Cordi Elba is a collaborative extended play (EP) by Australian pop rock group Lime Cordiale and English musician and actor Idris Elba. It was announced in September 2021[5] and released on 14 January 2022.[6]

Cordi Elba
EP by
Released14 January 2022 (2022-01-14)
Length21:01
LabelChugg Music, 7Wallace
ProducerDave K. Haddad
Lime Cordiale chronology chronology
14 Steps to a Better You
(2020)
Cordi Elba
(2022)
Enough of the Sweet Talk
(2024)
Singles from Cordi Elba
  1. "Apple Crumble"
    Released: 24 September 2021[1]
  2. "What's Not to Like"
    Released: 26 November 2021[2]
  3. "Holy Moley"
    Released: 14 January 2022[3]
  4. "Unnecessary Things"
    Released: 27 January 2022[4]

Background

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The album was recorded while Idris Elba 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."[5] 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.[5]

Reception

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Zanda Wilson from Music Feeds 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."[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Dave K. Haddad, Idris Elba, Louis Leimbach and Oliver Leimbach

Cordi Elba track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Apple Crumble"3:09
2."Holy Moley"3:51
3."What's Not to Like"3:14
4."Ditto"3:14
5."Holiday"3:43
6."Unnecessary Things"3:50
Total length:21:01

Charts

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Chart performance for Cordi Elba
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[8] 9

References

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  1. ^ "Apple Crumble – Single by Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 1 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ^ Newstead, Al (26 November 2021). "Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba dish out tasty second single "What's Not To Like"". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba have also shared "Holy Moley", the exciting latest single from their new mini album". Tone Deaf. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba share new video for "Unnecessary Things" redux". NME Australia. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Triscari, Caleb (22 September 2021). "Lime Cordiale announce joint mini-album with Idris Elba". NME Australia. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Cordi Elba - EP". Apple Music. 14 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba". Music Feeds. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Lime Cordiale & Idris Elba – Cordi Elba". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 June 2024.