Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp – 18 (2022) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Jeff Beck, Johnny Depp – 18 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 55:16 minutes | 665 MB | Genre: Rock
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Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp tapped into the frustration of living through the pandemic in 2020 with their well-timed cover of John Lennon’s ‘Isolation’. On the record, Beck’s first studio effort in six years, the artists coax unexpected performances from one another on 11 covers and two originals that touch on everything from Celtic and Motown to John Lennon, the Beach Boys and The Velvet Underground. The cover illustration was done by Jeff’s wife, Sandra and pictures them when they were both 18. Beck explains the album title: ‘When Johnny and I started playing together, it really ignited our youthful spirit and creativity. We would joke about how we felt 18 again, so that just became the album title too’.It’s called 18 because the creative process fueling their 2022 duet album made Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp feel young again. Of course, they could feel like their younger selves because they’re spending the great majority of their time playing oldies but goodies, digging out warhorses by the Beach Boys, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, the Everly Brothers, the Velvet Underground, and John Lennon to form the bulk of their 13-track album. Such a description suggests 18 might sound like pro forma karaoke, but check another one of the couple’s covers: “The Death and Resurrection Show,” a George W. Bush-era tune by industrial icons Killing Joke. It certainly seems unlikely that British Invasion blues stalwart Beck pushed for its inclusion, so that can be chalked up to Depp, as can the general dour tenor of the album. Allegedly, the recording of 18 helped the pair to blow off some pandemic-related tension — naturally, the Lennon song they chose to cover is “Isolation” — but instead of feeling like an outpouring of joyous connection, it’s a bunch of griping. Depp contributes to the sour tone by murmuring his way through the neo-industrial “Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade” and attempting to conjure the ghost of David Bowie on “This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr” in a fashion that winds up sounding like latter-day Pink Floyd. Much of 18 sounds a bit like Floyd after Roger Waters left, where there are wide-open vistas that allow the guitar solos to shine. Beck often sounds liquid and lyrical, a counter to the stumbling glower of Depp, who seems to be stuck in a growl even when he shoots for a falsetto on Robinson’s “Ooo Baby Baby.” Tonally, Beck and Depp don’t quite mesh — Beck’s guitar wants to soar, Depp stays earthbound — and instead of generating something rife with tension or an outright failure, the results are just leaden and dull. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Tracklist:

1-1. Jeff Beck – Midnight Walker (03:04)
1-2. Jeff Beck – The Death And Resurrection Show (05:30)
1-3. Jeff Beck – Time (03:38)
1-4. Jeff Beck – Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade (03:31)
1-5. Jeff Beck – Don’t Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) (03:11)
1-6. Jeff Beck – This Is A Song For Miss Hedy Lamarr (04:29)
1-7. Jeff Beck – Caroline, No (02:23)
1-8. Jeff Beck – Ooo Baby Baby (03:37)
1-9. Jeff Beck – What’s Going On (04:25)
1-10. Jeff Beck – Venus In Furs (04:52)
1-11. Jeff Beck – Let It Be Me (04:41)
1-12. Jeff Beck – Stars (06:35)
1-13. Jeff Beck – Isolation (05:14)

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