Both Sides Of The Gun (US)(Special Box)

構成数 : 3枚
合計収録時間 : 01:27:05
ボーナス・ディスク付き3枚組スペシャル・ボックス仕様
Personnel: Ben Harper (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, piano, vibraphone, drums, percussion); Ben Harper; Michael Ward (guitar, 12-string guitar, bass guitar, background vocals); Jason Mozersky, Danny Kalb, Marc Ford (guitar); Jan Ghazi (electric guitar, background vocals); David Lindley (tamboura); Joel Pargman, Alyssa Park, Patrick Rosalez (violin); Brett Banducci (viola); Timothy Loo (cello); Greg Kurstin (piano); David Palmer (keyboards); Juan Nelson (bass guitar); Oliver Francis Charles (drums, background vocals); Jordan Richardson, Jose Medeles, Jean Pierre Plunier (drums); Michelle Griepentrog, Sue Chase, Nick Sandro, Jennifer Ohrstrom, Natasha Cockrell, Scott Thomas, Charlie Musselwhite (background vocals); Jason Yates (keyboards, background vocals); Leon Mobley (percussion, background vocals). Audio Mixer: Danny Kalb. Recording information: The Boat Studios, Silverlake, CA. Photographer: Michael Halsband. With the two-disc BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN, singer/songwriter Ben Harper appears hell-bent to play havoc with listeners' expectations. For those who thought blues-rock was a relic of the 1970s, abandoned to rot amid worn-out Foghat riffs, Harper presents a compelling argument to the contrary on the set's first disc. Instead of jacking up traditional blues forms in a cliched way, though, Harper applies a blues sensibility to the rock vocabulary, coming up with something that feels new in the process. The emotive howl of his vocals and the from-the-gut moans of his guitar bespeak a musician schooled in Zeppelin and Hendrix but ultimately closer to Jeff Buckley at his most frenetic. The raw, gritty production lends an appropriately in-your-face quality as well. The second disc further messes with one's preconceptions. It's a quiet, acoustic-oriented affair wherein Harper seems to channel vintage Cat Stevens. In fact, there are spots where his singing sounds eerily similar to that of the British folk-rocker. Where the first disc's songs feel full of anger and social consciousness, the vulnerable ballads occupying the second are largely wistful and romantic, operating on a more personal scale. As different as they are, BOTH SIDES OF THE GUN are just as formidable in Harper's hands.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)