Everyone Deserves Music

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Everyone Deserves Music
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 17, 2003
RecordedThe Sugar Shack, in San Francisco, California
Genre Hip hop, funk, reggae fusion
Length53:00
LanguageEnglish
Label Boo Boo Wax / iMusic
Producer Michael Franti, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar
Michael Franti & Spearhead chronology
Stay Human
(2001)
''Everyone Deserves Music''
(2003)
Live in Sydney
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
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PopMatters (mixed) [4]

Everyone Deserves Music is the fourth studio release by Michael Franti & Spearhead.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Franti, Dave Shul and Carl Young except where indicated.

  1. "What I Be" (4:45)
  2. "We Don't Stop" (Franti, Shul, Young, Wood Farguheson, Jr., Tim Parker) (4:36)
  3. "Everyone Deserves Music" (4:36)
  4. "Never Too Late" (4:50)
  5. "Bomb the World" (4:28)
  6. "Pray for Grace" (4:52)
  7. "Love, Why Did You Go Away" (4:29)
  8. "Yes I Will" (4:01)
  9. "Feelin' Free" (3:54)
  10. "Love Invincible" (3:50)
  11. "Bomb the World (Armageddon Version)" (Franti, Shul, Young, Farguheson) (4:44)
  12. "Crazy, Crazy, Crazy" (3:30)

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [6] 28
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 34
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 26
US Heatseeker Albums (Billboard) [9] 25

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