Gary Clark Jr. - 2019 - This Land (qobuz Hi Res) [[email protected]]
Artist: Gary Clark Jr.
Title: This Land (qobuz Hi Res)
Format: WEB, 17 files FLAC, Album, Remastered, 24bit 96kHz, qobuz Hi Res
Producer: Gary Clark Jr., Jacob Sciba
Release Date: February 22, 2019
Recorded: 2018-2019
Label: Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Soul, R&B
Duration: 72:26
Gary Clark Jr.:
Wikipedia:
Gary Lee Clark Jr. (born February 15, 1984) is an American musician from Austin, Texas. He is best known for his fusion of blues, rock and soul music with elements of hip hop. In 2011 Clark signed with Warner Bros Records and released The Bright Lights EP. It was followed by the albums Blak and Blu (2012) and The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (2015). Throughout his career Clark has been a prolific live performer, which has been documented in two releases; Gary Clark Jr. Live (2014) and Gary Clark Jr Live/North America (2017). He has shared the stage with Eric Clapton, B.B. King and the Rolling Stones. His new album This Land was released on Febroary 22, 2019. In 2014, Clark was awarded a Grammy for Best Traditional R&B performance for the song "Please Come Home", while the year before he had been nominated for "Ain't Messin Round".
This Land:
AllMusic Review by Mark Deming:
"F--- you, I'm America's son/ This is where I come from." Gary Clark Jr. spits out that line with all the venom he can muster on the opening track of 2019's This Land, and while he's specifically challenging a racist neighbor who doesn't believe he can afford the Texas ranch he calls home, it also sounds like he's shouting down anyone who has dared to question his creative ambitions or tried to pigeonhole him as just another bluesman. Since making his major label debut with 2012's Blak and Blu, Clark has steadily been widening his boundaries as a musician, and This Land is his toughest and most ambitious work to date, a bold and often ferocious set of songs that serves as a polyglot of African-American musical idioms and sharply articulate thoughts about American life in the midst of the Trump era. As on his previous albums, Clark frequently demonstrates he's a gifted and forceful guitarist, but on This Land, the songs are ultimately more important than the solos, and the rich, dense-packed production, the melodic diversity of material, and the undiluted passion of the lyrics (and the way Clark delivers them) is what truly makes this album succeed. From the raw, funky rock of the title cut, the Chuck Berry on speed punkability of "Gotta Get Into Something," the proto-reggae menace of "Feeling Like a Million," the hard rock thunder of "What About Us," the slinky but robust R&B mood of "Don't Wait Til Tomorrow," and the Prince-meets-Hendrix groove of "Feed the Babies," This Land is stylistically fearless as Clark explores nearly every musical option that crosses his mind, and remarkably enough, all of it works, fitting together like distinct, individual pieces that make a larger and unified whole. While several of the tracks on This Land were built around samples and Clark reveals a deep knowledge of the history of African-American music, his vision is strong enough that This Land sounds fresh and compelling at every turn, and Clark and co-producer Jacob Sciba have given it a potent sound that makes these songs sound as muscular and uncompromising as required. And while Clark plays most of the instruments himself on these sessions, bassist Mike Elizondo and drummer Brannen Temple generate grooves that are as big and as expressive as Clark's guitar. This Land is not an album many were expecting Gary Clark Jr. to make when he burst into nationwide recognition at the start of the 2010s, and that's one of its greatest strengths -- it frequently upends expectations while confirming Clark's broad talent and imagination, and if this doesn't convince you he's a major artist, nothing will.
Tracklist:
01. This Land (5:42)
02. What About Us (4:30)
03. I Got My Eyes on You (Locked & Loaded) (5:11)
04. I Walk Alone (3:44)
05. Feelin' Like a Million (3:34)
06. Gotta Get Into Something (3:04)
07. Got to Get Up (2:37)
08. Feed the Babies (4:46)
09. Pearl Cadillac (5:06)
10. When I'm Gone (3:49)
11. The Guitar Man (4:27)
12. Low Down Rolling Stone (4:18)
13. The Governor (2:21)
14. Don't Wait Til Tomorrow (4:06)
15. Dirty Dishes Blues (5:04)
16. Highway 71 (Bonus Track) (3:32)
17. Did Dat (Bonus Track) (6:42)
Personnel:
Gary Clark Jr. - Vocals, Lead Guitar
King Zapata - Rhythm Guitar
Johnny Bradley - Bass
Jon Deas - Keyboard
Johnny Radelat - Drums
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