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Patrick Stump makes his game plain with the title of his solo debut, Soul Punk: he intends to fuse soul singing with the songs of punk. Of course as a millennial, Stump’s definitions of soul and punk do not necessarily belong to those of the boomers. This is not Stax/Volt-meets-CBGB, it’s a highly stylized fusion of post-disco soul and MTV new wave -- both fractured through the modern prisms of Justin Timberlake and the post-Killers post-punk boom -- a record that plays by a modernized definition of “soul punk.” Stump piles up stuttering analog synthesizers, anchoring them via bumping, old-school drum machines and elastic electric bass, its instrumentation fearlessly retro, its aesthetic modern. Stump sings “nostalgia I don’t need you anymore” and despite the thick ‘80s gloss he’s slopped all over Soul Punk -- so much it’s seeped onto the computerized neon cover -- that sentiment is true: he’s living in a now where the past is ever present, accessible on YouTube, and shuffleable on iPhones. Stump shifts his sounds around fearlessly -- sometimes he brings classic Prince to mind; he launches onto a frenetic march on “Greed” that out-weirds Gaga’s “Teeth”; sometimes his rhythms sound locked in an endless Nintendo loop -- a digital collage that’s ideal for his breathless worry of a world filled with bailouts, no jobs, and no hopes. Like any good album for the information age, Soul Punk is overloaded well past the point of saturation and its merciless in its attack, so it can be a bit overbearing, yet there’s a real, vivid imagination behind its crystalline clamor.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe McGrath, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, Producer, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Manny Sanchez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Damien Lewis, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Patrick Vaughn Stump, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
PHIL TAN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lupe Fiasco, FeaturedArtist - Damien Lewis, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Joe McGrath, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Manny Sanchez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wasalu Jaco, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Joe McGrath, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Patrick Stump, MainArtist - Manny Sanchez, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Bill Lefler, Producer, Co-Producer - Patrick Vaughn Stump, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Patrick Stump makes his game plain with the title of his solo debut, Soul Punk: he intends to fuse soul singing with the songs of punk. Of course as a millennial, Stump’s definitions of soul and punk do not necessarily belong to those of the boomers. This is not Stax/Volt-meets-CBGB, it’s a highly stylized fusion of post-disco soul and MTV new wave -- both fractured through the modern prisms of Justin Timberlake and the post-Killers post-punk boom -- a record that plays by a modernized definition of “soul punk.” Stump piles up stuttering analog synthesizers, anchoring them via bumping, old-school drum machines and elastic electric bass, its instrumentation fearlessly retro, its aesthetic modern. Stump sings “nostalgia I don’t need you anymore” and despite the thick ‘80s gloss he’s slopped all over Soul Punk -- so much it’s seeped onto the computerized neon cover -- that sentiment is true: he’s living in a now where the past is ever present, accessible on YouTube, and shuffleable on iPhones. Stump shifts his sounds around fearlessly -- sometimes he brings classic Prince to mind; he launches onto a frenetic march on “Greed” that out-weirds Gaga’s “Teeth”; sometimes his rhythms sound locked in an endless Nintendo loop -- a digital collage that’s ideal for his breathless worry of a world filled with bailouts, no jobs, and no hopes. Like any good album for the information age, Soul Punk is overloaded well past the point of saturation and its merciless in its attack, so it can be a bit overbearing, yet there’s a real, vivid imagination behind its crystalline clamor.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:13
- Main artists: Patrick Stump
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Patrick Stumph - IDJ
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group ℗ 2011 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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