Juliana Hatfield - Juliana Hatfield Sings Elo (CD)
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About this item
Highlights
- Artist: Juliana Hatfield
- Genre: Rock
- Format: CD
- Record Label: American Laundromat
Description
ELO songs were always coming on the radio when I was growing up. They were a reliable source of pleasure and fascination (except for "Fire On High" which scared the heck out of me). With this album of covers I wanted to get my hands deep into some of the massive '70's hits but I am also shining a light on some of the later work ("Ordinary Dream" from 2001's "Zoom" album, "Secret Messages" and "'From The End Of The World", both from the '80's).Thematically, I identify with the loneliness and alienation and the outerspace-iness in the songs I chose. (I have always felt like I am part alien, not fully belonging to or in this Earth world.) Sonically, ELO recordings are like an amusement park packed with fun musical games with layers and layers of varied, meticulous parts for your ears to explore; production curiosities; huge, gorgeous stacks of awe-inspiring vocal harmony puzzles. My task was to try and break all the things down and reconstruct them subtly until they felt like mine. Overall I stuck pretty close to the originals' structures while figuring out new ways to express or reference the unique and beloved ELO string arrangements. An orchestra would have been difficult or impossible for me to manage to record, nor did I think there was any point in trying to copy those parts as they originally were. Why not try to reimagine them within my zone of limitations? In some cases I transposed string parts onto guitars, or keyboards, and I even sung some of them (as in "Showdown" and "Bluebird Is Dead").Recording the album was a kind of complicated and drawn-out process since I was doing all of my tracks at home in my bedroom (drums and bass were done by Chris Anzalone and Ed Valauskas, respectively [in their own recording spaces]), and I kept running into technology problems that would frustrate me and slow me up. But eventually I got it all done. A labor of love. - Juliana
2. Can't Get It Out of My Head
3. Showdown
4. Strange Magic
5. Don't Bring Me Down
6. Telephone Line
7. Secret Messages
8. Bluebird Is Dead
9. From the End of the World
10. Ordinary Dream
Track List:
Disc: 1
1. Sweet Is the Night2. Can't Get It Out of My Head
3. Showdown
4. Strange Magic
5. Don't Bring Me Down
6. Telephone Line
7. Secret Messages
8. Bluebird Is Dead
9. From the End of the World
10. Ordinary Dream
Record label: American Laundromat
Genre: Rock
Musical Artist: Juliana Hatfield
Format: CD
Street Date: November 17, 2023
TCIN: 90706894
UPC: 616011914863
Item Number (DPCI): 244-04-1141
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Shipping details
Estimated ship dimensions: 5.57 inches length x 4.76 inches width x 0.14 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.08 pounds
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