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No.6 Collaborations Project is a strangely utilitarian title, describing the contents lying within the confines of Ed Sheeran's fourth studio album. That's right -- fourth album. The "No.6" in No.6 Collaborations Project refers to what was originally intended to be his sixth EP, following a 2011 set that was also dedicated to collaborations. The line separating this full-length LP from the previous EPs is blurry: No.6 weighs in at 50 minutes, which is just 15 minutes longer than No.5. To complicate things further, Sheeran designates No.6 Collaborations Project as a compilation, which could be a roundabout way of lowering expectations after three blockbuster solo albums in a row. It also could be an admission that No.6 Collaborations Project plays not like an album but rather a digital play list, purportedly hopping from genre to genre but maintaining a low-key, amiable groove that can pass as pop, hip-hop, R&B, adult pop, mall music, a retro throwback -- whatever genre you'd like, really. It's a feature endemic to streaming services, where seemingly disparate artists are united by tempo and chill, but it's something of an innovation to replicate this aesthetic in album form. Not only could No.6 Collaborations Project substitute for a cannily constructed cross-genre play list, each of its tracks could be swapped into any mood-based play list -- something that's true not only of the chill hip-hop/folk hybrids but the blaring closer, "Blow," a churning rocker featuring both Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars. This pairing shows how savvy Sheeran is in his choice of collaborators: Stapleton brings him a country audience he heretofore ignored, while Bruno is one of the few pop stars as big as the ginger man himself. Throughout No.6 Collaborations Project, he slyly targets different demographics in this fashion: Camila Cabello and Cardi B show up on "South of the Border," "Cross Me" has Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock, Justin Bieber is on "I Don't Care," while the presence of Eminem and 50 Cent on "Remember the Name" makes it feel like a conscious throwback. The cast of characters suggests a wilder album than No.6 Collaborations Project is, but that's a deliberate choice on Sheeran's part. Its glassy, placid groove isn't a reflection of his blandness, but how Sheeran knows that this is the sound that defines global pop in 2019.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Max Martin, Producer, Writer - Shellback, Producer, Guitar, Programmer, Writer - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixer - Alex Gibson, Additional Production - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Michael Ilbert, Engineer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, Bass - Khalid, FeaturedArtist - Ed Sheeran, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Denis Kosiak, Vocal Recording Engineer - Fred Gibson, Writer - Joe Rubel, Engineer - Khalid Robinson, Writer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Steve Mac, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - Chris Laws, Programmer - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Bass, Synthesizer - Ed Sheeran, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Fred Gibson, Writer - Camila Cabello, Writer, FeaturedArtist - Cardi B, FeaturedArtist - Evan LaRay, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Simone Torres, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Belcalis Almanzar, Writer - Jordan Thorpe, Writer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, Bass - Chris Galland, Engineer - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Parisi, SoundDesigner - Marco Parisi, Synthesizer - Giampaolo Parisi, Synthesizer - Chance the Rapper, FeaturedArtist - Chancelor Bennett, Writer - Fred Gibson, Writer - Robin Florent, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - PnB Rock, FeaturedArtist - Rakim Hasheem Allen, Writer - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Gabe Jaskowiak, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Max Martin, Writer - Shellback, Writer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Michael Ilbert, Engineer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Ad Libs Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass - Skrillex, Producer - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Stormzy, FeaturedArtist - Michael Omari, Writer - Fred Gibson, Writer - Joe Rubel, Engineer - Kenny Beats, Producer - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mix Engineer - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mix Engineer - DJ Riggins, Assistant Mix Engineer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Anthony Evans, Voice Editor - Benjamin Levin, Writer - Benny Blanco, Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programmer - Pino Palladino, Bass - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Mark "Spike" Stent, Mixer - Ed Sheeran, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass, MainArtist - Michael Freeman, Assistant Mixer - Thomas Bartlett, Keyboards - Chris Sclafani, Engineer - Gosha Usov, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Joe Rubel, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Drum Programmer - Archie Carter, AssistantEngineer - Robert Sellens, AssistantEngineer - Abbey Smith, Writer - YEBBA, FeaturedArtist - Matt Wolach, Assistant Mixer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Max Martin, Producer, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Writer - Shellback, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer - Jason Boyd, Writer - Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Backing Vocals - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Michael Ilbert, Engineer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, Bass, Beatbox Vocals - Josh Gudwin, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer, VocalProducer - Justin Bieber, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Inaam Haq, Assistant - Fred Gibson, Writer - Benjy Gibson, Percussion, Backing Vocals - Emma Corby, Brass Arranger - Georgia Gibson, Saxophone
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited / Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer - Alex Gibson, Additional Production - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, Bass - Tre Nagella, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Travis Scott, Engineer, Vocals, MainArtist - Joseph Saddler, Writer - Jacques Webster, Writer - Parisi, SoundDesigner - Marco Parisi, Synthesizer - Giampaolo Parisi, Synthesizer - Fred Gibson, Writer - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mix Engineer - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mix Engineer - DJ Riggins, Assistant Mix Engineer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Max Martin, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer - Antwan Patton, Writer - André Benjamin, Writer - Shellback, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer - Rico Wade, Writer - Patrick Brown, Writer - Raymon Murray, Writer - Marshall Mathers, Writer - Curtis Jackson, Writer - Mike Strange, Mixer, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Eminem, FeaturedArtist - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Michael Ilbert, Engineer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass - 50 Cent, FeaturedArtist - Ky Miller, Engineer - Tony Campana, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Ed Sheeran, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Joe Strange, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, Bass - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Shaan Singh, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Young Thug, FeaturedArtist - Fred Gibson, Writer - J Hus, FeaturedArtist - Jeffery Lamar Williams, Writer - Joe Rubel, Engineer - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - DJ Riggins, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Momodou 'J Hus' Jallow, Writer - A.'Bainz' Bains, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Luke Farnell, AssistantEngineer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Fred, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, Bass - Chris Galland, MixingEngineer - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Parisi, SoundDesigner - Marco Parisi, Synthesizer - Giampaolo Parisi, Synthesizer - Geoff Swan, Engineer - Fred Gibson, Writer - Robin Florent, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Joe Rubel, Engineer - Tate McDowell, AssistantEngineer - David Pizzimenti, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Ella Mai, FeaturedArtist - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Ella Mai Howell, Writer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Dave, FeaturedArtist - Fred, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Backing Vocals, Bass - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Fred Gibson, Writer - Ovy On The Drums, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Daniel Echavarria Oviedo, Writer - David Omoregie, Writer - Paulo Londra, FeaturedArtist - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Paulo Ezequiel Londra, Writer - Cristian Andrés Salazar, Writer - DJ Riggins, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Paul Anthony Morrison, Engineer - plantboy, Drums, Additional Production, Programmer, Synthesizer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Fred, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Bass, Co- Producer - Chris Galland, Mixer - George Seara, Engineer - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Liam Nolan, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Joe Reeves, Guitar, Writer - Parisi, SoundDesigner - Marco Parisi, Synthesizer - Giampaolo Parisi, Synthesizer - Paul Jefferies, Writer - Geoff Swan, Engineer - Nineteen85, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Bass - Fred Gibson, Writer - Robin Florent, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - H.E.R., FeaturedArtist - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Jaycen Joshua, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Anthony Cruz, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer - Fred, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Synthesizer - Matthew Samuels, Writer - Meek Mill, FeaturedArtist - Robert Williams, Writer - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Boi-1da, Producer - Alex Estevez, Engineer - Fred Gibson, Writer - A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, FeaturedArtist - Jahaan Sweet, Producer - Artist Dubose, Writer - Jahaan Akil Sweet, Writer - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mix Engineer - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mix Engineer - DJ Riggins, Assistant Mix Engineer - AJ Putman, Additional Vocal Recording Engineer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Steve Mac, Producer, Keyboards, Writer - Chris Laws, Engineer - Jaycen Joshua, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Sonny Moore, Writer - Skrillex, Producer, Mixer, FeaturedArtist - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Kid Culture, Additional Programmer - Dann Pursey, Engineer - Tom Norris, Mixer - Jacob Richards, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Mike Seaberg, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - DJ Riggins, Assistant Mix Engineer Mixer - Kate Conklin, Additional Vocals
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Frank Rogers, Writer - Chris Stapleton, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Bruno Mars, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Moog, MainArtist - Brody Brown, Writer, Bass - Charles Moniz, Engineer - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer - Stuart Hawkes, Masterer - Chris Galland, Engineer - Ed Sheeran, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Robin Florent, Assistant Mixer - Joe Rubel, Engineer - Scott Desmarais, Assistant Mixer - Greg McKee, Writer - Bard McNamee, Writer - Jacob "The Menace" Dennis, AssistantEngineer - J. T. Cure, Writer
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited
Album review
No.6 Collaborations Project is a strangely utilitarian title, describing the contents lying within the confines of Ed Sheeran's fourth studio album. That's right -- fourth album. The "No.6" in No.6 Collaborations Project refers to what was originally intended to be his sixth EP, following a 2011 set that was also dedicated to collaborations. The line separating this full-length LP from the previous EPs is blurry: No.6 weighs in at 50 minutes, which is just 15 minutes longer than No.5. To complicate things further, Sheeran designates No.6 Collaborations Project as a compilation, which could be a roundabout way of lowering expectations after three blockbuster solo albums in a row. It also could be an admission that No.6 Collaborations Project plays not like an album but rather a digital play list, purportedly hopping from genre to genre but maintaining a low-key, amiable groove that can pass as pop, hip-hop, R&B, adult pop, mall music, a retro throwback -- whatever genre you'd like, really. It's a feature endemic to streaming services, where seemingly disparate artists are united by tempo and chill, but it's something of an innovation to replicate this aesthetic in album form. Not only could No.6 Collaborations Project substitute for a cannily constructed cross-genre play list, each of its tracks could be swapped into any mood-based play list -- something that's true not only of the chill hip-hop/folk hybrids but the blaring closer, "Blow," a churning rocker featuring both Chris Stapleton and Bruno Mars. This pairing shows how savvy Sheeran is in his choice of collaborators: Stapleton brings him a country audience he heretofore ignored, while Bruno is one of the few pop stars as big as the ginger man himself. Throughout No.6 Collaborations Project, he slyly targets different demographics in this fashion: Camila Cabello and Cardi B show up on "South of the Border," "Cross Me" has Chance the Rapper and PnB Rock, Justin Bieber is on "I Don't Care," while the presence of Eminem and 50 Cent on "Remember the Name" makes it feel like a conscious throwback. The cast of characters suggests a wilder album than No.6 Collaborations Project is, but that's a deliberate choice on Sheeran's part. Its glassy, placid groove isn't a reflection of his blandness, but how Sheeran knows that this is the sound that defines global pop in 2019.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:49:45
- Main artists: Ed Sheeran
- Label: Atlantic Records UK
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2019 Warner Music UK Limited. ℗ 2019 An Asylum Records UK release, a division of Atlantic Records UK; ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK Limited except track 6 ℗ 2019 Warner Music UK / Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc
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