Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
by Brian Eno + David Byrne
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Observer Music Monthly
    60
    A record on which electronics and a grown-up wistfulness meet in a charming, comfortable manner.
  2. The Guardian
    60
    Everything That Happens Will Happen Today may be an album of subtle pleasures, but they are pleasures all the same.
  3. cokemachineglow
    60
    The terrible truth of this album hangs stupidly overhead--that it’s a yawner.
  5. Spin
    60
    The second duo record by the former Talking Heads frontman and his experimental producing partner is a thoughtful singer-songwriter exercise. [Oct 2008, p.104]
  6. The Wire
    60
    This mood of rocking-chair wistfulness becomes soporific, and there are times when, frankly, the mind, unjabbed by the sort of stimulus that was once Byrne & Eno's stock in trade, begins to wander. [Oct 2008, p.54]
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  7. Under The Radar
    50
    An underwhelming collection that lacks focus and rarely lives up to the lofty aspirations of these two titans of modern music. [Fall 2008, p.79]
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  8. Austin Chronicle
    40
    Thirty years after first collaborating on the Talking Heads, these two don't have to mine the past since there's nothing that remarkable about Everything.

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User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27
  1. Vampire25
    Apr 8, 2013
    7
    Going into this record, I expected two rock legends to dish out an album of epic proportions. What I received wasn't exactly that, but stillGoing into this record, I expected two rock legends to dish out an album of epic proportions. What I received wasn't exactly that, but still a solid collaboration between Byrne & Eno. Eno still pumps out fantastic synth beats and catchy hooks while Byrne still has the lungs to belt out some great tracks. All In All, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is a good record. I personally prefer the collaboration between Annie Clark & David Byrne.… Full Review »
  2. noddinnof
    Feb 6, 2009
    2
    A major disappointment. Somewhere in the middle of the album the lyrics go "This groove is out of fashion/These beats are 20 years old." Yep. A major disappointment. Somewhere in the middle of the album the lyrics go "This groove is out of fashion/These beats are 20 years old." Yep. Exactly. Although I thought 'groove' was an overstatement. It's a uneven, saccharine flavored attempt to force sunshine in the absence of inspiration. Irritating. First listen was in my car. I'm a person that keeps every CD that crosses my path and I rolled down the window to through the thing out. In the end I couldn't do it. Don't know why.… Full Review »
  3. SimonS
    Feb 4, 2009
    8
    In their decades-long careers, Eno and Byrne have not exactly been strangers to experimental and niche musical territory but, at the same time, they
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