Nothing New

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共14首歌曲

艺人: Gil Scott-Heron
语种: 英语
厂牌: XL Recordings
发行时间: 2014年04月19日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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While recording his 2010 comeback album I’m New Here, singer/poet Gil-Scott Heron also re-recorded new versions of some of his more well-known tracks. On Record Store Day (April 19th), a collection of those reworkings will be released as a brand new album entitled Nothing New. Spanning 14 tracks, it serves as Scott-Heron’s first posthumous release since his death in May 2011.

In an open letter, XL Recordings head Richard Russell, who worked closely with Scott-Heron in his latter years, said the pair originally set out to record “sparse, stripped down versions of his old songs; just voice and piano, pure Gil” before the project evolved into I’m New Here. When Scott-Heron passed away, Russell eventually revisited the material, discovering they were “full of magic in their simplicity.”

He added, “I realized that each song (Gil) had chosen was from a different album of his. He had carefully curated the selection, so the album serves as an excellent introduction to his previous output. Nothing New is truly spartan in that it is utterly sparse and devoid of anything that is not completely necessary.”

Among the tracks Scott-Heron reworked, “Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams)” is a collaboration with Brian Jackson dating back to 1980. While I’m New Here reflects feelings of uncertainty and disconnect, the refurbished “Alien” feels bright and warm, as Scott-Heron nearly perfectly recreates the original’s inherent playfulness and funky groove (even sans that killer bassline). Still, the stripped down version is a better fit for the song’s lyrical content, as the elder Scott-Heron imbues the inspirational motif with a sense of worldly experience and sagely wisdom.

Nothing New

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