New Releases
04.05.2023 - 17:07
/ officialcharts.com
Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.
If you're wondering, wow, a lot of big artists don't seem to be releasing music this week, well. We have two words in answer to that; Edward. Sheeran.
Tomorrow (May 5) sees the release of Ed Sheeran's next, sure-to-be-blockbuster album - (Subtract), the last entry in his Mathematics era, capping off an almost unbelievable decade which as seen Ed grow from underdog upstart to unquestionably one of the biggest and popular artists of his generation.
Co-executive produced by The National's Aaron Dessner (folklore, evermore) Subtract has been preceded by the UK Official Number 1 single Eyes Closed an outlier for much of the album, being a more up-beat offering produced by Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback (Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande).
The rest of the album promises to be some of the most emotionally devastating and honest songwriting of Ed's career, stripping away the pop excesses for a record that seeks to return him to his singer-songwriter roots, inspired both by the death of his friend Jamal Edwards and his wife Cherry's health issues last years.
If you want a deeper look into the making of Subtract, Ed has just released a brand-new, four-part Disney documentary, The Sum Of It All, that you can stream now.
New albums this week also come from Future (Beast Mode 3), DJ Snakehips (Never Worry) and the original soundtrack for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (Awesome Mix Vol. 3).
As for singles this week, we have a new offering from Take That, who have contracted Calum Scott and producer Robin Schulz to issue a re-imagining of their 2008 Number 1 single Greatest Day. The