- Category: Music » Rock & Pop » General Rock & Pop
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- Release Date: September 15, 2009
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Verve Forecast
- UPC: 602527102443
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113524619
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #1727 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
- #813 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
- #603 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
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Product Description
Run a Quick Search on "Levitate" by Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Levitate"Browse more products related to "Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers"ReviewBillboard (p.29) - "With scarcely a piano solo in sight, Hornsby lets the songwriting speak for itself, all while managing to encapsulate the very essence of his signature sound." Title NoteIf there were any doubt that Bruce Hornsby had completely redefined himself as a "do whatever I want to" musician rather than the pop/rock singer/songwriter he had appeared to be upon his popular emergence 20 years earlier, that doubt should have been dispersed by his two album releases of 2007, the bluegrass duo set RICKY SKAGGS & BRUCE HORNSBY and the jazz trio session CAMP MEETING with Christian McBride and Jack DeJohnette. That liberation accomplished at last, Hornsby unsurprisingly returned to the pop/rock singer/songwriter mode on LEVITATE, his first album since 1993's A NIGHT ON THE TOWN to be co-credited to his backup band. But his old group The Range is long gone, replaced by an ensemble pointedly called the Noisemakers, who have been backing him as a unit since 2002. The sound of LEVITATE only occasionally recalls the Bruce Hornsby of "That's the Way It Is," "Mandolin Rain," and "The Valley Road." Instead, he and the Noisemakers come up with combustible jazz-rock arrangements revealing the influence of Steely Dan (notably on "Paperboy") and Brian Wilson ("Michael Raphael"), used to support sometimes bizarrely humorous lyrics, as signaled by the opening song, "The Black Rats of London." The best songs here are co-compositions, particularly "Cyclone," with a strong, evocative, and characteristic lyric from former Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. Old-time Hornsby fans who fell away over the years might want to give this one a listen; it's closer to his singer/songwriter self than he's been in many years. If You Enjoy "Levitate (CD)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Levitate (CD)" by Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemaker...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! General Rock & Pop BestsellersExplore More Great Tower Sales & Specials
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