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Natalie Maines has had it up to here and isn't going to take it anymore. "You're only as sick as your secrets, so I'm telling everything," she sings on "Sleep at Night" from Gaslighter, her fifth album with The Chicks. (The band dropped "Dixie" in the midst of 2020's global protests over racial injustices.) Coming on the heels of what was apparently a very ugly split from actor Adrian Pasdar, the album is laden with eviscerating, nakedly honest lyrics. Maines has said the band was considering releasing a covers record, just to fulfill their contract with Sony, but that her divorce "sparked me being ready [to make new music]." The story kicks off with the album's title track, an absolute delight—bright as the Southern California noontime sun—that paints her ex as a lie-lie-lie-liar. (The narrative only gets worse from there.) From the start, producer Jack Antonoff's fingerprints are all over the songs, mostly for good. "Sleep At Night" ("My husband's girlfriend's husband just called me/ how messed up is that?") is loaded with his signature Disney-like melodies, punchy percussion and Beach Boys ohhhhhs. In other words, it sounds like a song from his band fun., in the best way. So does the super-catchy "Texas Man"—all bounce and joy with staccato percussion and appealingly weird guitar flexes. Throughout, the Chicks sound as young and fresh as anything on pop radio: The spare piano ballad "Everybody Loves You" could've been recorded by Demi Lovato or Halsey, while the simple, reggae-kissed "Tights on My Boat" with its acoustic guitar and hints of violin is Ed Sheeran-esque. It also addresses the much-speculated-about innuendo from "Gaslighter," on which Maines sings, "Boy, you know exactly what you did on my boat/ and boy, that's exactly why you ain't coming home" Here, she lobs the line: "You can tell the girl who left her tights on my boat that she can have you now." Is it a country record? Not particularly, and some fans might be irked that the band's beloved harmonies are not as prominent as usual. (This is very much Natalie's show, vocally and lyrically.) But the Chicks have always been comfortable as outsiders, and it's hard to imagine another "country" band making a song as edgy as "March March," which urgently references reproductive legislation, climate change and gun control. By the last three songs of the record, all ballads, Maines can see her way out of the tunnel. As strings tumble like creek water on "Young Man," she reaches for her highest, purest register to seemingly encourage her son to "take the best parts" of his father and "leave the bad news behind"—"my blues aren't your blues." © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
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Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Fiddle, Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Chad Smith, Drums - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Melodica, 12-String Guitar - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Banjo, Vocal - Sean Hutchinson, Percussion - Mike Riddleberger, Percussion - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Viola, Violin, Vocal - Lloyd Maines, Steel Drums - Teddy Geiger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Chad Smith, Drums - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - Eric Byers, Cello - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Melodica, AssociatedPerformer, Background Vocal - Ben Fletcher, Assistant Engineer - Justin Tranter, Composer, Lyricist - Jeff Gunnell, Recording Engineer - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Banjo, Vocal - Beckett Pasdar, Drums - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Violin, Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - John Rooney, Recording Engineer - Annie Clark, Electric Guitar - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Acoustic Bass, Bass - Julia Michaels, Composer, Lyricist - Justin Tranter, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Banjo, Vocal - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Viola, Violin, Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Melodica - Hayley Gene Penner, Composer, Lyricist - Joe Spargur, Composer, Lyricist - Greg Eliason, Assistant Engineer - Emily Strayer, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Vocal - Charlotte Lawrence, Composer, Lyricist - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Viola, Violin, Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Ariel Rechtshaid, Composer, Lyricist - Chad Smith, Drums - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - John Rooney, Assistant Engineer - Eric Byers, Cello - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Piano, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer - Sarah Aarons, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Banjo, Vocal - Mikey Freedom Hart, Keyboards - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Dan Wilson, Composer, Lyricist - Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Percussion, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Violin, Vocal - Lloyd Maines, Steel Guitar - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Ian Kirkpatrick, Composer, Lyricist - Chad Smith, Drums, Percussion - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Recording Engineer - Ross Golan, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Viola, Violin, Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Chad Smith, Drums - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - John Rooney, Assistant Engineer - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Piano, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Synthesizer, Melodica - Ben Fletcher, Assistant Engineer - Justin Tranter, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Banjo, Vocal - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Bass - Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Ukulele, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Violin, Vocal - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Erick Walls, Acoustic Guitar - Laura Sisk, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Programmer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Acoustic Bass, Synthesizer - Julia Michaels, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Evan Smith, Organ - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Viola, Violin, Vocal - Lloyd Maines, Steel Guitar - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Chad Smith, Drums - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - John Rooney, Assistant Engineer - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Percussion, Piano, Recording Engineer, Melodica, 12-String Guitar - Julia Michaels, Composer, Lyricist - Ben Fletcher, Assistant Engineer - Emily Strayer, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Vocal - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Violin, Vocal - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Laura Sisk, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Annie Clark, Composer, Lyricist - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Bass, Melodica - Justin Tranter, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Acoustic Guitar, Dobro, Vocal - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Viola, Violin, Vocal - Lloyd Maines, Steel Guitar - John Hanes, Engineer - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Serban Ghenea, Mixing Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Chad Smith, Drums - Laura Sisk, Recording Engineer - Eric Byers, Cello - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Recording Engineer, Synthesizer, Melodica - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Banjo, Vocal - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Natalie Maines, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Martie Maguire, Composer, Lyricist, Viola, Violin - Lloyd Maines, Steel Guitar - Chris Gehringer, Mastering Engineer - Will Quinnell, Mastering Engineer - Laura Sisk, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer - Eric Byers, Cello - Jon Sher, Assistant Engineer - Jack Antonoff, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer, Melodica, Vibra-Slap - Ben Abraham, Composer, Lyricist - Emily Strayer, Composer, Lyricist, Ukulele - The Chicks, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
Albumbeschreibung
Natalie Maines has had it up to here and isn't going to take it anymore. "You're only as sick as your secrets, so I'm telling everything," she sings on "Sleep at Night" from Gaslighter, her fifth album with The Chicks. (The band dropped "Dixie" in the midst of 2020's global protests over racial injustices.) Coming on the heels of what was apparently a very ugly split from actor Adrian Pasdar, the album is laden with eviscerating, nakedly honest lyrics. Maines has said the band was considering releasing a covers record, just to fulfill their contract with Sony, but that her divorce "sparked me being ready [to make new music]." The story kicks off with the album's title track, an absolute delight—bright as the Southern California noontime sun—that paints her ex as a lie-lie-lie-liar. (The narrative only gets worse from there.) From the start, producer Jack Antonoff's fingerprints are all over the songs, mostly for good. "Sleep At Night" ("My husband's girlfriend's husband just called me/ how messed up is that?") is loaded with his signature Disney-like melodies, punchy percussion and Beach Boys ohhhhhs. In other words, it sounds like a song from his band fun., in the best way. So does the super-catchy "Texas Man"—all bounce and joy with staccato percussion and appealingly weird guitar flexes. Throughout, the Chicks sound as young and fresh as anything on pop radio: The spare piano ballad "Everybody Loves You" could've been recorded by Demi Lovato or Halsey, while the simple, reggae-kissed "Tights on My Boat" with its acoustic guitar and hints of violin is Ed Sheeran-esque. It also addresses the much-speculated-about innuendo from "Gaslighter," on which Maines sings, "Boy, you know exactly what you did on my boat/ and boy, that's exactly why you ain't coming home" Here, she lobs the line: "You can tell the girl who left her tights on my boat that she can have you now." Is it a country record? Not particularly, and some fans might be irked that the band's beloved harmonies are not as prominent as usual. (This is very much Natalie's show, vocally and lyrically.) But the Chicks have always been comfortable as outsiders, and it's hard to imagine another "country" band making a song as edgy as "March March," which urgently references reproductive legislation, climate change and gun control. By the last three songs of the record, all ballads, Maines can see her way out of the tunnel. As strings tumble like creek water on "Young Man," she reaches for her highest, purest register to seemingly encourage her son to "take the best parts" of his father and "leave the bad news behind"—"my blues aren't your blues." © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:54
- Main artists: The Chicks
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
(P) 2020 Columbia Records, a Division of Sony Music Entertainment
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