10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Of Boys & Girls – Alabama Shakes Grammy®-Nominated, Platinum-Certified Debut Album – Set For December 9 Release VIA ATO Records
Pre-Order Launches Today For Two-Disc Set, Which Includes 11 Bonus Tracks From Band’s 2012 KCRW “Morning Becomes Eclectic” Session
Listen to “Always Alright” (Live At KCRW) こちら
ATO Records will commemorate the 10th 記念日 Alabama Shakes’ internationally acclaimed debut album, Boys & Girls, with a two-disc deluxe edition, set for a December 9 release. Hailed as one of the best albums of 2012 by ローリング・ストーン and numerous other publications, Boys & Girls entered ビルボード Independent Albums chart at No. 1.
It went on to attain Platinum certification and earn the band multiple GRAMMY nominations. The lead single “Hold On” was voted the #1 Best Song of 2012 by ローリング・ストーン.
Repackaged in a foil-board gatefold jacket with new, unreleased photos, Boys & Girls 10 Year Anniversary Deluxe Edition contains the album’s original 11 songs plus an additional 11 tracks from the band’s explosive live performance on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic,” which aired in the months leading up to the album’s release.
聞く Alabama Shakes’ ferocious live version of “Always Alright” – a non-album track that appeared on the soundtrack for the Oscar-nominated film Silver Linings Playbook and earned a GRAMMY nomination – こちら. Pre-order Boys & Girls 10-Year Anniversary Deluxe Edition こちら.トラックリストは以下を参照。
Alabama Shakes – comprising singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, guitarist Heath Fogg, bassist Zac Cockrell, and drummer Steve Johnson – recorded Boys & Girls in Nashville, funding the sessions with their day jobs ((Howard worked as a mail carrier, while Johnson served as a night watchman at a nuclear power plant) and nighttime gigs, playing James Brown and AC/DC covers in dive bars.
Soon after the arrival of Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes found themselves thrust into the global spotlight, achieving such milestones as performing at the White House and on “Saturday Night Live” along with winning widespread critical praise. Pitchfork lauded “Howard’s gale-force delivery, an instrument that could have blown Otis Redding back.”
The New York Times’ Jon Pareles said, “Alabama Shakes sound raw-boned and proudly unprocessed.” NME hailed the band as “a genuine, word-of-mouth, go-see-them-then-tell-10-
ガーディアン紙 observed, “their music, a deep earthy pit of blues and soul and swamp, is the sort of stuff that honeys the soul and puts fire in the loins.”
As the album’s legacy continues to grow – NPR included “Hold On” in the top five of its list of “The 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+” in 2018 – Boys & Girls remains a major cultural touchstone whose songs of survival, longing and irrepressible hope never lose their transcendent power.
トラックリスト Boys & Girls 10 Year Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Disc 1:
Hold On
I Found You
Hang Loose
Rise To The Sun
You Ain’t Alone
Goin’ To The Party
ハートブレーカー
Boys & Girls
Be Mine
I Ain’t The Same
On Your Way
Disc 2:
Hang Loose (Live At KCRW)
I Found You (Live At KCRW)
Be Mine (Live At KCRW)
I Ain’t The Same (Live At KCRW)
Mama (Live At KCRW)
Goin’ To The Party (Live At KCRW)
Hold On (Live At KCRW)
Boys & Girls (Live At KCRW)
Always Alright (Live At KCRW)
Rise To The Sun (Live At KCRW)
Heavy Chevy (Live At KCRW)
