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Everything Is Borrowed

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{{Infobox album

| name = Everything Is Borrowed

| type = studio

| artist = the Streets

| cover = Everything Is Borrowed.jpg

| alt =

| released = 15 September 2008

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 38:49

| label = {{hlist|679|Vice}}

| producer = Mike Skinner

| prev_title = The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Cyberspace and Reds

| next_year = 2011

}}

Everything Is Borrowed is the fourth studio album by English rapper and producer Mike Skinner, under the music project the Streets. Released in the United Kingdom on 15 September 2008,{{Citation|last=Thompson |first=Paul |title=The Streets Announce LP Release Date, Fall Tour |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142415-the-streets-announce-lp-release-date-fall-tour |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=29 July 2008 |accessdate=29 July 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080730225454/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/142415-the-streets-announce-lp-release-date-fall-tour |archivedate=30 July 2008 }} and in the United States on 7 October 2008,{{Citation |last=Stanislawski |first=Ethan |title=Mike Skinner talks about the legacy of the Streets |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/news/mike-skinner-talks-about-the-legacy-of-the-streets/21101/ |publisher=Prefix Magazine |date=28 August 2008 |accessdate=4 September 2008}} Skinner describes the album as a "peaceful coming to terms album"{{Citation|last=Thompson |first=Paul |title=Mike Skinner Names LP, Declares End of the Streets? |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/51030-mike-skinner-names-lp-declares-end-of-the-streets |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=5 June 2008 |accessdate=5 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607122204/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/51030-mike-skinner-names-lp-declares-end-of-the-streets |archivedate=7 June 2008 }} and as containing "peaceful positive vibes" which stand in stark contrast to the previous album, The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living,{{Citation |title=The Streets name new album – but reveal their days are numbered |url=https://www.nme.com/news/streets/37027 |work=NME |date=2 June 2008 |accessdate=5 June 2008}} which Skinner has described as a "guilt-ridden indulgence".{{Citation |last=Michaels |first=Sean |title=The Streets announce final album |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2283498,00.html |work=The Guardian |date=2 June 2008 |accessdate=16 July 2008 |location=London}}

The album's eponymous first single, was released on 29 September 2008.{{Citation |title=The Streets offer new track as free download today (July 30) |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-streets/38536 |work=NME |date=30 July 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2008}} In the months leading up to the album's release, "The Escapist" was offered online as a free download, accompanied by a music video. The video (directed by Ted Mayhem){{Citation|title=Get your free download from Birmingham's the Streets |url=http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/2008/07/30/get-your-free-download-from-birmingham-s-the-streets-66331-21437843/ |publisher=Sunday Mercury |date=30 July 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914041352/http://www.sundaymercury.net/entertainment-news/celebrity-news/2008/07/30/get-your-free-download-from-birmingham-s-the-streets-66331-21437843/ |archivedate=14 September 2008 }} follows Skinner as he walks 770 miles from Dover to a beach in France,{{Citation |title=Mike Skinner films epic trek through France |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/aug/10/popandrock3 |publisher=The Observer |date=10 August 2008 |accessdate=27 August 2008 |location=London}}{{Citation |last=Michaels |first=Sean |title=The Streets release new material ... and ruin Reeboks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/31/streets.release.free.download |work=The Guardian |date=31 July 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2008 |location=London}} a feat Skinner actually undertook.{{Citation|last=Thompson |first=Paul |title=Mike Skinner Walking to France for New Streets Video? |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50700-mike-skinner-walking-to-france-for-new-streets-video |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=19 May 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801100616/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50700-mike-skinner-walking-to-france-for-new-streets-video |archivedate=1 August 2008 }} "Who Knows Who", a track Skinner recorded with the band Muse, was leaked in August 2008 and was initially believed by many to be a track from the upcoming album, until refuted by Muse.{{Citation |last=Milton |first=Jamie |title=Muse: 'Collaboration with the Streets Result of a Late Night Jam Session' |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/45110/muse-collaboration-with-the-streets-result-of-a-late-night-jam-session |publisher=Gig Wise |date=4 August 2008 |accessdate=4 August 2008}}

During the recording of the album, Skinner states that he "threw away more music than is on the album now," as he was unhappy with the material recorded, but that "the album is a product of all the stuff I threw away, it was important to the album."{{Citation |title=Skinner to release one more album |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7554269.stm |publisher=BBC |date=12 August 2008 |accessdate=13 August 2008}} Everything Is Borrowed is the penultimate album from the Streets; Skinner has said that he signed a five-record deal, and that he always envisioned a five-album box set. Eight music videos were made for the album, culminating with "On the Edge of a Cliff" being released on 7 April 2009 (videos were not made for "The Sherry End", "Alleged Legends" and "The Strongest Person I Know").{{Citation |title=From the Ladle to the Grave |url=http://www.skinnermike.com/blog/2009/04/from-the-ladle-to-the-grave.html |publisher=The Streets |date=4 July 2009 |accessdate=5 May 2009}}{{Citation |title=Everything Is Borrowed- The Videos |url=https://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B04919BDD40F9F92 |publisher=The Streets |date=4 July 2009 |accessdate=5 May 2009}} "On the Flip of a Coin" was used in the 2018/19 video game Life Is Strange 2.

{{Album ratings

| MC = 63/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/everything-is-borrowed |title=Reviews for Everything Is Borrowed by the Streets |website=Metacritic |accessdate=2016-07-17}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=John Bush |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/everything-is-borrowed-mw0000800654 |title=Everything Is Borrowed – the Streets |website=AllMusic |date=2008-09-15 |accessdate=2016-07-17}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}What matters is that Everything Is Borrowed is enough of a triumph that despite all evidence to the contrary, you'll be convinced the world is indeed a beautiful place. [Dec 2008, p.153]

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = A−{{cite magazine| url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20231523,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010182735/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20231523,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 October 2008 | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | title=Music Review: everything is borrowed, by the Streets | date=8 October 2008}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/sep/12/urbanreview.thestreets | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Caroline | last=Sullivan | title=CD: Urban review: The Streets, Everything Is Borrowed | date=12 September 2008}}

| rev5 = The Independent

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-streets-everything-is-borrowed-sixsevenine-926671.html |title=Album: The Streets, Everything Is Borrowed (Sixsevenine) |website=Independent.co.uk |accessdate=2008-09-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925101950/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-the-streets-everything-is-borrowed-sixsevenine-926671.html |archivedate=25 September 2008}}

| rev6 = musicOMH

| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.musicomh.com/albums/streets-4_0908.htm |title=The Streets – Everything Is Borrowed |work=MusicOMH |accessdate=2011-10-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312230204/http://www.musicomh.com/albums/streets-4_0908.htm |archivedate=12 March 2012}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7Score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/the-streets/9899 |title=The Streets |work=NME |date=2008-09-11 |accessdate=2016-07-17}}

| rev8 = Pitchfork

| rev8Score = 4.8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/12291-everything-is-borrowed |title=The Streets: Everything Is Borrowed Album Review |website=Pitchfork |date=2008-10-06 |accessdate=2016-07-17}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/23226245/review/23306253/everything_is_borrowed |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002210828/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/23226245/review/23306253/everything_is_borrowed |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 October 2008 |title=Album Reviews |magazine=Rolling Stone |accessdate=2016-07-17}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10Score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/streets-everything-borrowed-vice |title=The Streets, Everything Is Borrowed (Vice) |publisher=Spin |date=2008-10-07 |accessdate=2016-07-17}}

}}

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mike Skinner, except for 9 written by Skinner and Tim Vigon.

  1. "Everything Is Borrowed" – 4:04
  2. "Heaven for the Weather" – 3:27
  3. "I Love You More (Than You Like Me)" – 3:45
  4. "The Way of the Dodo" – 3:33
  5. "On the Flip of a Coin" – 3:21
  6. "On the Edge of a Cliff" – 3:04
  7. "Never Give In" – 3:25
  8. "The Sherry End" – 2:46
  9. "Alleged Legends" – 3:12
  10. "The Strongest Person I Know" – 3:03
  11. "The Escapist" – 5:16
  12. "To Your Face" (iTunes bonus track) – 3:35

Personnel

=The Streets=

  • Mike Skinner – vocals, guitar (tracks 2, 4, 7), xylophone (track 2), bass (track 4), drums (track 4), keyboards (tracks 4, 7), bells (track 11)
  • Johnny "Drummachine" Jenkins – bass (tracks 1, 7), drums (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11), percussion (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 11), glockenspiel (track 1), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 5, 6), piano (track 2), vocals (track 6), electric guitar (tracks 10, 11), recorder (track 10), triangle (track 10), xylophone (track 10)
  • Kevin Mark Trail – vocals (track 11)
  • Wayne Bennett – bass (tracks 5, 6), electric guitar (tracks 5, 6)
  • Chris Brown – keyboards (track 2), hammond organ (tracks 2, 6, 9), rhodes (track 5), accordion (tracks 5, 9), wurlitzer (track 6)
  • Eddie Jenkins – rhodes (track 3), piano (tracks 3, 6, 10)
  • Laura Vane – vocals (tracks 1, 5, 6, 10)

=Additional musicians=

  • Dirty Pretty Strings – string quartet (tracks 1, 11)
  • Andy Love – vocals (track 1)
  • Barnet Philharmonic Choir – backing vocals (track 2)
  • Bob Dowell – piano (track 2)
  • Richard Wayler – vocals (track 2)
  • Nick Marshall – guitar (track 2), double bass (track 3), acoustic guitar (track 10)
  • Camilla Pay – harp (tracks 3, 5, 6, 10)
  • Chris Williams – flute (tracks 3, 9), whistle (track 3)
  • Teddy Mitchell – backing vocals (tracks 3, 5), whistle (track 3)
  • Gita Harcourt – violin (tracks 5, 6, 9)
  • David Gino Jenkins – vocals (track 6)
  • Jake Painter – trumpet (tracks 6, 9)
  • Maria Payne – clarinet (tracks 6, 9, 10)
  • Ed Harcourt – banjo (track 9), mandolin (track 10)

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Everything Is Borrowed

! Chart (2008)

! Peak
position

scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite Ryan|page=269}}

| 55

{{album chart|Austria|64|artist=The Streets|album=Everything Is Borrowed|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2022}}
{{album chart|Flanders|28|artist=The Streets|album=Everything Is Borrowed|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2022}}
{{album chart|Denmark|9|artist=The Streets|album=Everything Is Borrowed|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2022}}
{{album chart|France|99|artist=The Streets|album=Everything Is Borrowed|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2022}}
{{album chart|Germany4|58|id=97395|artist=The Streets|album=Everything Is Borrowed|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2022}}
{{album chart|Ireland2|19|artist=The Streets|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2022}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|19|artist=The Streets|album=Everything Is Borrowed|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2022}}
{{album chart|UK2|7|date=20080921|rowheader=true|access-date=19 October 2022}}
scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{Citation |title=Artist Chart History – The Streets |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the streets|chart=all}} |work=Billboard |accessdate=21 February 2009}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Streets|title=Everything Is Borrowed|type=album|award=Gold|id=2149-2025-2|relyear=2008|certyear=2022|access-date=September 27, 2022}}

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References

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