Everyday Chemistry
A cassette tape with the words "The Beatles-Everyday Chemistry" and the tracklist of the album written on it
Remix album credited to the Beatles by
James Richards
Released9 September 2009 (2009-09-09)
GenreMashup
Length40:48

Everyday Chemistry is a remix album that was made available as a free digital download on 9 September 2009. The album was released along with a story of anonymous authorship.[1] It mashes up various songs from the Beatles' individual solo careers, including tracks from 27 albums. The album portrays itself as being taken from an alternate universe in which the Beatles had not broken up.[2][3]

Context

The album was first posted on the website thebeatlesneverbrokeup.com, accompanied by a short story written by an anonymous person under the pen name "James Richards" (a pseudonym drawn from the legal first names of Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the two surviving Beatles, who were born James Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey respectively). Richards describes meeting a man named Jonas who lives in a parallel universe in which the Beatles never broke up. Jonas and Richards both discussed their enjoyment of the Beatles, and just before leaving the parallel universe and traveling back to his own, Richards stole a cassette tape containing one of The Beatles' albums from that timeline.[4] Richards denied that the album was composed of mashups, reasoning that "even though in the alternate universe the Beatles hadn't broken up, that didn't mean their future music ideas disappeared".[5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Four Guys"4:17
2."Talking to Myself"3:38
3."Anybody Else"6:03
4."Sick to Death"2:56
5."Jenn"3:34
6."I'm Just Sitting Here"3:23
7."Soldier Boy"3:22
8."Over the Ocean"3:36
9."Days Like These"3:23
10."Saturday Night"3:22
11."Mr Gator's Swamp Jamboree"3:24
Total length:40:48

Samples

"Four Guys"

"Talking to Myself"

"Anybody Else"

"Sick to Death"

"Jenn"

"I'm Just Sitting Here"

"Soldier Boy"

"Over the Ocean"

"Days Like These"

"Saturday Night"

"Mr. Gator's Swamp Jamboree"

See also

Works that explore similar concepts

References

  1. ^ Brennan, Colin (18 November 2015). "Transdimensional thief claims to be in possession of unreleased Beatles album". Consequence of Sound.
  2. ^ Dreyer, Chris (31 March 2010). "'Everyday Chemistry', the Beatles". Inlander.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u JNSP (30 December 2009). "'Everyday Chemistry', el timo de la estampita" (in Spanish). jenesaispop.
  4. ^ Spacek, Nick (9 November 2009). "The Beatles Never Broke Up?". Pitch. Kansas City, MO. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Everyday Chemistry: The Story Behind The Greatest Beatles' Albums That Never Existed". Of Fact and Fiction. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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