Yesterday's Gone (Loyle Carner album)

Yesterday's Gone is the debut studio album by English hip hop artist Loyle Carner.^[6] It was released via Virgin EMI Records on 20 January 2017.^[4]

Yesterday's Gone
Studio album by Loyle Carner
Released	20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)
Genre	Hip hop British hip hop
Length	42:48
Label	AMF Records Caroline Records Virgin EMI
Producer	Alex Burey Loyle Carner Rebel Kleff Kwes Misure La VerT Tom Misch The Purist Saul XL Steven Vengeance
Loyle Carner chronology
Yesterday's Gone (2017) Not Waving, but Drowning (2019)
Singles from Yesterday's Gone
"Florence" Released: 14 August 2015

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
DIY	[2]
The Guardian	[3]
NME	[4]
Q	80/100[5]

Critical reception

Yesterday's Gone received widespread acclaim upon its release.^[7] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Yesterday's Gone holds an average score of 84 based on nine reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".^[1] NME described the album's style as "confessional, soul-searching, and very very good."^[4]

The album was nominated for the 2017 Mercury Prize and included on numerous end-of-year lists, ranking at number one on The Independent's list of the 30 best albums of 2017.^[8]

In 2019, "No CD" became the theme tune of the BBC comedy discussion show The Ranganation, hosted by Romesh Ranganathan.

Year-end lists

Publication	List	Rank	Ref.
Evening Standard	The 10 Best Albums of 2017	10	[9]
The Independent	The 30 Best Albums of 2017	1	[8]
NME	NME's Albums of the Year 2017	12	[10]
RIOT Magazine	RIOT's Albums of the Year 2017	4	[11]
Wonderland Magazine	7 Wonders: Best Albums of 2017	—	[12]

Track listing

Track listing and credits adapted from Tidal and Qobuz.^[13][14]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Isle of Arran"	Ben Coyle-Larner Lawrence Lord	The Purist	3:34
2.	"Mean It in the Morning"	B. Coyle-Larner Kristian Revelle Brian Bennett[b]	Rebel Kleff James Dring[a]	2:39
3.	"+44"	B. Coyle-Larner	Loyle Carner	0:48
4.	"Damselfly" (featuring Tom Misch)	B. Coyle-Larner Tom Misch	Tom Misch	2:52
5.	"Ain't Nothing Changed"	B. Coyle-Larner Revelle Piero Umiliani[c]	Rebel Kleff	3:14
6.	"Swear"	B. Coyle-Larner	Loyle Carner	0:34
7.	"Florence" (featuring Kwes)	B. Coyle-Larner Kwesi Sey	Kwes	3:04
8.	"The Seamstress (Tooting Masala)"	B. Coyle-Larner Saul Mayne	Saul XL Dring[a]	2:31
9.	"Stars & Shards"	B. Coyle-Larner Alex Burey	Alex Burey Dan Parry[a]	3:04
10.	"No Worries" (featuring Jehst and Rebel Kleff)	B. Coyle-Larner Revelle Jack Brown William Shields Otis Jackson Jr Romeo Jiminez Zach Gill	Rebel Kleff	4:30
11.	"Rebel 101"	B. Coyle-Larner	Loyle Carner	0:28
12.	"No CD" (featuring Rebel Kleff)	B. Coyle-Larner Revelle	Rebel Kleff Dring[a]	4:17
13.	"Mrs. C"	B. Coyle-Larner Sey	Kwes	3:22
14.	"Sun of Jean" (featuring Mum and Dad)	B. Coyle-Larner Sey Jean Coyle-Larner Steven Vengeance[d]	Kwes	5:14
15.	"Yesterday's Gone" (Hidden track)	Misure La VerT Vengeance	Misure La VerT Steven Vengeance	2:37
Total length:				42:48

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer

Sample credits

• "The Isle of Arran" contains a sample of the recording "The Lord Will Make A Way" performed by S.C.I. Youth Choir.
• ^{^[b]} "Mean It in the Morning" contains elements of the song "Ladybird" by Brian Bennett.
• ^{^[c]} "Ain't Nothing Changed" contains a sample of the recording "Ricordandoti" performed by Piero Umiliani.
• ^{^[d]} "Sun of Jean" contains samples of "Drifter" and "This Is The Police", both written and performed by Steven Vengeance.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	135
French Albums (SNEP)[16]	171
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]	69
UK Albums (OCC)[18]	14

Certifications

Certifications for Yesterday's Gone

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19]	Gold	100,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Yesterday's Gone by Loyle Carner". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
2. Hunt, El (20 January 2017). "Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone". DIY. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
3. Petridis, Alexis (19 January 2017). "Loyle Carner: Yesterday's Gone review – melancholy vignettes for rainy afternoons". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
4. Cooper, Leonie (25 January 2017). "Loyle Carner – 'Yesterday's Gone' Review". NME. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
5. "Yesterday's Gone". Q (published March 2017). 20 January 2017. p. 108 – via Metacritic.
6. Bingham, Jaguar (19 November 2016). "Loyle Carner is dropping his debut album". Mixmag. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
7. Keith, James (30 May 2018). ""They Were My Headspin Shoes": Loyle Carner Reflects On The PUMA Suede And His Rollercoaster Year". Complex. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
8. "The 30 best albums of 2017". The Independent. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
9. Fletcher, Harry (2 January 2018). "The 10 best albums of 2017". Evening Standard. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
10. "NME's Albums of The Year 2017". NME. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
11. "RIOT's Albums Of The Year 2017". RIOT Mag. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
12. "7 Wonders: Best Albums of 2017". Wonderland Magazine. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
13. "Yesterday's Gone / Loyle Carner". listen.tidal.com. Tidal. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
14. "Yesterday's Gone Loyle-Carner". Qobuz. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
15. "Ultratop.be – Loyle Carner – Yesterday's Gone" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
16. "Lescharts.com – Loyle Carner – Yesterday's Gone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
17. "Swisscharts.com – Loyle Carner – Yesterday's Gone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
18. "Loyle Carner". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
19. "British album certifications – Loyle Carner – Yesterday's Gone". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

External links

• Yesterday's Gone at Discogs (list of releases)