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The Cherry Thing

Neneh Cherry & The Thing

2012 · Jazz

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The Cherry Thing by Neneh Cherry & The Thing

The Cherry Thing is a Jazz album by Neneh Cherry & The Thing, originally released in 2012. On Gatefold: 7 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.

About

Neneh Cherry is best known to the pop world as the artist who gave us "Buffalo Stance," but as the stepdaughter of jazz legend Don Cherry, she's always been well educated in less popular and artsy strains of music. This collaboration with Scandinavian free-jazz trio The Thing (which took its name from a Don Cherry tune)—like her ventures with Gorillaz, Groove Armada, Massive Attack, and Tricky—illustrates her versatility as a singer, plus her fellow musicians' eclectic taste and ability to transform material into something entirely new. Their version of Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream" brews for more than eight minutes, with Mats Gustafsson's sax, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten's upright bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love's drums forming a web of sound that's rich beyond its simplicity. The sound is that of an experienced trio whose members have established lines of communication within the notes. The Stooges' "Dirt" retains its punkish hue, while Gustafsson's sax hits fever pitch. Ornette Coleman's "What Reason Could I Give" evokes a gentler side.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Cashback5:58
  2. 2Dream Baby Dream8:24
  3. 3Too Tough to Die5:13
  4. 4Sudden Moment8:26
  5. 5Accordion6:10
  6. 6Golden Heart4:43
  7. 7Dirt6:47
  8. 8What Reason Could I Give5:18

Sound DNA

  • Jazz

Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Issued in a six-panel digipak with clear tray.
Recorded at Harder Sound Studios, London, England and Atlantis Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Executive production by Joakim Haugland (Smalltown Supersound) and Conny Charles Lindström (Holy Madness)
Mastered at Metropolis

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Christer BothénGUIMBRI, STRINGS
  • Ingebrigt Håker FlatenDOUBLE BASS, ELECTRIC BASS, ELECTRONICS, VIBRAPHONE DOUBLE BASS, ELECTRIC BASS, VIBRAPHONE , ELECTRONICS DOUBLE BASS, ELECTRIC BASS, VIBRAPHONE, ELECTRONICS
  • Mats ÄleklintARRANGED BY TROMBONE TROMBONE, ARRANGED BY
  • Mats GustafssonBARITONE SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, ORGAN, ELECTRONICS TENOR SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE, ELECTRONICS , ORGAN TENOR SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE, ELECTRONICS, ORGAN
  • Neneh CherryVOCALS
  • Paal Nilssen-LoveDRUMS, PERCUSSION
  • Per Åke HolmlanderTUBA, BRASS TUBA, CONTRABASS TROMBONE TUBA, REEDS

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