Some Nights Last for Days

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Some Nights Last for Days
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Studio album by
Released12 June 2020 (2020-06-12)
Recorded2017-2020
Genre
Length54:53
Label Staneric Recordings
Producer
Example chronology
Bangers & Ballads
(2018)
Some Nights Last for Days
(2020)
We May Grow Old But We Never Grow Up
(2022)
Singles from Some Nights Last for Days
  1. "Paperclips (Isolation Freestyle)"
    Released: 24 April 2020
  2. "Erin"
    Released: 8 May 2020
  3. "Oscar"
    Released: 5 June 2020

Some Nights Last for Days is the seventh studio album by English musician Example, released on 12 June 2020 through his own label Staneric Recordings.

Background and development

On 20 April 2020, Gleave announced on his Instagram that the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine had allowed him to make music more frequently and announced that his seventh album would follow in mid-to-late May. He stated that making the album was the most fun he had ever had writing music and suggested that it may be more hip hop-oriented with numerous collaborations, stating "It's rap. It's hip hop. I don't care what you want to call it. All I can say is it's the purest, most effortless body of work I've ever made. I've always played down my ability as a rapper because I never felt 'welcome to the party', but after this you're gonna know some levels." He wrote and produced nine new songs and reworked, mixed and mastered six demos recorded between 2017 and 2019. [3]

The album's title and cover art were revealed on 15 May. On 21 May, a limited release of physical copies of the album were made available to pre-order, which sold out the same day. The album's tracklist was revealed on 26 May. [4] The album's cover art features his eldest son, Evander Maxwell Gleave.

Singles

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Album of the Year61/100
CULTR(favourable) [5]
We Rave You(favourable) [6]

The album received mostly positive reviews from music critics and fans, many highlighting Gleave's return to his roots in rap music and praised the album's introspective lyricism.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Paperclips (Isolation Freestyle)"
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
2:41
2."Oscar" (featuring P Money and Harry Shotta)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • James Robinson
  • Matthew Twigg
  • Paris Moore-Williams
  • Sheldrake
  • Robinson
3:20
3."Trippin' in the Sky" (featuring DJ Yoda)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Duncan Jerome Beiny
  • Robinson
Robinson2:44
4."Some Nights Last for Days"
  • Gleave
  • Adam Wiles
Calvin Harris 4:26
5."Ain't One Thing"
  • Gleave
  • Jason Pebworth
  • George Astasio
  • Jonathan Shave
  • Jonny Hockings
The Invisible Men 2:52
6."Need to Know" (featuring Pav4n)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Robinson
  • Pavan Anil Mukhi
Robinson4:19
7."Eye to Eye" (featuring Doc Brown and Sway DaSafo)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Ben Smith
  • Derek Safo
  • James Lawton
  • Violeta Verigo
  • Sheldrake
  • Lawton
5:02
8."Music Industry Experts (Skit)"GleaveGleave1:51
9."Battle Scars" (featuring Violet Verigo)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Lawton
  • Verigo
  • Sheldrake
  • Lawton
3:57
10."Love Don't Give A Fuck" (featuring Love Fame Tragedy)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Matthew Murphy
Zenn Habits3:08
11."Same Old Same Old"
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Robinson
  • Simon Marlin
  • Max Reich
The Shapeshifters 3:23
12."Erin"
  • Gleave
  • Johnny McDaid
McDaid3:49
13."Extra Mile" (featuring Fekky and Professor Green)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Simeon Ogundipe
  • Stephen Manderson
  • Zachariah Edwards
Bowzer Boss5:02
14."Break the Chains" (featuring Rationale)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Tinashe Fazakerley
Zenn Habits4:37
15."Chronicles" (featuring Norma Jean Martine)
  • Gleave
  • Sheldrake
  • Eddie Jenkins
  • Norma Jean Martine
  • Sheldrake
  • Jenkins
3:34
Total length:54:53

Notes

Personnel

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
UK12 June 2020Digital download, CDStaneric Recordings

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References

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  2. "Some Nights Last for Days". CULTR. 12 June 2020.
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  4. "@example: Album 7... 'Some Nights Last For Days' ... here's the tracklist for you lot !!! What song you buzzing for the most ???". Twitter. 26 May 2020.
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