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Bettye LaVette gets classified as an R&B singer, which she is, of course, but her newest album, the Craig Street-produced Thankful N' Thoughtful, finds her taking her blues, gospel, and soul-influenced singing style into deep, swampy, and edgy American roots territory, and she makes it all work with a sting and bite to her phrasing that ranks her as one of the best living soul singers. She gives Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" a little jump of joy, moving the song away from being plaintive and lonely to something closer to anxious homesickness. Tom Waits' "Yesterday Is Here," complete with brass and reeds, loses some of its clang and becomes a poignant blues. The most stunning track here is LaVette's reinvention of the old folk song "Dirty Old Town," best known in the version by the Pogues. She fills it with disgust and ominous menace -- there's also a slower version of "Dirty Old Town" that lets a measure of sadness creep back in at the close of the album. Thankful N' Thoughtful is a solid outing from an outstanding singer who knows how to growl, croon, grumble, praise, and jump for joy with her vocal phrasing -- whatever makes the song live and breathe. She is still a marvel.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
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Bob Dylan, Writer - Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Special Rider Music (SESAC), MusicPublisher
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Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Dan Auerbach, Writer - Patrick Carney, Writer - McMoore McLest Publishing (BMI), MusicPublisher
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Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Ewn MacColl, Writer - Glenwood Music Corp. (BMI), MusicPublisher
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Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Kim McLean, Writer - Kim Mclean Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Christopher Youlden, Writer - Chrysalis Music Publishing (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Thomas Callaway, Writer - Brian Burton, Writer - Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Gian Piero Reverberi, Writer - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Gian Franco Reverberi, Writer - Killer Tracks, MusicPublisher - Chrysalis Music Publishing (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Warner-Chappell Music Publishing Ltd., MusicPublisher
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Tom Waits, Writer - Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Kathleen Brennan, Writer - Jalma Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Sylvester Stewart, Writer - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), MusicPublisher
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Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - DOMINIC MILLER, Writer - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Beth Chapman, Writer - Kevin Savinger, Writer - Almo Music Corporation (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - BNC Songs (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Kevin Savigar Music (ASCAP) / Lovolar Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
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Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Patricia Griffin, Writer - Almo Music Corporation (ASCAP) / Chrome Dog Music (ASCAP) / One Big Love Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2012 Anti, Inc. 2012 Anti, Inc.
NEIL YOUNG, Writer - Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Broken Arrow Music Corporation (BMI), MusicPublisher
2012 Anti, Inc. 2012 Anti, Inc.
Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Ewn MacColl, Writer - Glenwood Music Corp. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2012 Anti, Inc. 2012 Anti, Inc.
Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Christine M. Santelli, Writer - Big Top Cotton Candy Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2012 Anti, Inc. 2012 Anti, Inc.
Rich Robinson, Writer - Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Chris Robinson, Writer - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI), MusicPublisher
2012 Anti, Inc. 2012 Anti, Inc.
Darrell Brown, Writer - Bettye LaVette, MainArtist - Desmond Child, Writer - Jon Bon Jovi, Writer - Craig Street, Producer - Matthew Cullen, Mixer, Engineer - Bon Jovi Publishing (Ascap), MusicPublisher - Grey Ink Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Desmobile Inc. (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
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Album review
Bettye LaVette gets classified as an R&B singer, which she is, of course, but her newest album, the Craig Street-produced Thankful N' Thoughtful, finds her taking her blues, gospel, and soul-influenced singing style into deep, swampy, and edgy American roots territory, and she makes it all work with a sting and bite to her phrasing that ranks her as one of the best living soul singers. She gives Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" a little jump of joy, moving the song away from being plaintive and lonely to something closer to anxious homesickness. Tom Waits' "Yesterday Is Here," complete with brass and reeds, loses some of its clang and becomes a poignant blues. The most stunning track here is LaVette's reinvention of the old folk song "Dirty Old Town," best known in the version by the Pogues. She fills it with disgust and ominous menace -- there's also a slower version of "Dirty Old Town" that lets a measure of sadness creep back in at the close of the album. Thankful N' Thoughtful is a solid outing from an outstanding singer who knows how to growl, croon, grumble, praise, and jump for joy with her vocal phrasing -- whatever makes the song live and breathe. She is still a marvel.
© Steve Leggett /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:04
- Main artists: Bettye Lavette
- Label: Anti - Epitaph
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
2012 Anti, Inc. 2012 Anti, Inc.
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