Emotion and Commotion CD

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Corpus Christi Carol ~ Jeff Beck

2. Hammerhead ~ Jeff Beck

3. Never Alone ~ Jeff Beck

4. Over the Rainbow ~ Jeff Beck

5. I Put a Spell on You ~ Jeff Beck

6. Serene ~ Jeff Beck

7. Lilac Wine ~ Jeff Beck

8. Nessun Dorma ~ Jeff Beck

9. There's No Other Me ~ Jeff Beck

10. Elegy for Dunkirk - (featuring Olivia Safe) ~ Jeff Beck

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Audio Mixer: Steve Lipson.
	Liner Note Authors: Jeff Beck; Steve Lipson.
	Recording information: Angel Studios; Sarm Studios; Stagg Street Studio, LA.
	Photographers: Paul Conroy; Ross Halfin; Robert Simeon; John Lambeth; Steve Lipson.
	When Jeff Beck last ventured into the studio it was to cut 2003's Jeff, a deliberately modernist album steeped in electronica, to which 2010's Emotion & Commotion almost feels like a refutation. Working with producers Steve Lipson and Trevor Horn, Beck has created an old-fashioned blues-rock-cum-prog record, balancing the sweeping vistas of a 64-piece orchestra with cool jazz-funk grooves, tarted-up Screamin' Jay Hawkins covers with a pair of Jeff Buckley tunes and a gentle reading of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Joss Stone sits in for two songs, including "I Put a Spell on You," with jazz vocalist Imelda May and opera singer Olivia Safe taking lead on two others, but the focus remains on Beck, who is in a reserved, lyrical mood. Occasionally, the tempo ratchets up -- "Hammerhead," which begins as a `60s riff rocker before quickly heading to Blow by Blow territory; "There's No Other Me," the other Stone showcase -- but Emotion & Commotion remains languid and even dreamy despite the crisp, cavernous Horn production that gives it a feeling of being trapped in 1990. All this is due to Beck, who has chosen to forgo his signature frenzied fretboard blitzkriegs and weave long phrases, his guitar rich, thick, and warm, sounding familiar yet different: he's never sustained this level of grace for a full record, and his soulful playing cuts through the clean sheen of the production, always commanding attention even when he's not demanding it. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Producer: Steve Lipson
Engineer: Sam Farr; Steve Price; Graham Archer; Edd Hartwell; Alan Branch; Niall Acott; Niko Bolas; Steve Lipson; Tim Weidner
Musical Guests
	Joss Stone
	Olivia Safe
	Imelda May

Entertainment Reviews

Jeff Beck - Emotion & Commotion - CD Review

By: Greg Barbrick Blogcritics.org Reviews

Published on: 5/6/2010 10:49 AM

Guitar legend Jeff Beck is not exactly prolific, it has been seven years since his previous album, Jeff. But for his legion of fans, it is always worth the wait. His latest, Emotion & Commotion is certainly no exception. Although Beck's searing guitar work is his indelible signature, he likes to play with the contexts he drops it into. The Jeff Beck Group started things out in 1968 with Truth, a classic album that set the template for what would come to be called hard rock, and later heavy metal. His biggest commercial success would come in the mid-seventies in collaboration with Jan Hammer on the fusion-ish Blow By Blow and Wired. He would throw fans for a serious loop in 2001 with the electronica of You Had It Coming....read the full review

Compilation Appearances

	Buddy's Baddest-Best Of Buddy Guy
	Les Paul & Friends
	Progressions:100 Years Of Jazz Guitar
	Playlist:very Best Of Cyndi Lauper
	Pirate Radio (Ost)
	Imagine Project
	25Th Anniv Rock Roll Hall Of Fame C
	25Th Anniv Rock Roll Hall Of Fame C
	For True
	Best Of Rock Roll Hall Of Fame Plus
	Chimes Of Freedom:songs Of Bob Dylan
	Bang Bang Boom Boom

Associated Artists and Works

	Clapton, Eric
	Original Soundtrack

Technical Info

	Release Date : 04/12/2010
	Original Release Date : 2010
	Catalog ID : 8122798110
	Label : Atco (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00081227981105