Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Studio album by
Roy Ayers
ReleasedMay 12, 1976
StudioElectric Lady (New York); Larrabee (West Hollywood)
Genre
Length39:25
LabelPolydor
ProducerRoy Ayers, Maurice Green
Roy Ayers chronology
Mystic Voyage
(1975) 		Everybody Loves the Sunshine
(1976) 		Vibrations
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Everybody Loves the Sunshine is a studio album by Roy Ayers released under the Roy Ayers Ubiquity umbrella. It was released through Polydor Records in 1976. It peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200 chart.[2] In 2016, Pitchfork placed the title track at number 72 on the "200 Best Songs of the 1970s" list.[3]

The song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" is notable for its drone synth note through most of the cut. It has been covered by artists including D'Angelo, Takuya Kuroda, the Robert Glasper Experiment, and others.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hey Uh What You Say Come On"Roy Ayers, William Allen3:45
2."The Golden Rod"Roy Ayers3:03
3."Keep On Walking"Gino Vannelli3:45
4."You and Me My Love"Roy Ayers, Chano O'Ferral3:11
5."The Third Eye"Roy Ayers6:21
6."It Ain't Your Sign It's Your Mind"Roy Ayers3:28
7."People and the World"Roy Ayers4:48
8."Everybody Loves the Sunshine"Roy Ayers3:59
9."Tongue Power"Roy Ayers, Chano O'Ferral3:02
10."Lonesome Cowboy"Roy Ayers4:03

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Technical

"Special thanks extended to the following: Calvin Brown, Greg Phillinganes, William Allen, Byron Miller, Ricky Lawson, Dennis Davis, Justo Almario, Lew Soloff, Diana Hayes, Edna Holt, Wayne Garfield."

Charts

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 51
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] 10

References

  1. ^ Samuelson, Sam. "Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Roy Ayers - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (7/10)". Pitchfork. August 22, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Everybody Loves the Sunshine: A Critical Analysis of Covers". Nextbop. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  5. ^ Roy Ayers, Dave Simpson (interviewer), "How we made Roy Ayers' Everybody Loves the Sunshine", The Guardian June 19, 2017
  6. ^ "Roy Ayers - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2017.

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