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Singer and songwriter Michael Kiwanuka is beloved by progressive music fans in his native U.K. He's been nominated for the Mercury Prize for his previous albums (Home Again and Love & Hate) and also received a Brit Prize nom for the latter. Further, his song "Cold Little Heart" became a kind of international indie hit after it was chosen as the theme song for HBO's star-studded series Big Little Lies. Born to Ugandan parents who fled during Idi Amin's reign of terror and settled in Muswell Hill, Kiwanuka has had to fight to keep his identity at the forefront of the culture; numerous record execs tried to get him to dump his birth name for one easier to market, resulting in such a crisis of self-confidence that he shelved an earlier album called Night Songs, recorded as the initial follow-up to Home Again, so he could decide if he even wanted to continue pursuing a musical vocation. This third album wears its self-titling as a badge of honor, a statement of who Michael Kiwanuka as artist and individual is. Once more produced by Danger Mouse and Inflo, this 13-song set is a brave, colorful collection that provides an exceptionally well-rounded aural portrait of Kiwanuka's massive and diverse talent. If one had to choose a genre umbrella for this release, the term "21st century psychedelic soul" would fit better than anything else. The opening tune here, "You Ain't the Problem," carries the inspiration of Curtis Mayfield in its rave-up chorus, while "Rolling" melds sweeping soul and the reverbed guitar psychedelia of Arthur Lee and Love. "Hero," at least initially, is a haunted, acoustically driven folk ballad: "I won't change my name/No matter what they call me." It transforms from a first-person manifesto into a trippy yet direct folk-rock homage to Fred Hampton, late president of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, who was gunned down by city police as he slept. "This Kind of Love" is perhaps the first tune to ever meld Bill Withers' folksy, funky soul to Terry Callier's singular, jazzed-up take on the genre. "Hard to Say Goodbye" is a weave of exotica-tinged, pillowy strings; Pink Floyd-esque guitar and effects atmospherics; and the sophisticated soul of Stevie Wonder circa Talking Book. Lyrically, the album reveals Kiwanuka at his most vulnerable and strident (no mean feat). The dramatic nature of his songwriting is gifted to listeners in catchy earworms, adventurous textural interludes, provocative lyrics, and through an ambitious melodic palette. As fine as Love & Hate was -- worthy of all its accolades -- Kiwanuka stands head and shoulders above it as a complex, communicative, poetic, and sometimes even profound collection that wears its heart on its sleeve and its sophistication in its grooves.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Percussion, Tambourine, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Danvers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Bonner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kiwanuka, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Kadeem, Keyboards, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Godfrey, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Zahra Benyounes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Woodcraft, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Kiwanuka, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Steve Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Electric Guitar, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Woodcraft, Mixer, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Saundra Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Danvers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Jackson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Cavey, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James Casey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Bonner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kiwanuka, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Alecia Chakour, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Croad, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Synthesizer, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - LaDonna Harley Peters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Boldeau, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Jasmine Muhammed, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Yolanda Greaves, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Campbell, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Kiwanuka, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Inflo, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Synthesizer, Music Production, Programming, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Woodcraft, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gillon Cameron, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Owens, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Bryony James, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Mathieson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Hayley Pomfrett, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kotono Sato, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Danvers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Jackson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Hathorn, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Natalia Bonner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ellie Stanford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kiwanuka, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Deborah Widdup, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Kelly, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Piano, Synthesizer, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fiona Leggat, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Zahra Benyounes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Kiwanuka, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jean Kelly, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Inflo, Producer, Mixer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Kadeem Clarke, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Keyboards, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Woodcraft, Vocal Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Kiwanuka, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Kadeem Clarke, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Woodcraft, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rosie Danvers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Natalia Bonner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kiwanuka, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Organ, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Zahra Benyounes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Woodcraft, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Kiwanuka, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Organ, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Steve Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jane Oliver, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Woodcraft, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Emma Owens, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Saundra Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eleanor Mathieson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jenny Sacha, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Danvers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Jackson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James Casey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Kiwanuka, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Sarah Sexton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nathan Allen, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Chloe Vincent, Flute, AssociatedPerformer - Alecia Chakour, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Widdup, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jean Kelly, Harp, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Croad, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - George Hogg, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Piano, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fiona Leggat, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Kadeem Clarke, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jasmine Muhammed, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Woodcraft, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gillon Cameron, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Owens, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Saundra Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryony James, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hayley Pomfrett, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kotono Sato, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Danvers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Jackson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - James Casey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Hathorn, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ellie Stanford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kiwanuka, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Kadeem, Synthesizer, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alecia Chakour, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Deborah Widdup, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Piano, Vocals, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fiona Leggat, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Jasmine Muhammed, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Saundra Williams, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Casey, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Kiwanuka, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Alecia Chakour, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Inflo, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Piano, Recording Engineer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Jasmine Muhammed, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Woodcraft, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jenny Sacha, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Danvers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Kiwanuka, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Organ, Hammond Organ, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Piano, Synthesizer, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Zahra Benyounes, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Brian Burton, ComposerLyricist - Richard Pryce, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Danger Mouse , Producer, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Kennie Takahashi, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Woodcraft, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Gillon Cameron, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Emma Owens, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Bryony James, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Hayley Pomfrett, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kotono Sato, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Danvers, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Jackson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Campbell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Colton, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Helen Hathorn, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ellie Stanford, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Kiwanuka, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Deborah Widdup, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Inflo, Producer, Drums, Piano, Synthesizer, Music Production, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - LaDonna Harley Peters, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fiona Leggat, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Boldeau, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Josiah Cover, ComposerLyricist - Yolanda Greaves, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
Approfondimenti
Singer and songwriter Michael Kiwanuka is beloved by progressive music fans in his native U.K. He's been nominated for the Mercury Prize for his previous albums (Home Again and Love & Hate) and also received a Brit Prize nom for the latter. Further, his song "Cold Little Heart" became a kind of international indie hit after it was chosen as the theme song for HBO's star-studded series Big Little Lies. Born to Ugandan parents who fled during Idi Amin's reign of terror and settled in Muswell Hill, Kiwanuka has had to fight to keep his identity at the forefront of the culture; numerous record execs tried to get him to dump his birth name for one easier to market, resulting in such a crisis of self-confidence that he shelved an earlier album called Night Songs, recorded as the initial follow-up to Home Again, so he could decide if he even wanted to continue pursuing a musical vocation. This third album wears its self-titling as a badge of honor, a statement of who Michael Kiwanuka as artist and individual is. Once more produced by Danger Mouse and Inflo, this 13-song set is a brave, colorful collection that provides an exceptionally well-rounded aural portrait of Kiwanuka's massive and diverse talent. If one had to choose a genre umbrella for this release, the term "21st century psychedelic soul" would fit better than anything else. The opening tune here, "You Ain't the Problem," carries the inspiration of Curtis Mayfield in its rave-up chorus, while "Rolling" melds sweeping soul and the reverbed guitar psychedelia of Arthur Lee and Love. "Hero," at least initially, is a haunted, acoustically driven folk ballad: "I won't change my name/No matter what they call me." It transforms from a first-person manifesto into a trippy yet direct folk-rock homage to Fred Hampton, late president of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party, who was gunned down by city police as he slept. "This Kind of Love" is perhaps the first tune to ever meld Bill Withers' folksy, funky soul to Terry Callier's singular, jazzed-up take on the genre. "Hard to Say Goodbye" is a weave of exotica-tinged, pillowy strings; Pink Floyd-esque guitar and effects atmospherics; and the sophisticated soul of Stevie Wonder circa Talking Book. Lyrically, the album reveals Kiwanuka at his most vulnerable and strident (no mean feat). The dramatic nature of his songwriting is gifted to listeners in catchy earworms, adventurous textural interludes, provocative lyrics, and through an ambitious melodic palette. As fine as Love & Hate was -- worthy of all its accolades -- Kiwanuka stands head and shoulders above it as a complex, communicative, poetic, and sometimes even profound collection that wears its heart on its sleeve and its sophistication in its grooves.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
A proposito dell'album
- 1 disco(i) - 14 traccia(e)
- Durata totale: 00:51:11
- Artisti principali: Michael Kiwanuka
- Compositore: Various Composers
- Etichetta: Polydor Records
- Genere: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2019 Polydor Limited ℗ 2019 Polydor Limited
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