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Releasing an album after an artist’s death can be a tricky thing. Unless the person had died after the recordings were finished, there’s always going to be a dark cloud hanging over it, leaving fans to wonder just how much of the artist’s own work went into the album and whether it was released as a cash-grab.
The best case scenario is that the artist was able to complete all (or nearly all) of their role in the construction of the songs, leaving them to be neatly arranged and sensibly embellished by the producer. But that ideal situation is a rarity. And that’s why posthumous albums can be such a wildly unpredictable listening experience.
Amy Winehouse, Warrant, and a whole cavalcade of other musicians are set to have their names attached to albums in 2016, and there’s no telling whether those releases will sound anything...
Releasing an album after an artist’s death can be a tricky thing. Unless the person had died after the recordings were finished, there’s always going to be a dark cloud hanging over it, leaving fans to wonder just how much of the artist’s own work went into the album and whether it was released as a cash-grab.
The best case scenario is that the artist was able to complete all (or nearly all) of their role in the construction of the songs, leaving them to be neatly arranged and sensibly embellished by the producer. But that ideal situation is a rarity. And that’s why posthumous albums can be such a wildly unpredictable listening experience.
Amy Winehouse, Warrant, and a whole cavalcade of other musicians are set to have their names attached to albums in 2016, and there’s no telling whether those releases will sound anything...
- 3/3/2016
- by Jacob Trowbridge
- Obsessed with Film
Like the wide white lapels of Cookie’s Chanel-plaid jumpsuit, it’s the “Are you kidding me?” details that make Empire so ridiculously delicious.
A hard-charging prosecutor shows up to court with a La Perla bra pushing her cleavage higher than a Patti Labelle glory note. A guy named Thirsty (!) — with a law degree from the University of Guam (!!) — lands a job defending one of the richest and most powerful men in music. And not even Fox’s own highly paid American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez is safe from the vicious tongue of the Lyon family matriarch.
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A hard-charging prosecutor shows up to court with a La Perla bra pushing her cleavage higher than a Patti Labelle glory note. A guy named Thirsty (!) — with a law degree from the University of Guam (!!) — lands a job defending one of the richest and most powerful men in music. And not even Fox’s own highly paid American Idol judge Jennifer Lopez is safe from the vicious tongue of the Lyon family matriarch.
RelatedAsk Ausiello: Spoilers on Empire,...
- 10/1/2015
- TVLine.com
Two late, great performers come back to life on a new album compilation from Queen. Queen and Michael Jackson sing together on the song "There Must Be More to Life Than This," just one of three previously unreleased songs from Queen frontman Mercury on "Forever Queen," due on Nov. 11. Mercury's first solo hit "Love Kills" with Giorgio Moroder also gets an unheard ballad version on the set, as does unreleased "Let Me In Your Heart Again" from Queen's "The Works" sessions. The rest of the single and double-disc releases are "a definitive collection of Queen’s timeless love songs," cobbled together by surviving members Brian May and Roger Taylor. The tracklist is made up of "things that we have collected together that are representative of our growth rather than the big hits,” said May in a release. On the Jackson and Mercury song, streaming above: The Queen and Michael Jackson duet,...
- 9/19/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
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