Everybody Loves the Sunshine

Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Studio album by
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]

  1. ^ Samuelson, Sam. "Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Roy Ayers, Roy Ayers". AllMusic. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference billboard200 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.