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2022 studio album by Ezra Collective
Where I'm Meant to Be Released 4 November 2022 Length 68 :34 Label Partisan Producer Ezra Collective, Riccardo Damian
You Can't Steal My Joy Where I'm Meant to Be
Where I'm Meant to Be Ezra Collective . It was released on 4 November 2022 by Partisan Records .[ 1]
Reception
According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Where I'm Meant to Be received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 from 8 critic scores.[ 1]
Awards
Track listing
Where I'm Meant to Be track listingTitle Writer(s) 1. "Life Goes On" (featuring Sampa the Great ) 3:24 2. "Victory Dance" Ogunjobi Armon-Jones Mollison F. Koleoso T. Koleoso 4:56 3. "No Confusion" (featuring Kojey Radical ) 3:14 4. "Welcome to My World" Ogunjobi Armon-Jones Mollison F. Koleoso T. Koleoso 7:14 5. "Togetherness" Ogunjobi Armon-Jones Mollison F. Koleoso T. Koleoso 4:34 6. "Ego Killah" Ogunjobi Armon-Jones Mollison F. Koleoso T. Koleoso 5:55 7. "Smile" 5:03 8. "Live Strong" Ogunjobi Armon-Jones Mollison F. Koleoso T. Koleoso 7:37 9. "Siesta" (featuring Emeli Sandé ) Sandé Ogunjobi Armon-Jones Mollison F. Koleoso T. Koleoso 5:48 10. "Words by Steve" 1:48 11. "Belonging" Ogunjobi Armon-Jones Mollison F. Koleoso T. Koleoso 5:57 12. "Never the Same Again" Ogunjobi Armon-Jones Mollison F. Koleoso T. Koleoso 6:43 13. "Words by TJ" T. Koleoso 0:39 14. "Love in Outer Space" (featuring Nao ) 5:41 Total length: 68:34
Personnel
Ezra Collective
Femi Koleoso – drums (1–9, 11, 12, 14), vocals (10)
TJ Koleoso – bass guitar (1–9, 11, 12, 14), vocals (13)
Ife Ogunjobi – trumpet (1–9, 11, 12, 14)
James Mollison – saxophone (1–9, 11, 12, 14)
Joe Armon-Jones – keyboards (1–9, 11, 12, 14)
Additional musicians
Junior Alli-Balogun – percussion (1–9, 11, 12, 14)
Sampa the Great – vocals (1)Kojey Radical – vocals (3)Benjamin Totten and Oluwatobi Adenaike-Johnson – guitar (3, 4, 9)
Jorja Smith – vocals (5)Mark Mollison – guitar (6, 11)
Wayne Urquhart – cello (7, 8, 11, 12)
Stella Page – viola (7, 8, 11, 12)
Antonia Pagulatos, Athalie Armon-Jones, and Sam Kennedy – violin (7, 8, 11, 12)
Angel Silvera – vocals (9, 14)
Emeli Sandé , Louise LaBelle, and Teni Tinks – vocals (9)Steve McQueen – vocals (10)Nao and Petra Luke – vocals (14)
Technical
Ezra Collective – producersRiccardo Damian – producer
Jess Camilleri – engineering (9)
Tris Ellis – engineering (14)
TJ Koleoso – programming (9)
References
^ a b c "Where I'm Meant to Be by Ezra Collective Reviews and Tracks" . Metacritic . Retrieved 27 July 2023 .^ "Where I'm Meant to Be by Ezra Collective reviews" . AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved 27 July 2023 .^ Jurek, Thom. "Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant to Be " . AllMusic . Retrieved 27 July 2023 . ^ Aitken, Abbie (3 November 2022). "Ezra Collective – Where I'm Meant to Be " . Clash . Retrieved 27 July 2023 . ^ Hewett, Ivan (4 November 2022). "Phoenix haunt the Louvre, Sault offer songs to God – the week's best albums" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 27 July 2023 . ^ Kinsella, Cian (2 November 2022). "Album Review: Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant to Be " . Gigwise . Retrieved 27 July 2023 . ^ Hutchinson, Kate (6 November 2022). "Ezra Collective: Where I'm Meant to Be review – brilliant follow-up from the inventive party band" . The Guardian . Retrieved 27 July 2023 . ^ Jenkins, Dafydd (31 October 2022). "Ezra Collective - Where I'm Meant to Be " . Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 27 July 2023 . ^ Marcelline, Marco (1 November 2022). "Ezra Collective – Where I'm Meant to Be " . The Skinny . Retrieved 27 July 2023 . ^ Waring, Charles (7 November 2022). "Where I'm Meant to Be | Ezra Collective" . Record Collector . Retrieved 27 July 2023 . ^ Snapes, Laura (27 July 2023). "Mercury Prize 2023: Arctic Monkeys tie Radiohead's record for most nominations" . The Guardian . Retrieved 27 July 2023 .
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