Ed Sheeran - Play (2025) {Deluxe Edition}
Ed Sheeran - Play (2025) {Deluxe Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 364 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 139 Mb
Scans Included | 00:50:48 | RAR 5% Recovery
Gingerbread Man Records / Atlantic #5021732758217
Pop Rock / Indie Pop / Ballad / Singer-Songwriter
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) + Cue + m3u + Log ~ 364 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 139 Mb
Scans Included | 00:50:48 | RAR 5% Recovery
Gingerbread Man Records / Atlantic #5021732758217
Pop Rock / Indie Pop / Ballad / Singer-Songwriter
Play is the eighth studio album by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was released on 12 September 2025 through Gingerbread Man Records and Atlantic Records under license to Warner Music. It is the first of Sheeran's planned five albums with titles based on media control symbols, with Pause, Fast Forward, Rewind, and Stop to follow; a sixth, Eject, is planned for a future posthumous release. On Play, Sheeran collaborated with various producers and musicians, including Ilya, Blake Slatkin, Cirkut, Omer Fedi, Savan Kotecha, Elvira Anderfjärd, and Arijit Singh, as well as his frequent collaborators Johnny McDaid and Fred Again. The album experiments with sounds from Indian and Persian music, while also continuing the electropop sound Sheeran explored in his album =. Play was supported by six singles: "Azizam", "Old Phone", "Sapphire", "A Little More", "Camera", and Symmetry. Play became Sheeran's ninth consecutive chart-topper in the United Kingdom. It also topped the charts in Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium (Flanders), Poland, Australia, and New Zealand. The album received mixed reviews from critics, who appreciated its production and global influences but criticised the lack of artistic reinvention for Sheeran.
Launching a new thematic era after closing his five-part Mathematics series, English singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran presses the titular button on his vibrant eighth set, Play. A blend of his heartfelt busker material and his big pop anthems, the set adds more of the same to his hit-packed catalog, which is just fine for his fans. Kicking things off with the aptly titled "Opening," the noted rap fan spits verse after verse of impressive, head-spinning bars, admitting, "I'm still looking for shit to say/Deluding myself that they'll still relate." Whether he's saying anything relevant is beside the point, as this baker's dozen is as relatable as anything he's ever done (especially the bittersweet tearjerker "Old Phone," the lovelorn beauty "Camera," and his latest first-dance-at-your-wedding-moment "The Vow"). Those near-acoustic gems are scattered throughout, with catchy, radio-ready pop bursts maintaining Play's energy. Traversing the globe, he collaborates with Indian artist Arijit Singh on the uplifting "Sapphire," tries his hand at Persian-influenced pop on the euphoric "Azizam," and comes close to crafting a Major Lazer banger on "Symmetry." As genres blur, the nostalgic "A Little More" sounds like it could have been a Mark Ronson track, while the blissful "Don't Look Down" borrows from Y2K trance. Much like contemporaries Coldplay, Sheeran knows how to please his fans and Play doesn't veer far from his usual formula, shaking things up just enough with the invigorating addition of a couple internationally spiced highlights.~ Neil Z. Yeung, All Music
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Track List:
01. Opening [3:57]
02. Sapphire [2:59]
03. Azizam [2:43]
04. Old Phone [3:42]
05. Symmetry [2:49]
06. Camera [3:36]
07. In Other Words [3:43]
08. A Little More [3:12]
09. Slowly [3:22]
10. Don't Look Down [3:38]
11. The Vow [3:33]
12. For Always [3:28]
13. Heaven [4:04]
14. Problems [2:55]
15. War Game [3:15]
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EAC extraction logfile from 22. October 2025, 10:30
Ed Sheeran / Play
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EAC extraction logfile from 22. October 2025, 10:30
Ed Sheeran / Play
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Read mode : Secure
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