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Gleave signed to Epic Records in 2013, leaving Ministry of Sound who had released his past three albums.

The lead single from the album, titled "All the Wrong Places", was debuted at his Auckland concert in New Zealand on 24 April.

Example announced via Twitter that album tracks "All the Wrong Places" and "Only Human" were to be played at all festival gigs in the summer.

"Only Human" was first performed live at a pre-festival warm-up show at the O2 Academy Bristol on 6 June 2013.

Gleave cites The Prodigy, Faithless, Underworld and The Chemical Brothers as influences for the new album, which will include elements of acid house, hardstyle, big beat and 90s rave.

Example stated that "One More Day (Stay with Me)" would be closer to some 2014 dance songs such as Gorgon City's "Ready for Your Love" and Clean Bandit's "Rather Be".

The song is produced by Alex Smith, Example and Critikal, and it premiered on 19 April on Danny Howard's BBC Radio 1 show.

Example has collaborated with Klaxons' Jamie Reynolds on the track "Innocent Minds" which appears on the deluxe version of the album.

On 7 May, Example tweeted saying that the album has been approved and mastered and that audio previews for the tracks would be available to on iTunes the following week.

Ben Cardew from NME stated: "This fifth album, his first for a major-label, marks another change – whereas before he'd sing and rap over EDM-tinged tracks, here he decides to largely can the rapping that made his name, spitting barely a handful of verses, and delivers a record of relentless club bangers featuring choice '90s dance influences ...

The lyrics, too, tend towards the ear-rinsingly bland (as showcased on the single 'One More Day (Stay With Me)' "another lesson learned, another page is turned" etc.)

"[14] Killian Fox from The Observer stated: "This album, the London rapper-turned-singer's fifth, has moments of self-effacement ("I'm so, so far from perfect, will you take me as I am?

The cliches in the lyrics ("Like a rabbit in the headlights") extend to the formulaic production, which pays homage to 90s dance culture without bringing anything very interesting to the party.