What Is Love?

by Clean Bandit

Overview

Although it took four years for Clean Bandit to issue a sophomore follow-up to their breakthrough debut, they'd slowly been building up to What Is Love? with a series of chart-topping singles that all found their way onto this set. Joined by an impressive roster of high-profile guests from the worlds of pop and hip-hop, the trio took big steps away from the underground-house-meets-classical-crossover sound of their early work and leaned into crowd-pleasing, island-inspired grooves designed for the dancefloor. Like a modern-day Ace of Base, Clean Bandit borrow those reggaeton and dancehall flavors, weaving in their signature cello and violin for emotional sweep, and slapping heavy percussion into the mix for good measure. Front-loaded with the hits, What Is Love? starts as strong as they come, propelling through the joyful "Symphony" with Zara Larsson; the throbbing "Baby" with Marina and the Diamonds and Luis Fonsi; Demi Lovato's empowering "Solo," and the urgent ode to a single mother's love, "Rockabye," with Sean Paul and Anne-Marie. Additional highlights include Ellie Goulding's "Rockabye" extension, "Mama"; "Last Goodbye" with Tove Styrke and Stefflon Don; the touching "We Were Just Kids" with Craig David and Kirsten Joy, and "Nowhere" with Rita Ora and KYLE. While the energy tapers off on the second half of the album, these midtempo jams are as addictive as the euphoric singles, providing contemplative balance and additional opportunities to showcase each inspired collaboration. What Is Love? was worth the long wait, taking the promise of "Rather Be" and topping it many times over. ~ Neil Z. Yeung

Product Details

Release Date:	12/14/2018
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0190295552589

Tracks

1. Symphony
2. Baby
3. Solo
4. Rockabye
5. Mama
6. Should've Known Better
7. Out at Night
8. Last Goodbye
9. We Were Just Kids
10. Nowhere
11. I Miss You
12. In Us I Believe

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Clean Bandit   Primary Artist,Vocals
Neil Amin-Smith   Violin
Fred Gibson   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Lotus IV   Flute,Keyboards
Louisa Johnson   Vocals,Featured Artist
Stefflon Don   Vocals,Featured Artist
Alma   Vocals,Featured Artist
Braimah Kanneh-Mason   Violin
Awa   Vocals (Background)
Bhad Bhabie   Featured Artist
Nakajin   Guitar (Acoustic)
Yasmin Green   Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Davido   Vocals,Featured Artist
David Phelan   Keyboards
John Ryan   Vocals (Background),Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic)
Zara Larsson   Vocals,Featured Artist
Kyle Harvey   Vocals,Featured Artist
Jack Patterson   Bass,MIDI,Flute,Piano,Guitar,Trumpet,Accordion,Keyboards,Electronics,Synthesizer,Sax (Baritone),Synthesizer Bass
Grace Chatto   Bass,Cello,Drums,Vocals,Percussion,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)
Caroline Ailin   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Love Ssega   Vocals,Featured Artist
ROMANS   Vocals (Background)
Sam Skirrow   Bass
Luke Patterson   Drums,Percussion
Jason Pebworth   Keyboards
Jon Shave   Keyboards
Vula Malinga   Vocals (Background)
George Astasio   Keyboards
Ellie Goulding   Vocals,Featured Artist
Anne-Marie   Vocals,Featured Artist
Rita Ora   Featured Artist,Vocals
Marina and the Diamonds   Featured Artist
Sam Roman   Vocals (Background)
Stephanie Benedetti   Violin
Kelly Barnes   Vocals
Julia Michaels   Vocals,Featured Artist
Kirsten Joy   Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Marina Diamandis   Featured Artist
Tove Styrke   Vocals,Featured Artist
Beatrice Philips   Violin
Alex Oriet   Keyboards
Charli XCX   Featured Artist
Ilya Salmanzadeh   Drums,Guitar,Keyboards
Camille Purcell   Vocals (Background)
MNEK   Vocals (Background)
James Boyd   Viola
Ladonna Harley Peters   Vocals (Background)
Big Boi   Featured Artist
Kyle   Vocals,Featured Artist
Craig David   Vocals,Featured Artist
Sean Paul   Vocals,Featured Artist
Luis Fonsi   Featured Artist
Mark Ralph   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm),Guitar (Acoustic)
Steve Mac   Keyboards
Sharlene Hector   Vocals (Background)
Demi Lovato   Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Fred Gibson   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming
Lotus IV   Producer
Jonny Price   Composer
Jeff Gunnell   Engineer
Ray Charles Brown   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Bradley Giroux   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Collin Kadlec   Engineer
Renegade El Rey   Engineer
Danielle Bregoli   Composer
Kalle Keskikuru   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Liam Mugwanya   Engineer
Tom Fuller   Mixing,Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
David Adedeji Adeleke   Composer
Kyle Harvey   Composer
Jack Patterson   Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Programming,Vocal Engineer
Ssegawa-Ssekintu Kiwanuka   Composer
Grace Chatto   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Matthew Knott   Composer
Maxwell Cooke   Arranger
Rymez   Engineer
Caroline Ailin   Composer
ROMANS   Composer,Producer
Greg Eliason   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Luke Patterson   Programming
Invisible Men   Producer,Composer
Adam Stokes   Engineer
Jon Shave   Engineer
Stephanie Allen   Composer
Ellie Goulding   Composer
Anne-Marie Nicholson   Composer
Salt Wives   Composer,Producer
Sam Roman   Composer,Vocal Producer
Alex Robinson   Engineer
Emily Warren   Composer
Jason Elliott   Engineer
Liam Nolan   Engineer
Hal Ritson   Engineer,Programming,Vocal Engineer
Ina Wroldsen   Composer
Julia Michaels   Composer
Ryan Alan   Composer
Cara Salimando   Composer
Marina Diamandis   Composer
Mitch Allen   Vocal Engineer
Drew Smith   Mixing,Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Ilya Salmanzadeh   Composer,Producer
Noonie Bao   Composer
Ammar Malik   Composer
Uzoechi Emenike   Composer
Camille Purcell   Composer
John Costello   Engineer
Jason Elliot   Vocal Engineer
Antwan Patton   Composer
Rob Cohen   Engineer
Simon Nordberg   Engineer
Clean Bandit   Musician
John Ryan   Composer,Producer
Luis Fonsi   Composer
Mark Ralph   Mixing,Producer
Chris Laws   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Ross Fortune   Engineer,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Linus Wiklund   Composer
Mitch Allan   Engineer
Mike Horner   Engineer,String Engineer
Steve Mac   Composer,Producer
Josh Collins   Engineer
Keith Gretlein   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
David Simpson   Assistant,Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Anthony Leung   Engineer,Vocal Engineer,String Engineer
Mark Knight   Engineer
Demi Lovato   Composer
Ilsey Juber   Composer
Guy Katsav   Engineer
Daniel Pursey   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Stuart Hawkes   Mastering
Jason Evigan   Composer
Sean Paul Henriques   Composer
Julian Bunetta   Composer,Producer,Drum Programming