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The Scene Of The Crime (CD)

By: Bettye LaVette (Artist)

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Bettye LaVette Artist Snapshot:

Bettye LaVette is a symbol of gritty persistence in the face of music industry indifference. Though she emerged from the same fecund Detroit music community that gave rise to, among many others, Aretha Franklin and the entire early Motown roster, she remained a relative unknown to those outside the most dedicated of soul circles. In the early 2000s, however, LaVette's career underwent a surprising resurgence, and in 2005 she released I'VE GOT MY OWN HELL TO RAISE. The triumphant, critically acclaimed comeback album featured renditions of songs by the likes of Lucinda Williams, Sinead O'Connor, and Fiona Apple. A tour followed, and in 2007 she released THE SCENE OF THE CRIME, with musical backing by alt-country young guns the Drive-By Truckers.

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DISC 1 for The Scene Of The Crime (CD) Album By Bettye LaVette (Artist)
1   I Still Want To Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)
2   Choices
3   Jealousy
4   You Don't Know Me At All
5   Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
6   They Call It Love
7   Last Time, The
8   Talking Old Soldiers
9   Before the Money Came (The Battle Of Bettye Lavette)
10   I Guess We Shouldn't Talk About That Now
 

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Review

Spin (p.106) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[On the] slower songs by Elton John and Uncle Ray, the band trades slide guitar for pedal steel, and LaVette's fierce voice drops to a whisper."
Uncut (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[there is] a supreme revitalization of her deep-seated powers evident here....She has music to match the raw roar of her voice..."
CMJ (p.14) - "[W]hen she grinds it up, her growl grabs you by your meager larynx."
Down Beat (p.68) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The aptly titled THE SCENE OF THE CRIME finds her returning to Fame STudios in Muscle Shoals....The songs look back on life, and the singer makes them sound definitive."
Vibe (p.96) - "[P]owerful, affirmative....A collection of semi-obscure covers...as filtered through the experiences of an equally obscure, 60-something soul survivor."
No Depression (p.92) - "Her voice is jagged and rusty, weary, but filled with life too, hard as new-forged steel, and with no intention of going easy."

Title Note

Personnel: Bettye LaVette (vocals); Kelvin Holly (guitar); John Neff, Patterson Hood, Mike Cooley (guitars); Sum Haque, Spooner Oldham (piano); David Hood, Shonna Tucker (bass guitar); Brad Morgan (drums).

Before Bettye Lavette's world-beating 2005 comeback album, I'VE GOT MY OWN HELL TO RAISE, she struggled through career tribulations for decades, a conspicuous indignity being Atlantic's refusal to release her 1972 Muscle Shoals sessions. Three-and-a-half decades later, she followed up HELL TO RAISE by returning to THE SCENE OF THE CRIME and recording in Muscle Shoals once more, backed not only by old-school sessioneers like David Hood, but by Hood's son Patterson's band, the Drive-By Truckers. The Truckers sublimate their rock tendencies, offering a greasy blend of soul and blues to back Lavette's throaty, passion-filled narratives. She winds her way through tunes by everyone from Elton John to John Hiatt, investing them all with powerful emotion, delivering a modern soul classic.

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4 out of 5 stars Solid, February 11, 2008
By Levert
Bettye LaVette creates an intriquing blend of greasy soul and bluesy soundpeices that make for a sweet and sluggish listen.

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