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His repetitive sequels to “Perfect” manage to breed brief moments of honest intimacy, yet the overwhelming swarm of prickly “Shape of You” carbon copies chips away at any authenticity. Yet Sheeran quickly gets swept up trying to relay life’s “changin’ tides” on =, finding himself stranded at sea. To give it credit, however, the track does take production risks - its tumultuous instrumentals abruptly stop at the pre-chorus, spotlighting Sheeran’s contemplation about how love anchors him amid chaos. Immediately opening the album with brash drums and piano, “Tides” demands attention instead of warranting it. Sheeran might be on his honeymoon, but few of his songs are landing. He touches on fatherhood, loss and more complex manifestations of love here and there, but he tends to shy away from unhackneyed territory and disappointingly sticks to truisms. The album acts as a breeding ground for “Perfect” and “Shape of You” offspring: Inspired but also overwhelmed by his profound love for his wife, Sheeran too often presents romance in the forms of mawkish stripped guitar ballads or brazen sexual euphemisms.

Unimaginatively plugging different numbers into the same equation, = is formulaic to a tee.ĭespite his unquestionable talent, Sheeran’s creativity only sporadically glimmers through on =. The symbol represents “the end of a question and the start of an answer” to Sheeran, but his album prompts more inquiries than solutions.

That’s what Sheeran’s latest album is like - and as is the case at most weddings, you’ll need to be at least a little drunk to have a good time.īecause everyone adores math, the pop singer-songwriter named his fourth solo studio record =, following his discography’s titular pattern after 2011’s +, 2014’s X (which nearly no one knew was Multiply at first) and 2017’s ➗. Imagine listening to Ed Sheeran sing his wedding vows.