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Blessed with a distinctive soulful voice which combines a faux-Jamaican accent with the Cockney twang of his Hackney birthplace and the Irish lilt of his County Wexford upbringing, 21-year-old Michael Stafford, aka Maverick Sabre, first came to attention fronting abrasive slabs of dubstep by Chase & Status and Professor Green. However, there's very little in the way of massive bass wobbles on his debut album, Lonely Are the Brave, which neatly fills the retro-hip-hop soul gap left by Plan B's recent ventures into other fields. Indeed, the melancholic dissection of "Broken Britain" on understated opener "I Need" could well have been the first chapter of a Strickland Banks follow-up, as could the stripped-back acoustic blues of "Shooting the Stars," a stinging attack on police brutality, and the doo wop-tinged "No One," a heartfelt riposte to an ex-girlfriend which appears to borrow the melody from Ms. Dynamite's "It Takes More." As authentic as the vintage Ronson-esque brass arrangements and socially conscious intentions are, Sabre only really begins to make his mark when he ventures into more uptempo territory, and nowhere more so than on the three sample-reliant tracks: "Let Me Go," a triumphant slice of brassy trip-hop which uses the same eerie Isaac Hayes string section as Portishead's "Glory Box"; the laid-back mid-'90s neo-soul of "Memories" (the Roots' "What They Do"), and the orchestral hip-hop of "These Days" (the Turtles' cover of the Byrds' "You Showed Me"). Elsewhere, the ghostly reggae of "Cold Game" recalls Finley Quaye at his Brit Award-winning peak, the baggy beats of "Open My Eyes" and the summery East Coast vibes of "Sometimes" allow Sabre to showcase his impressive MC skills, while the falsetto-led chorus of the toe-tapping "Running Away" provides the album's most infectious hook. An impassioned cover of Sam Cooke's revolutionary classic, "A Change Is Gonna Come" (chosen as a response to the 2011 London riots), proves Sabre is the real deal. But the more compelling contemporary fare on Lonely Are the Brave suggests he should ditch the classic soul man routine and continue to embrace a sound as intriguing as his voice.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
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Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Dan Radclyffe, Producer, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Matt Prime, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tim Sanders, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Clarke, Alto Saxophone, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Isaac Hayes, ComposerLyricist - Annie Whitehead, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Spong, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Darren Wiles, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - David Liddell, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Sigrid Zeiner-Gundersen, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Dan Radclyffe, Producer, Bass Guitar, Piano, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Leonard Hubbard, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Gray, ComposerLyricist - Brown, ComposerLyricist - Tariq Trotter, ComposerLyricist - Raphael Saadiq, ComposerLyricist - Ahmir Thompson, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tarik L Collins, ComposerLyricist - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Jimmy Hogarth, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy's Place, Studio
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Jane Oliver, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Ash Soan, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Beatriz Artola, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Neil Acott, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Fraser T. Smith, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Nick Barr, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Hayley Pomfrett, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kotono Sato, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rosie Danvers, String Arranger, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Jackson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Stephanie Cavey, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rustom Pomeroy, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Natalie Bonner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Anna Croad, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Krista Caspersz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Isober Seelinger-Morely, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - E. Owens, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Gene Clark, ComposerLyricist - James McGuinn, ComposerLyricist - Matt Prime, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Rick Koster, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ian Burdge, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Davis, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Sally Herbert, String Arranger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Pigott-Smith, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Violin, Vocals, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Dan Radclyffe, Producer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Additional Producer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Lion Aboard Studio, Studio
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Francis White, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Dan Radclyffe, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Jimmy Hogarth, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy's Place, Studio
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Dan Radclyffe, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Maverick Sabre, Electric Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Dan Radclyffe, Producer, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Fraser T. Smith, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Ash Soan, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Fraser T. Smith, Producer, Mixer, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Beatris Artola, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Sam Cooke, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Price, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Jimmy Hogarth, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Spoken Word, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
Jimmy Hogarth, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Maverick Sabre, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy's Place, Studio
℗ 2011 Mercury Records Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Blessed with a distinctive soulful voice which combines a faux-Jamaican accent with the Cockney twang of his Hackney birthplace and the Irish lilt of his County Wexford upbringing, 21-year-old Michael Stafford, aka Maverick Sabre, first came to attention fronting abrasive slabs of dubstep by Chase & Status and Professor Green. However, there's very little in the way of massive bass wobbles on his debut album, Lonely Are the Brave, which neatly fills the retro-hip-hop soul gap left by Plan B's recent ventures into other fields. Indeed, the melancholic dissection of "Broken Britain" on understated opener "I Need" could well have been the first chapter of a Strickland Banks follow-up, as could the stripped-back acoustic blues of "Shooting the Stars," a stinging attack on police brutality, and the doo wop-tinged "No One," a heartfelt riposte to an ex-girlfriend which appears to borrow the melody from Ms. Dynamite's "It Takes More." As authentic as the vintage Ronson-esque brass arrangements and socially conscious intentions are, Sabre only really begins to make his mark when he ventures into more uptempo territory, and nowhere more so than on the three sample-reliant tracks: "Let Me Go," a triumphant slice of brassy trip-hop which uses the same eerie Isaac Hayes string section as Portishead's "Glory Box"; the laid-back mid-'90s neo-soul of "Memories" (the Roots' "What They Do"), and the orchestral hip-hop of "These Days" (the Turtles' cover of the Byrds' "You Showed Me"). Elsewhere, the ghostly reggae of "Cold Game" recalls Finley Quaye at his Brit Award-winning peak, the baggy beats of "Open My Eyes" and the summery East Coast vibes of "Sometimes" allow Sabre to showcase his impressive MC skills, while the falsetto-led chorus of the toe-tapping "Running Away" provides the album's most infectious hook. An impassioned cover of Sam Cooke's revolutionary classic, "A Change Is Gonna Come" (chosen as a response to the 2011 London riots), proves Sabre is the real deal. But the more compelling contemporary fare on Lonely Are the Brave suggests he should ditch the classic soul man routine and continue to embrace a sound as intriguing as his voice.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 29 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:18
- Main artists: Maverick Sabre
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative en Indie
© 2012 Mercury Records Limited ℗ 2012 Mercury Records Limited
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