkoller
    Jul 15, 2013
    6
    The Dave Matthews Band proved themselves with their first album, "Under the Table and Dreaming" by combining violins, acoustic/electric guitars, and saxophones to create great hits such as "Satellite," "What Would You Say," "The Best of What's Around," and what the band calls their anthem "Ants Marching" where the album gets its name from. Since then they continued to show theirThe Dave Matthews Band proved themselves with their first album, "Under the Table and Dreaming" by combining violins, acoustic/electric guitars, and saxophones to create great hits such as "Satellite," "What Would You Say," "The Best of What's Around," and what the band calls their anthem "Ants Marching" where the album gets its name from. Since then they continued to show their professionalism though 1996's "Crash," and 1998's "Before These Crowded Streets." In 2001, they created "Everyday," an album that changes it up a little bit. With the addition of a girl vocal group, Dave Matthews adds variety to the album that, unfortunately, does not work for the most part.

    The musical variety is still in tact though some of the songs seem out of place for the Dave Matthews Band. Songs like "I Did It," "Dreams of Our Fathers," and "Mother Father" do not fit into what we usually expect from DMB. The songs, while upbeat for the most part, have a different vibe that does not give the band justice. It seems like the band lost what made "Under the Table and Dreaming" a fantastic album. While the albums before "Everyday" seem to lose some of it (except for "Crash"), this album tries a new path that does not do the band justice.

    There are some fantastic standouts in this album though. The third song entitled "The Space Between" is one of Dave's best songs to date. The song starts with Dave and just an electric rhythm that quickly elevates to a beautiful assortment of instruments that works so incredibly well. The moral of the song is absolutely amazing and interesting while amplified even more thanks to the beautiful work by the band. "When the World Ends" is also another standout. Dave really tries to show his audience two sides of his voice. The slow acoustic with a violin in the background is backed up by a soft voice by the singer and then everything changes when the band comes in full. His voice becomes darker, almost echoes, and talks about the end of the world. All in all, it is a great song.

    The song "Everyday," which also shares the album title, is where the vocal group can be a problem for some. While the song itself is great, the addition of the vocal groups does not fit. Instead of hearing Dave's great voice, everyone's vocals are pushed together that makes the song too much for the listener to handle.

    Is "Everyday" one of Dave Matthews' best albums? No but it is not an album that you should overlook. This album still has three to four songs that will stick with the band for the rest of their careers especially "The Space Between" which is a masterpiece by definition. Some of the changes do not work in this album which is a shame but it just tells us that Dave Matthews found something special back in 1994 and should not change what works. "Everyday" was a test subject and, unfortunately, did not work out for the most part.

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67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    A bumpy ride that finds [producer Glen] Ballard attempting to rein in Matthews' self-indulgent tendencies, with varying degrees of success, to ditch his jam-band image for a sleeker sound.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    60
    And though the smarter songs (the more personal "If I Had It All," the easygoing "Fool to Think") benefit from the concision, the group's newfound musical sharpness isn't that of a world-class bar band but that of an outsize stadium act -- all grand gesture and larger-than-life lyrics. Sometimes, as on "I Did It," the band recaptures the spirit of seventies rock in all its innocent fun. Other times, especially on the cloying, overdramatic "The Space Between," it recaptures only those moments that involve holding a lighter high above one's head.
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  3. HOB.com
    70
    The result of all this glorious epiphany is a record that remains on par with the last few DMB albums, filled with laid back grooves that beg for volume.
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