Johannesburg (EP)

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Johannesburg
Mumford & Sons Johannesburg.jpg
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Released17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)
RecordedEarly 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Length20:31
Label Island
Producer
  • Mumford & Sons
  • Johan Hugo
Mumford & Sons chronology
Wilder Mind
(2015)
Johannesburg
(2016)
Delta
(2018)
Singles from Johannesburg
  1. "There Will Be Time"
    Released: 16 April 2016
  2. "Wona"
    Released: 13 June 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 64/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound C [3]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
NME 3/5 [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin 5/10 [7]

Johannesburg is the tenth extended play by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons, which was recorded during the band's tour in South Africa in early 2016. It is a collaboration with Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, South African pop group Beatenberg, [6] and Malawian-British singer-producer combo the Very Best. [5] The EP was released on 17 June 2016 through Island Records.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleFeatured artist(s)Length
1."There Will Be Time" Baaba Maal 4:27
2."Wona"Baaba Maal, The Very Best & Beatenberg 4:00
3."Fool You've Landed"The Very Best & Beatenberg3:41
4."Ngamila"Baaba Maal & The Very Best3:37
5."Si Tu Veux"Baaba Maal & The Very Best4:46

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic [8]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [9] 61
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 8
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [11] 4
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [12] 41
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [13] 17
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [14] 36
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [15] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [16] 6
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 6
US Billboard 200 [18] 9
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [19] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [20] 3
US World Albums (Billboard) [21] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2016)Position
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [22] 64

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