RockerNRollerRoger Daltrey - 'As Long As I Have You'. 🎤🎸⚡💿 (1 June 2018)
If I am being completely honest, I feel I have been a bit sceptical of veteran artists releasing albums late in their careers in the last decade or so. Even when they were among my biggest inspirations in their earlier years or were part of legendary bands, there is often a feeling that their best work is long behind them, especially when they are singers. Every now and then, though, an artist proves that assumption wrong, and that is very much the case with Roger Daltrey's 'As Long As I Have You', released on this day in 2018. Rather than trying to sound modern or chase trends, the album feels like a genuine return to Daltrey's roots. He has said that it reflects the soul, blues and rhythm and blues music that he loved long before The Who became one of the biggest rock bands in the world. That influence runs throughout the record, which mixes covers with a handful of original songs, with the title track, originally recorded by Garnet Mimms in 1964, setting the tone perfectly. Elsewhere, Daltrey also takes on songs such as "Into My Arms" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Stevie Wonder's "You Have Not Done Nothin'", whilst also including originals like "Certified Rose" and "Always Heading Home". The result feels surprisingly personal, almost like a musical snapshot of the records and styles that helped shape him. Obviously, Daltrey's voice has inevitably aged, but compared with many of his contemporaries, I feel he has held up remarkably well. There are moments where he slightly softens or mumbles certain words, yet he still sounds committed throughout and never comes across as though he is desperately trying to recreate the voice he had in the '70s. Whilst it is still not quite on the level of 2014's 'Going Back Home' with Wilko Johnson, but it is a surprisingly strong late-career effort.
#rogerdaltrey #vinylcollection #vinyl #discogs #music
If I am being completely honest, I feel I have been a bit sceptical of veteran artists releasing albums late in their careers in the last decade or so. Even when they were among my biggest inspirations in their earlier years or were part of legendary bands, there is often a feeling that their best work is long behind them, especially when they are singers. Every now and then, though, an artist proves that assumption wrong, and that is very much the case with Roger Daltrey's 'As Long As I Have You', released on this day in 2018. Rather than trying to sound modern or chase trends, the album feels like a genuine return to Daltrey's roots. He has said that it reflects the soul, blues and rhythm and blues music that he loved long before The Who became one of the biggest rock bands in the world. That influence runs throughout the record, which mixes covers with a handful of original songs, with the title track, originally recorded by Garnet Mimms in 1964, setting the tone perfectly. Elsewhere, Daltrey also takes on songs such as "Into My Arms" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Stevie Wonder's "You Have Not Done Nothin'", whilst also including originals like "Certified Rose" and "Always Heading Home". The result feels surprisingly personal, almost like a musical snapshot of the records and styles that helped shape him. Obviously, Daltrey's voice has inevitably aged, but compared with many of his contemporaries, I feel he has held up remarkably well. There are moments where he slightly softens or mumbles certain words, yet he still sounds committed throughout and never comes across as though he is desperately trying to recreate the voice he had in the '70s. Whilst it is still not quite on the level of 2014's 'Going Back Home' with Wilko Johnson, but it is a surprisingly strong late-career effort.
#rogerdaltrey #vinylcollection #vinyl #discogs #music
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