Everything You've Come to Expect

Everything You've Come to Expect
Studio album by The Last Shadow Puppets
Released 1 April 2016 (2016-04-01)
Recorded Summer 2015
Studio Shangri La Studios, Malibu, CA
Genre Baroque pop,[1] experimental rock[2]
Length 37:23
Label Domino
Producer James Ford
The Last Shadow Puppets chronology
The Age of the Understatement
(2008)
Everything You've Come to Expect
(2016)
Singles from Everything You've Come to Expect
  1. "Bad Habits"
    Released: 10 January 2016
  2. "Everything You've Come to Expect"
    Released: 10 March 2016
  3. "Aviation"
    Released: 16 March 2016
  4. "Miracle Aligner"
    Released: 28 March 2016

Everything You've Come to Expect is the second album by The Last Shadow Puppets, featuring Alex Turner, Miles Kane, James Ford, and Zach Dawes. It was released on 1 April 2016 on Domino Records.

Background and recording

In an interview with Live4Ever, co-lead vocalist Alex Turner explained that the album originated from songwriting with fellow vocalist Miles Kane with the two quickly then feeling the desire to revive the project.[3] The album was recorded in the summer of 2015 in Rick Rubin's Shangri La Studios in Malibu, California.[4][5][6] The band explained it to be the second installment in a trilogy of albums to be released by the band.[7] In an interview with NME, the Last Shadow Puppets stated that their songwriting was influenced by Isaac Hayes and The Style Council, as opposed to the Scott Walker influences of their first album.[4] After speculation about work on the album sparked by a tweet from arranger Owen Pallett, album producer James Ford stated in November 2015 that the album had been finished.[8]

In an interview with LA Weekly, the band stated that the orchestra featured on the album was recorded in Hollywood studio United Recording.[9]

Album art

The album art consists of a photo of singer Tina Turner dancing, as photographed by Jack Robinson in November of 1969 in New York City.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
Consequence of SoundB[13]
Daily Mail[14]
NME[15]
Rolling Stone[16]

Everything You've Come to Expect received positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 27 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[11]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Alex Turner and Miles Kane, except where noted, all music composed by The Last Shadow Puppets, except where noted.

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Aviation"    3:43
2. "Miracle Aligner"  Turner, Alexandra Savior 4:05
3. "Dracula Teeth"    2:51
4. "Everything You've Come to Expect"    3:13
5. "The Element of Surprise"    2:52
6. "Bad Habits"    3:00
7. "Sweet Dreams, TN"  Turner 3:56
8. "Used to Be My Girl"    2:55
9. "She Does the Woods"    3:30
10. "Pattern"    4:15
11. "The Dream Synopsis"  Turner 3:03
Total length:
37:23
Deluxe LP edition – exclusive 7" vinyl
Deluxe LP edition – exclusive 7" vinyl
Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Bad Habits"   3:00
Side B
No. Title Length
1. "The Bourne Identity"   3:05

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes.[18]

The Last Shadow Puppets
  • Miles Kane – lead vocals (1, 6, 8, 10), backing vocals (2–5), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 8), electric guitar (3, 6–9, 11), saxophone (10)
  • Alex Turner – lead vocals (2–5, 7–9, 11), backing vocals (1, 6, 10), acoustic guitar (3, 6, 10), electric guitar (1, 2, and 5), baritone guitar (2 and 10), organ (4 and 5), percussion (5), 12-string guitar (12)
  • Zach Dawes – bass guitar (all), piano (7), guitar (4), percussion (4), harpsichord (8), celeste (10)
  • James Ford – drums (all), percussion (3, 8, 10), organ (3, 10), piano (10, 12), keyboards (8)
Additional musicians
  • Matt Helders – backing vocals (4, 5, and 8)
  • Owen Pallett – string arrangements, conducting
  • Alwyn Wright – violin
  • Amy Wickman – violin
  • Chris Bautista – violin
  • Chris Woods – violin
  • Daphne Chen – violin
  • Eric Gorfrain – violin
  • Gina Kronstadt – violin
  • Leah Katz – violin
  • Marisa Kuney – violin
  • Nick Daley – violin
  • Rodney Wirtz – viola
  • John Krovoza – cello
  • Peggy Baldwin – cello
  • Richard Dodd – cello
  • Ian Walker – contrabass
  • Sara And on – flute
  • Stephanie O'Keefe – French horn

Production
  • James Ford – production
  • Sean Oakley – engineering
  • Brian Lucey – mastering
  • Tchad Blake – mixing
  • Ross Hogarth – orchestra recording
  • Matt Helders – booklet photography
  • Taylor Bagley – booklet photography
  • Zackery Michael – booklet photography
  • Ben Chappell – booklet photography
  • Jack Robinson – cover photography
  • Matthew Cooper – design

Charts

Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[19] 9
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[20] 14
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 1
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[22] 6
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[23] 2
French Albums (SNEP)[24] 6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 18
Irish Albums (IRMA)[26] 3
Italian Albums (FIMI)[27] 21
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[28] 26
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 36
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[30] 11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 13
UK Albums (OCC)[33] 1
US Billboard 200[34] 83

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  9. Andy Hermann (28 March 2016). "The Last Shadow Puppets Joke Around About Everything, Except Their Music". L.A. Weekly.
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