Anthem [Red Vinyl/Blue Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

Anthem [Red Vinyl/Blue Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

by Madeleine Peyroux
Anthem [Red Vinyl/Blue Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

Anthem [Red Vinyl/Blue Vinyl] [B&N Exclusive]

by Madeleine Peyroux

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Overview

Having already transitioned from traditional acoustic jazz and blues to her own eclectic folk- and pop-leaning originals on past albums, Madeleine Peyroux once again embraces the latter on 2018's Anthem. Named after the Leonard Cohen song that she covers with emotive precision here, Anthem finds the former busker turned chanteuse collaborating with a team of highly regard musicians, arrangers, and songwriters including longtime producer and multi-instrumentalist Larry Klein, guitarist and primary lyricist David Baerwald, organist Patrick Warren, and drummer Brian MacLeod. Also joining in at various times are guitarist Dean Parks, saxophonist Chris Cheek, drummer Jay Bellerose, and vocalist Luciana Souza (who does not sing but instead adds subtle percussion accents), and others. Although capable of tackling standards and traditional songs with a sophisticated lyricism, Peyroux is, at her core, a bohemian storyteller, a folksinger in the vein of Cohen and Rickie Lee Jones and Cohen. While some listeners may prefer her more acoustic, jazz-oriented albums, many of her songs on Anthem achieve a similar level of nuance and sophistication. This is especially true on the Harry Nilsson-esque "All My Heroes," in which she ruminates on discovering the imperfection of one's idols. She sings "All my heroes were failures in their eyes/Losers, drunkards, fallen saints, and suicides." Similarly engaging is "The Brand New Deal," in which she croons with wry cynicism about modern capitalist culture against a breezy, Steely Dan-sounding fusion groove. There's also a knowingly cheeky -- even kitschy -- quality to some of the tracks, as on the twangy, baritone guitar-led Latin lounge number "Honey Party." She also takes a similarly cheeky approach on the buoyant "On a Sunday Afternoon," in which she expounds upon the medicinal freedoms of the weekend, singing "Oh yeah, its a Sunday afternoon/Got Cap'n Crunch, and reefer, and old cartoons." There are also several dusky, literate moments -- including the languidly hopeful "We Might as Well Dance" -- that, as with much of Anthem, seem to speak to Peyroux's particularly Zen view of the world. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date: 08/31/2018
Label: Barnes Noble Consign
UPC: 0602567650645
Rank: 841

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Madeleine Peyroux   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Jivan Gasparyan   Duduk
Maxine Waters   Vocals (Background)
Gabriel Johnson   Trumpet
Andy Martin   Trombone
Patrick Warren   Piano,Shouts,Dulcitone,Harmonium
Gregoire Maret   Bass Harmonica,Chromatic Harmonica
Larry Klein   Bass,Guitar,Shouts,Keyboards,Percussion
Clydene Jackson   Vocals (Background)
Dean Parks   Guitar,Shouts,Pedal Steel,Hi String Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Pete Kuzma   Shouts,Organ (Hammond)
Julia Waters   Vocals (Background)
Luciana Souza   Shaker,Triangle,Percussion,Tambourine
John 'Scrapper' Sneider   Shouts,Trumpet
Chris Cheek   Sax (Tenor),Sax (Baritone)
Jay Bellerose   Drums,Percussion
David Baerwald   Shouts,Guitar (Electric),Guitar (Nylon String)
Brian Macleod   Drums,Shouts,Percussion

Technical Credits

Mary Maurer   Design
Paul Eluard   Composer
Michael Lau Robles   Design
Jeffrey Clayton   Assistant Engineer
Geoff Neal   Assistant Engineer
Gabe Burch   Assistant Engineer
Hadidja Mahamoud   Project Coordinator
Patrick Warren   Composer,String Arrangements
Tchad Blake   Mixing
Andy Taub   Engineer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Bernie Grundman   Mastering
Leonard Cohen   Composer
Larry Klein   Sounds,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Adaptation,Musical Adaptation
Madeleine Peyroux   Artwork,Arranger,Composer,Adaptation,Musical Adaptation
Roderick Shearer   Mixing,Engineer
David Baerwald   Composer
Brian Macleod   Composer
Ivy Skoff   Project Coordinator
Adam Greenspan   Engineer
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