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Gravity (Deluxe Edition)

Alejandro Escovedo

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While Alejandro Escovedo had shown plenty of versatility over the first 15 years of his career in music -- playing with early punk ravers the Nuns, prescient alt-country upstarts Rank and File, and roots rock firebrands the True Believers, among many others -- it wasn't until the Believers took shape that he began to display his formidable gifts as a songwriter, and with his first solo album, Gravity, Escovedo belatedly made it clear that he possessed one of the strongest and most distinctive lyrical voices of his generation. Opening with "Paradise," a haunting first-person narrative of a man about to be hanged, Gravity is a strikingly accomplished set of songs that deal with love ("Broken Bottle," "Five Hearts Breaking"), death ("She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), and loss ("The Last to Know," the title song) in deeply personal terms, and Escovedo tells his stories with a talent for finely woven detail that would be the envy of a first-rate novelist. And the diversity of Escovedo's years of musical experience shows in the album's arrangements, which range from quiet, contemplative pieces structured around cello and piano ("Broken Bottle," "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore") to full-on, amped-up barrelhouse rock & roll ("Oxford," "One More Time"); Turner Stephen Bruton's clean, unobtrusive production gets all the details on tape with admirable clarity. Not every songwriter has the luxury of spending a decade and a half on the sidelines honing his craft before making a solo bow, but even with that advantage, there are few people who have the talent and vision to create an album as strong and moving as Gravity; to call it an "auspicious debut" is to risk understatement.

© Mark Deming /TiVo

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1
Paradise
00:04:17

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

2
Broken Bottle
00:03:52

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

3
One More Time
00:03:49

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

4
By Eleven
00:04:03

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

5
Bury Me
00:05:23

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

6
Five Hearts Breaking
00:04:10

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

7
Oxford
00:04:27

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

8
Last to Know
00:05:01

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

9
She Doesn't Live Here Anymore
00:04:23

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

10
Pyramid of Tears
00:04:01

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

11
Gravity / Falling Down Again
00:07:24

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

12
Tired Skin
00:04:07

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

DISC 2

1
Intro (Live)
00:00:27

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

2
Five Hearts Breaking (Live)
00:04:33

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

3
Broken Bottle (Live)
00:04:40

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

4
Bury Me / Hard Road (Live)
00:09:59

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

5
I Wish I Was Your Mother (Live)
00:05:11

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

6
By Eleven (Live)
00:04:15

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

7
She Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Live)
00:06:45

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

8
Pyramid of Tears (Live)
00:05:21

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

9
Last to Know (Live)
00:05:46

Alejandro Escovedo, Composer, MainArtist - New West Records, LLC, MusicPublisher

2018 New West Records, LLC 2018 New West Records, LLC

Album review

While Alejandro Escovedo had shown plenty of versatility over the first 15 years of his career in music -- playing with early punk ravers the Nuns, prescient alt-country upstarts Rank and File, and roots rock firebrands the True Believers, among many others -- it wasn't until the Believers took shape that he began to display his formidable gifts as a songwriter, and with his first solo album, Gravity, Escovedo belatedly made it clear that he possessed one of the strongest and most distinctive lyrical voices of his generation. Opening with "Paradise," a haunting first-person narrative of a man about to be hanged, Gravity is a strikingly accomplished set of songs that deal with love ("Broken Bottle," "Five Hearts Breaking"), death ("She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), and loss ("The Last to Know," the title song) in deeply personal terms, and Escovedo tells his stories with a talent for finely woven detail that would be the envy of a first-rate novelist. And the diversity of Escovedo's years of musical experience shows in the album's arrangements, which range from quiet, contemplative pieces structured around cello and piano ("Broken Bottle," "She Doesn't Live Here Anymore") to full-on, amped-up barrelhouse rock & roll ("Oxford," "One More Time"); Turner Stephen Bruton's clean, unobtrusive production gets all the details on tape with admirable clarity. Not every songwriter has the luxury of spending a decade and a half on the sidelines honing his craft before making a solo bow, but even with that advantage, there are few people who have the talent and vision to create an album as strong and moving as Gravity; to call it an "auspicious debut" is to risk understatement.

© Mark Deming /TiVo

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