Yesterday's Gone (Loyle Carner album)

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Yesterday's Gone
Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone.jpg
Studio album by
Released20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)
Genre
Length42:48
Label
Producer
  • Alex Burey
  • Loyle Carner
  • Rebel Kleff
  • Kwes
  • Misure La VerT
  • Tom Misch
  • The Purist
  • Saul XL
  • Steven Vengeance
Loyle Carner chronology
Yesterday's Gone
(2017)
Not Waving, but Drowning
(2019)
Singles from Yesterday's Gone
  1. "Florence"
    Released: 14 August 2015
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Q 80/100 [5]

Yesterday's Gone is the debut studio album by English hip hop artist Loyle Carner. [6] It was released via Virgin EMI Records on 20 January 2017. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Yesterday's Gone received widespread acclaim upon its release. [7] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Yesterday's Gone holds an average score of 84 based on nine reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [1] NME described the album's style as "confessional, soul-searching, and very very good." [4]

The album was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize and included on numerous end-of-year lists, ranking at number one on The Independent 's list of the 30 best albums of 2017. [8]

In 2019, "No CD" became the theme tune of the BBC comedy discussion show The Ranganation , hosted by Romesh Ranganathan.

Year-end lists

PublicationListRankRef.
Evening Standard The 10 Best Albums of 2017
10
[9]
The Independent The 30 Best Albums of 2017
1
[8]
NME NME's Albums of the Year 2017
12
RIOT MagazineRIOT's Albums of the Year 2017
4
Wonderland Magazine7 Wonders: Best Albums of 2017

Track listing

Track listing and credits adapted from Tidal and Qobuz. [13] [14]

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The Isle of Arran"
The Purist 3:34
2."Mean It in the Morning"
  • Rebel Kleff
  • James Dring [a]
2:39
3."+44"B. Coyle-Larner Loyle Carner 0:48
4."Damselfly" (featuring Tom Misch)
Tom Misch 2:52
5."Ain't Nothing Changed"
Rebel Kleff3:14
6."Swear"B. Coyle-LarnerLoyle Carner0:34
7."Florence" (featuring Kwes)
Kwes 3:04
8."The Seamstress (Tooting Masala)"
  • B. Coyle-Larner
  • Saul Mayne
  • Saul XL
  • Dring [a]
2:31
9."Stars & Shards"
  • B. Coyle-Larner
  • Alex Burey
  • Alex Burey
  • Dan Parry [a]
3:04
10."No Worries" (featuring Jehst and Rebel Kleff)
Rebel Kleff4:30
11."Rebel 101"B. Coyle-LarnerLoyle Carner0:28
12."No CD" (featuring Rebel Kleff)
  • B. Coyle-Larner
  • Revelle
  • Rebel Kleff
  • Dring [a]
4:17
13."Mrs. C"
  • B. Coyle-Larner
  • Sey
Kwes3:22
14."Sun of Jean" (featuring Mum and Dad)
  • B. Coyle-Larner
  • Sey
  • Jean Coyle-Larner
  • Steven Vengeance [d]
Kwes5:14
15."Yesterday's Gone" (Hidden track)
  • Misure La VerT
  • Vengeance
  • Misure La VerT
  • Steven Vengeance
2:37
Total length:42:48

Notes

Sample credits

Charts

ChartPeak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [15] 135
French Albums (SNEP) [16] 171
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] 69
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 14

Certifications

Certifications for Yesterday's Gone
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [19] Gold100,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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