''Cordi Elba'' is a collaborative
extended play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record. (EP) by Australian pop rock group
Lime Cordiale
Lime Cordiale are an Australian pop rock group from Sydney, New South Wales, formed in 2009. The band consists of brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach, with additional members James Jennings, Felix Bornholt and Nicholas Polovineo. They released their ...
and English musician and actor
Idris Elba
Idrissa Akuna Elba (; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor. . It was announced in September 2021
and released on 14 January 2022.
Background
The album was recorded while
Idris Elba
Idrissa Akuna Elba (; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor. was in
Sydney shooting for a film earlier in 2021. Lime Cordiale's Oliver Leimbach said, "We wrote everything together. We were all writing lyrics – it wasn't our music or his music, it was smack bang down the middle with every lyric."
Elba had teamed up with the band in March 2021, when Elba contributed a rap verse to the band's track "Unnecessary Things" during a Sydney show.
Reception
Zanda Wilson from ''
Music Feeds
''Music Feeds'' is a free bi-weekly digital music and lifestyle magazine ( street press) established in 2008 and based in Sydney, Australia
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wal ...
'' wrote that "''Cordi Elba'' is a fascinating album in many ways. You get the immediate impression on first listen that the boys really wanted to extract every drop of talent Elba had to offer, with the Brit showcasing his skills at rapping, singing, speak-singing, humming, scatting, and pretty much everything in between."
Track listing
Charts
References
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2022 EPs
Lime Cordiale EPs
Idris Elba EPs
Collaborative albums