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Beat Cafe (Digipak) (CD)

By: Donovan (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Beat Cafe (Digipak) (CD) Album By Donovan (Artist)
1   Love Floats
2   Poorman's Sunshine
3   Beat Cafe
4   Yin My Yang
5   Whirlwind
6   Two Lovers
7   Question, The
8   Lord Of The Universe
9   Lover A Lover
10   Cuckoo, The
11   Do Not Go Gentle
12   Shambhala
 

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Rolling Stone (p.146) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "[C]rime rap par excellence - unrepentantly grimy lyrics backed by soulful production."
Uncut (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A] warm evocation of the bohemian world of bebop, poetry, berets and coffee houses....It's great to have him back and sounding so fresh."

Title Note

Personnel: Donovan (vocals); John Chelew (keyboards); Danny Thompson (bass instrument, bass guitar); Jim Keltner (drums, percussion).

Recording information: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California; Pacifica, Los Angeles, CA.

BEAT CAFE is UK troubadour Donovan's first adult album of the 21st century (he released a kids' album in 2002), its predecessor being the '96 Rick Rubin-produced acoustic record SUTRAS. Where the latter was strictly a solo affair, full of hushed spirituality, BEAT CAFE is a group effort that bears a markedly more sensual, rhythmic tone closer to Donovan's '68 hit "Barabajagal." As the title implies, there's a loose sonic concept at work; undertones of beatnik jazz/blues simmer beneath many of the tunes, most explicitly the title track, which bears echoes of SUNSHINE SUPERMAN's "Bert's Blues."

There's an organic, spontaneous feel to the mostly acoustic arrangements. Donovan is accompanied only by famed British folk-rock bassist Danny Thompson (Nick Drake, Pentangle) and American drumming deity Jim Keltner, with occasional keyboards from producer John Chelew. Utilizing such sympathetic musicians in a spare, intimate setting helps make BEAT CAFE an album that lives up to this famed singer/songwriter's legacy.

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