Album
Valve Bone Woe
Chrissie Hynde With The Valve Bone Woe Ensemble
2019 · Jazz
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Valve Bone Woe is a Jazz album by Chrissie Hynde With The Valve Bone Woe Ensemble, originally released in 2019. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
About
Chrissie Hynde’s entry in the “rocker sings standards” genre, <i>Valve Bone Woe</i>, alludes to the trombone, to the earthy low-brass moan heard at the outset, on the Nancy Wilson vehicle “How Glad I Am” and the Beach Boys cover “Caroline, No.” But that’s just one element in an intriguing set produced by Marius de Vries and Eldad Guetta. The Kinks’ obscure and wonderful “No Return” is particularly well-served by a relaxed quasi-Brazilian arrangement, with subtle trombone filigree as well. Old-school ballad crooning (“I’m a Fool to Want You”) is very much on the agenda, but there are dollops of synthesizer, hints of dub (in the ending vamp of “Absent Minded Me”), backwards effects, filters, and other sonic tricks that make this outing feel true to the Pretenders frontwoman and her idiosyncrasies. The way she can spin monosyllabic words like “say” and “much” into two lets you know it’s her and only her.
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Tracklist
- 1How Glad I Am (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)4:38
- 2Caroline, No (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)4:53
- 3I'm a Fool to Want You (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)5:57
- 4I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes) [with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble]2:59
- 5Meditation on a Pair of Wire Cutters (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)3:20
- 6Once I Loved (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)4:18
- 7Wild Is the Wind (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)5:46
- 8You Don't Know What Love Is (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)4:49
- 9River Man (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)4:37
- 10Absent Minded Me (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)5:51
- 11Naima (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)5:20
- 12Hello, Young Lovers (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)4:29
- 13No Return (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)4:17
- 14Que reste-t-il de nos Amours? (with the Valve Bone Woe Ensemble)4:40
Sound DNA
- Jazz
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Comes in a digipak including an 8-page booklet and a flyer to promote Chrissie Hynde paintings book.
Blue sticker upon wrap: "An amazing piece of work" (Brian Eno) - Classic songs reinterpreted by Chrissie Hynde from Brian Wilson, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Nick Drake & more.
V.B.W. branding on front, back, front booklet and CD.
Otherwise identical to Valve Bone Woe (Europe 2019) (opens in a new tab) but this v
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben de VriesPROGRAMMED BY
- Chrissie HyndeVOCALS , LINER NOTES, COVER VOCALS , LINER NOTES, COVER , ILLUSTRATION
- Eldad GuettaBAND, FEATURING , KEYBOARDS, GUITAR, TRUMPET, BASS, PERCUSSION FEATURING , KEYBOARDS, GUITAR , TRUMPET, BASS, PERCUSSION KEYBOARDS, GUITAR , TRUMPET, BASS, PERCUSSION
- James WalbourneBAND, GUITAR GUITAR PERFORMER , GUITAR
- John AndersonPERFORMER , OBOE, COR ANGLAIS
- Marius de VriesMUSICIAN , SYNTHESIZER, PARLOUR GRAND PIANO MUSICIAN , SYNTHESIZER, PIANO
- Matt RobertsonMUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS PROGRAMMED BY , ARRANGED BY PROGRAMMED BY , ARRANGED BY , KEYBOARDS
- Peter RothMUSICIAN , CLASSICAL GUITAR
- Peter RothCLASSICAL GUITAR MUSICIAN , CLASSICAL GUITAR
- The Valve Bone Woe EnsembleORCHESTRA
- Andrew ParkerPERFORMER , VIOLA
- Andy PanayiPERFORMER , ALTO FLUTE
- Andy WoodPERFORMER , TENOR TROMBONE, VALVE TROMBONE
- Boguslaw KosteckiPERFORMER , VIOLIN
- Bruce WhitePERFORMER , VIOLA
- Chris WorseyPERFORMER , CELLO
- Christina EmanuelPERFORMER , VIOLIN
- Clio GouldPERFORMER , VIOLIN
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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