Perfectamundo

Billy Gibbons And The BFG's

Pubblicato il 06/11/15 su Concord Records
Artisti principali: Billy Gibbons And The BFG's
Genere: Rock

Disponibile in

16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

Streaming illimitato

Ascolta subito questo album in alta qualità sulle nostre app

Inizia il mio periodo di prova e riproduci l'album

Goditi questo album sulle app Qobuz con il tuo abbonamento

Abbonati

Goditi questo album sulle app Qobuz con il tuo abbonamento

Download digitale

Acquista e scarica questo album in più formati, secondo le tue esigenze.

ZZ Top's 2012 album La Futura -- their first in nearly a decade -- was widely acclaimed for bringing back the group's grimy '70s boogie, so what did Billy Gibbons choose to do for a follow-up? Naturally, he decided to leave his little old band behind so he could record Perfectamundo with a new group called the BFG's. Perfectamundo allows Gibbons to not only indulge a newfound love of Cuban rhythms -- an infatuation assisted by pianist Martin Guigui, who provides an anchor in the BFG's -- but also all the studio trickery he left behind as he worked with Rick Rubin on La Futura. Certainly, percolating Cuban rhythms lie at the foundation of Perfectamundo, but Gibbons can't resist setting everything to tightly controlled drum machines, then hauling out a bunch of studio effects, including a vocoder that pushes his gravelly croak into something slippery and sly. All this flair is a welcome reminder that, for all his vaunted blues purism, Gibbons remains something of a futurist, happily blurring the lines between the present and past along with obliterating the lines between cultures. True, some of this playfulness can result in moments that are decidedly dorky, like the opening gambit of oldies covers ("Got Love if You Want It," "Treat Her Right"), which feel stiff. "Hombre Sin Nombre" seems constructed to house every synthesized sound Gibbons ever imagined, "Quiero Mas Dinero" boasts a rap that would've seemed old-fashioned in 1989, and the chants of "baby shake that ass" on the title track are the furthest thing from sexy -- but this isn’t a bug, it's a feature.
As good as it was, La Futura felt somewhat constrained by the concept of ZZ Top's classicism, whereas this record thrives on freedom, including the freedom to be ridiculous. The very fact that Perfectamundo gets silly makes it appealing: Gibbons enjoys playing with this Cuban-blues hybrid so much, he lets down his guard, allowing himself to spin out some slick, greasy solos, ride out some infectious vamps, and act like the cheerful dirty old man he is.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

Maggiori informazioni

Perfectamundo

Billy Gibbons And The BFG's

Al momento stai ascoltando degli estratti.

Ascolta oltre 100 milioni di brani con un abbonamento streaming illimitato.

Ascolta questa playlist e più di 100 milioni di brani con i nostri abbonamenti di streaming illimitato

A partire da 12,49€/mese

Got Love If You Want It

00:04:16

Joe Hardy, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Morrow, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - JAMES MOORE, ComposerLyricist - Gary Moon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gibbons And The BFG's, MainArtist - Alex Garza, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Flanigin, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Guigui, Piano, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer