Jesus Wept

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:01:33
P.M. Dawn: Attrell "Prince Be" Cordes (vocals, keyboards); Jarrett "J.C." Cordes. Additional personnel: Cameron Greider (acoustic & electric guitars, electric bass); Max Ellen (concertmaster); Sheldon Kurland, Stanley G. Hunte, Regis Iandiorio, Rebekah Johnson, Anahid Ajemian, Winterton B. Garvey, Sandra Park, Gerald Tarack, Marti Sweet, Gene Orloff, Matthew Raimondi, Elliot Rosoff, Marilyn Wright, Abraham Appleman (violin); Richard E. Spencer, Julien C. Barber, Sue Pray, Mitsue Takayama (viola); Susan Poliacik, Mark Orrin Shuman, Richard Locker, Eugene Moye (cello); Etienne Lytle (piano, keyboards); Maurice Luke (keyboards); Tony Bridges (bass); Len Sharp (steel drum); Karen Berno'd Cox, Joyce "Dolos" Stovall, Zhana, Robbie Jenkins (background vocals). Producers: P.M. Dawn (tracks 1-3, 5-15); P.M. Dawn, Eric Kupper (track 4). All songs written or co-written by Attrell Cordes except "Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto" (Prince Rogers Nelson/David Byrne/Chris Frantz/Tina Weymouth/Jerry Harrison/Lowell Fulson/J. McCracklin/Harry Nilsson/Randy Newman). Samples include "Hush" (as performed by Deep Purple), "4 O'Clock In The Morning" (as performed by The Hassles), "Pacific" (as performed by 808 State) and "Don't Interupt The Sorrow" (as performed by Joni Mitchell). You think Jesus wept? Now that P.M. Dawn has crossed the double-yellow line in the street and become the first hip-hop band in history to sample Billy Joel, Grandmaster Flash and Kurtis Blow are the ones weeping. And not just any Billy Joel. "My Own Personal Gravity" borrows its slinky beat from "4 O'Clock In The Morning" by The Hassles, teenage William Joel's psychedelic rock band of the late '60s. The Hassles had some songs re-released on CD a few years back, but this wasn't one of them. You'd need to have the original vinyl in your collection to find this one. We always figured P.M. Dawn's Prince Be for the kind of guy who'd have obscure Billy Joel sides around the house. A psychedelic hip-hop soul man who probably sleeps with his sampler, Prince Be uses the thing to pull a rainbow's worth of colors, most of them in defiance of hip-hop's accepted hues. JESUS WEPT weaves together trip-hop beats, alternative-rock guitar lines (the sugary rock single "Downtown Venus" derives its pulse from a sample of Deep Purple's "Hush"), creamy R&B harmonies, folkie acoustic-guitar strums, and the usual variety of strangely soothing effects, all in the service of spiritual pop music. For a topper, JESUS WEPT closes with a stunning history-of-the-end-of- the-world medley of Prince's "1999" on acoustic guitar, the Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime" with Beatlesque harmonies, and Harry Nilsson's "Coconut" (?) with a put-on voice that sounds like Nilsson himself. Rarely has true reverence sounded so irreverent.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)