{"product_id":"womack-bobby-the-bravest-man-in-the-universe-new-lp","title":"Womack, Bobby - The Bravest Man in the Universe - New LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eMr. Womack's final vinyl before passing on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eStephen Thomas Erlewine:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamon Albarn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e enlisted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBobby Womack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e to sing on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGorillaz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e's 2010 album \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlastic Beach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, pushing the great soul singer back into action after a prolonged period of silence. Remarkably, the unlikely pair struck up a friendship, a partnership that led to 2012's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bravest Man in the Universe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e's first album in 13 years. Signing with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Russell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e's XL Records, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e collaborated with his longtime cohort \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Payne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbarn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e on this ghostly, skeletal soul collection, each man bringing his own signatures to the table. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e's beats intertwine with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbarn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e's spectral chords, each evoking distinct memories of his past work, but even if there are clear antecedents in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e's production of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGil Scott-Heron\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e or the futuristic funk oeuvre of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGorillaz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, these two do not bend \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e to fit their needs: they free him to make a startlingly modern \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBobby Womack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e album, one that harks back to such previous masterworks as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstanding\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, albums that fully embodied both the singer and his times. And so it is with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bravest Man in the Universe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, an album that sounds like 2012 as much as it sounds like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e: the rhythms belong to the modern world, the slow, shimmering grooves undeniably \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e's, as he's been specializing in this sound since the turn of the '70s. Initially, the most bracing elements of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bravest Man in the Universe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e are those electronic flourishes from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbarn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and, most of all, the power of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e's singing. He's showing signs of age -- his voice is etched and weathered -- but he sounds undiminished, both as a vocalist and as a man. This is not a quiet, mournful album about the dying of the light; this is about living in the moment, embracing age and modernity with equal enthusiasm. The past is present on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bravest Man in the Universe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e -- nowhere more so than on \"Dayglo Reflection,\" where a song by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e mentor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Cooke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is interpolated and chanteuse of the year \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLana Del Rey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is deployed as effectively ethereal counterpart, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBobby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e covers the traditional \"Deep River\" and revives \"Whatever Happened to the Times,\" a song he co-wrote with his old running partner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim Ford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e -- although \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomack\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is never beholden to time gone by; the old days are part of him, informing how he's facing the present, and there's nothing remotely approaching nostalgia here. For as haunting as parts of the album are, there is no fetishization of death on the parts of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbarn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRussell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e; even with a tinge of melancholy coloring the fringes of the album, this is an album that affirms the power of life, in all of its mess and glory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable cellspacing=\"0px\" cellpadding=\"0px\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"prod_desc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ztxt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ztitle\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"zcolor_light\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Bravest Man In The Universe is Bobby Womack's first album of original material since 1994's Resurrection. Co-produced by Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur) and Richard Russell, the album was recorded at Albarn's 'Studio 13' in West London and New York's Manhattan Center between October and December 2011. The album features guest vocalist Lana Del Rey on the song, \"Dayglo Reflection\".\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"XL Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68046030668028,"sku":"zlz1793370629868","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0804\/7663\/5388\/files\/womack-bobby---the-bravest-man-in-the-universe---new-lp_1.jpg?v=1793370636","url":"https:\/\/oldworldcharmwears.shop\/products\/womack-bobby-the-bravest-man-in-the-universe-new-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}