Ed Sheeran – = (Equals) (2021) (Vinyl LP)

‘=’ - the fourth instalment in Sheeran’s symbol album series – is Ed’s most accomplished work yet; the evolution of an artist who continues to tread new ground. A body of tracks that were made over a four-year period following his seminal ‘÷’ (Divide) album era, thematically, ‘=’ finds Ed taking stock of his life and the people in it as he explores the varying degrees of love (‘The Joker And The Queen’, ‘First Times’, ‘2step'), loss (‘Visiting Hours’), resilience (‘Can’t Stop The Rain’) and fatherhood (‘Sandman’, ‘Leave Your Life’), while also processing his reality and career (‘Tides’). Sonically, ‘=’ encapsulates Ed’s versatile musical palette, spanning signature, guitar-led tracks and world-class balladry to weightier, euphoric production moments, as first showcased on this summer’s emphatic comeback track, ‘Bad Habits’.
 
 FORMAT: Vinyl LP
 CONDITION: Brand New
 LP SIZE: 12"
 GENRE: Pop
 LABEL: Asylum / Atlantic
 UPC: 0190296657078
 NO. OF RECORDS: 1
 
 Tracklist:
 Side A
 1. Tides
 2. Shivers
 3. First Times
 4. Bad Habits
 5. Overpass Graffiti
 6. The Joker And The Queen
 7. Leave Your Life
 
 Side B
 1. Collide
 2. 2step
 3. Stop The Rain
 4. Love In Slow Motion
 5. Visiting Hours
 6. Sandman
 7. Be Right Now