Come Tomorrow is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Dave Matthews Band, and was released on June 8, 2018.[6] The album is their first since 2012's Away from the World.[7][8]
Recording
Working between tours at studios in Seattle, Los Angeles and Charlottesville, Dave Matthews Band chose to record with several different producers, including John Alagia, Mark Batson, Rob Cavallo and Rob Evans.[9]
Nine of the 14 tracks on Come Tomorrow were played live prior to the official album announcement on April 25, 2018. "Do You Remember" was debuted at Farm Aid in 2017,[10] "Again and Again" appeared on DMB setlists in 2016 as "Bob Law",[11] "Samurai Cop" had been a regular at Dave solo, Dave & Tim acoustic and full band shows since 2016,[12] "Here on Out" was played live just once before the announcement and that came on the Seasons of Cuba PBS-televised special in 2016 with Dave being backed by the Chamber Orchestra of Havana.[13] The band had regularly featured "Black and Blue Bird" and "Virginia in the Rain" at shows since 2015.[14]
The longest-tenured songs on the album are "Can't Stop" and "Idea of You", both of which had been in the band's rotation since 2006.[15] It was originally reported that "Come On Come On" was written in 2008, at an early session of the band's recording of Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, but the October 2018 leak of "The Batson Sessions" revealed that the song (previously titled "Come On") was virtually unchanged from an April 2006 session with Mark Batson. An extended version of "bkdkdkdd" was previously performed live under the title "Be Yourself".
Come Tomorrow debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with 292,000 album-equivalent units, making it the biggest sales week for a rock album in over four years, and the biggest sales week for an album in 2018, with 285,000 copies sold. It is also their seventh consecutive album to achieve the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200.[16]
Track listing
The track listing for the album was announced on May 2, 2018.[17]
John Alagía – piano (1, 5, 10, 12), Hammond B3 organ (6, 12), Moog (5, 8), guitar (5), Nord lead (5), electric guitar (6), baritone guitar (13), backing vocals (13)
Mark Batson – piano (2, 14), clavinet (5), Fender Rhodes (13), Moog (5)