= (Equals) (CD) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

Ed Sheeran – = (Equals)

Label: Asylum Records – 0190296549625, Atlantic – 0190296549625

Format: CD, Album, Stereo

Country: Europe

Released: Oct 29, 2021

Genre: Pop

Style:

1                           Tides

Backing Vocals, Drums – Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance

Bass – Ed Sheeran, Joe Rubel

Drum Programming – Joe Rubel

Engineer – Joe Rubel, Matt Glasbey, Robert Sellens

Engineer [Assistant] – Camden Clarke

Guitar – Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance, Joe Rubel

Mixed By – Mark "Spike" Stent*

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes (2), Kieran Beardmorre*, Matt Wolach

Piano – Foy Vance, Joe Rubel, Johnny McDaid

Producer – Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance, Joe Rubel, Johnny McDaid

Programmed By – Joe Rubel, Matt Glasbey

Vocals – Ed Sheeran

Written-By – Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance, Johnny McDaid

3:15

2                           Shivers

Bass – Fred*

Drums, Programmed By – Chris Laws, Fred*

Engineer – Chris Laws, Dan Pursey*, Graham Archer, Joe Rubel, Johnny McDaid

Guitar – Ed Sheeran, Fred*, Johnny McDaid

Keyboards – Fred*, Steve Mac (2)

Mixed By – Mark "Spike" Stent*

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes (2), Kieran Beardmorre*, Matt Wolach

Producer – Ed Sheeran, Fred*, Steve Mac (2)

Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer, Steve Mac (2)

Programmed By [Additional] – Joe Rubel

Recorded By – Chris Laws, Dan Pursey*, Joe Rubel

Vocals, Violin [Pizzicato] – Ed Sheeran

Written-By – Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Kal Lavelle, Steve Mac (2)

3:27

3                           First Times

Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Matthew Sheeran*

Cello – Ashok Klouda, Tim Lowe (3), Victoria Earrild

Conductor – Peter Gregson

Contractor [Fixed By] – Hilary Skewes

Copyist – Tom Kelly

Double Bass – Leon Bosch

Engineer – Matt Glasbey

Engineer [Assistant] – Marta Di Nozzi*, Neil Dawes

Mixed By – Mark "Spike" Stent*

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes (2), Kieran Beardmorre*, Matt Wolach

Piano, Bass – Fred*

Producer – Ed Sheeran, Fred*

Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

Recorded By [String Recording], Programmed By [String Programming] – Joe Rubel

Strings [Additional] – Parisi (2)

Viola – Ann Bielby, Eoin Schmidt-Martin, Gary Pomeroy, Laurie Anderson, Meghan Cassidy (2), Rebecca Low

Violin [1st] – Beatrix Lovejoy, Kathy Gowers, Marije Johnston, Martyn Jackson (2), Matthew Denton, Samantha Wickramasinghe, Thomas Gould, Warren Zielinski

Violin [2nd] – Anna Blackmur, Antonia Kesel, Ciaran McCabe, Jan Regulski, Kirsty Mangan, Michael Jones (67)

Vocals – Ed Sheeran

Written-By – David Hodges, Ed Sheeran, Fred Gibson (2)

3:05

4                           Bad Habits

Acoustic Guitar, Executive Producer, Engineer – Johnny McDaid

Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Ed Sheeran

Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Backing Vocals, Executive Producer, Engineer, Programmed By – Fred again..

Engineer [Assistant] – Will Reynolds (3)

Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

3:50

5                           Overpass Graffiti

Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Ed Sheeran

Backing Vocals, Bass, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Programmed By, Executive Producer, Engineer – Johnny McDaid

Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Programmed By, Executive Producer, Engineer – Fred again..

Bass, Keyboards, Vocals [Additional Vocals], Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Hal Ritson

Engineer [Assistant] – Will Reynolds (3)

Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes (2), Kieran Beardmore

Vocals [Additional Vocals] – Louise Clare Marshall

3:56

6                           The Joker And The Queen

Arranged By [String Arrangement], Programmed By – Matt Sheeran

Backing Vocals – Ed Sheeran

Bass, Arranged By [String Arrangement], Keyboards, Executive Producer, Engineer – Fred again..

Cello – Ashok Klouda, Tim Lowe (3), Victoria Harrild

Double Bass – Leon Bosch

Engineer – Matt Glasbey

Engineer [Assistant] – Marta Di Nozzi*, Neil Dawes, Will Reynolds (3)

Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

Executive Producer, Engineer – Johnny McDaid

Guitar, Piano – Sam Romans

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes (2), Kieran Beardmore

Programmed By [String Programming] – Joe Rubel

3:05

7                           Leave Your Life

Backing Vocals, Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Programmed By – Elvira Anderfjärd

Bass, Keyboards, Piano, Executive Producer – Fred again..

Engineer – Graham Archer

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore

3:43

8                           Collide

Backing Vocals – Ed Sheeran

Backing Vocals, Bass, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Executive Producer, Engineer – Johnny McDaid

Backing Vocals, Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Engineer [Assistant] – Will Reynolds (3)

Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Executive Producer, Engineer – Fred again..

Drums – Benjy

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore

Programmed By – Hal Ritson

Programmed By [Additional Programming], Percussion – Richard Adlam

3:30

9                           2step

Drums, Keyboards, Programmed By – Louis Bell (4)

Engineer – Paul Lamalfa

Guitar – Ed Sheeran

Guitar, Keyboards, Programmed By – Andrew Watt (3)

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore

2:33

10                         Stop The Rain

Backing Vocals, Bass, Keyboards – Ed Sheeran

Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Fred again..

Drum Programming, Guitar, Programmed By, Keyboards, Engineer – Joe Rubel

Engineer – Robert Sellens

Engineer [Assistant] – Camden Clarke

Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore

Piano – Foy Vance

Programmed By, Engineer – Matt Glasbey

3:23

11                         Love In Slow Motion

Backing Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Ed Sheeran

Drums, Piano, Backing Vocals, Executive Producer, Engineer – Fred again..

Drums, Programmed By – Giampaolo Parisi

Engineer – Matt Glasbey, Robert Sellens

Engineer [Assistant] – Camden Clarke

Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Programmed By, Engineer [Assistant] – Will Reynolds

Keyboards, Piano – Marco Parisi

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore

Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboards, Programmed By, Drums, Executive Producer, Engineer – Johnny McDaid

Producer [Vocal Production], Engineer – Graham Archer

Programmed By, Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion – Joe Rubel

3:10

12                         Visiting Hours

Acoustic Guitar – Ed Sheeran

Backing Vocals – Aine McDaid, Jimmy Barnes, Jimmy Carr, Josh McDaid, Maev McDaid, Pauline McDaid

Backing Vocals, Bass, Electric Guitar – Johnny McDaid

Backing Vocals, Engineer [Vocals], Recorded By [Additional Vocal Recording] – Kylie Minogue

Engineer [Additional Vocal Engineering] – Kevin Shirley

Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

Keyboards, Electric Guitar, Programmed By – Will Reynolds

Keyboards, Piano, Horn – Marco Parisi

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore

Programmed By – Jack Parisi

3:35

13                         Sandman

Arranged By [String Arrangement], Viola, Violin – Owen Pallett

Cello – Mike Olsen (3)

Engineer [Assistant] – Will Reynolds (3)

Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

Flute, Recorded By – Aine McDaid

Harp – Maev McDaid

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore

Piano, Keyboards, Programmed By, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Executive Producer, Engineer – Johnny McDaid

Ukulele – Ed Sheeran

4:19

14                         Be Right Now

Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals, Electric Guitar, Executive Producer, Engineer – Johnny McDaid

Backing Vocals – Ed Sheeran

Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Programmed By, Executive Producer, Engineer – Fred again..

Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes, Kieran Beardmore

Programmed By, Sounds – Giampaolo Parisi

Strings – Marco Parisi

3:31

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Music UK Ltd.

Copyright © – Warner Music UK Ltd.

Glass Mastered At – Sonopress – 58037901

Engineer, Producer [Vocal Production] – Graham Archer (tracks: 1, 4-8, 10-14)

Executive-Producer – Ed Sheeran

Executive-Producer, Engineer – Johnny McDaid (tracks: 2, 4-6, 8, 11-14)

Mastered By – Stuart Hawkes

Mixed By – Mark Stent

Mixed By [Assistant] – Charlie Holmes (2) (tracks: 1-3, 5-14), Kieran Beardmore (tracks: 1-3, 5-14), Matt Wolach

Release marketed and printed on spine as 'Equals', but stylised on the cover artwork by the mathematical symbol '='.

Issued in a gatefold cardboard sleeve.

Signed copies were available for a limited time on Ed Sheeran's webstores. These came with an autographed card in a re-sealable bag with barcode sticker.

Barcode (Text): 0 190296 549625

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: CD
• Format: CD
• Genre: POP
• Released: 10/29/2021