Delilah (Anderson East album)

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Delilah
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Studio album by Anderson East
Released July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)
Genre Rhythm and Blues, Southern Soul, [1] Americana, Rock
Length32:19
Label Low Country Sound
Producer Dave Cobb
Anderson East chronology
Flowers of the Broken Hearted
(2012)		Delilah
(2015)		 Encore
(2018)

Delilah is the third studio album and first major label release by American musician Anderson East. The album was released on July 10, 2015 via Low Country Sound an imprint of Elektra. [2] [3]

Anderson East American musician

Michael Cameron Anderson, known professionally as Anderson East, is an American R&B musician from Athens, Alabama, who currently is based in Nashville, Tennessee. His song "Satisfy Me" was released in March 2015 and received consistent radio airplay. His major-label record debut, Delilah, was released on the Low Country Sound, an imprint Elektra in July 2015.

Low Country Sound

Low Country Sound is a record label imprint of Elektra Records based in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded in 2015 by music producer Dave Cobb who also runs it. Among the artists currently signed to Low Country Sound, some notable acts are Anderson East, Brent Cobb and Rival Sons.

Elektra Records record company and music label

Elektra Records is an American major record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk music and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived as an imprint of Atlantic in 2009. As of October 2018, Elektra was detached from the Atlantic Records umbrella and reorganized into Elektra Music Group, once again operating as an independently-managed frontline label of Warner Music.

Contents

Background

East stated that he chose the album name from Delilah, one of the characters in the seventh book of the Bible called Book of Judges, which features the famous story of Samson and Delilah. "Samson was like the strongest man alive. God blessed him with this superhuman strength but it all laid in his hair. He’s infatuated with [Delilah], totally in love with her, told her secrets and that was the crumbling of the strongest man that’s ever lived. That’s kind of the thread through the record: the woman that saved the crumbled man." [4]

Delilah woman described in the Book of Judges

Delilah is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson, a Nazirite who possesses great strength and serves as the final Judge of Israel. Delilah is bribed by the lords of the Philistines to discover the source of his strength. After three failed attempts at doing so, she finally goads Samson into telling her that his vigor is derived from his hair. As he sleeps, Delilah orders a servant to cut Samson's hair, thereby enabling her to turn him over to the Philistines.

Book of Judges Seventh book of the Bible

The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, it covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom in the Books of Samuel, during which Biblical judges served as temporary leaders. The stories follow a consistent pattern: the people are unfaithful to Yahweh and he therefore delivers them into the hands of their enemies; the people repent and entreat Yahweh for mercy, which he sends in the form of a leader or champion ; the judge delivers the Israelites from oppression and they prosper, but soon they fall again into unfaithfulness and the cycle is repeated. Scholars consider many of the stories in Judges to be the oldest in the Deuteronomistic history, with their major redaction dated to the 8th century BCE and with materials such as the Song of Deborah dating from much earlier.

Samson judge of ancient Israel, known for wielding supernatural strength

Samson was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible and one of the last of the leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered to be an Israelite version of the popular Near Eastern folk hero also embodied by the Sumerian Enkidu and the Greek Heracles.

The George Jackson song, "Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em" came from a visit to the FAME Studios, located in North Alabama, where the record was recorded. [5] The album was recorded live there. [5]

George Henry Jackson was an American blues, rhythm & blues, rock and soul songwriter and singer. His prominence was as a prolific and skilled songwriter; he wrote or co-wrote many hit songs for other musicians, including "Down Home Blues," "One Bad Apple", "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "The Only Way Is Up". As a southern soul singer he recorded fifteen singles between 1963 and 1985, with some success.

FAME Studios

FAME Studios is a recording studio located at 603 East Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, an area of northern Alabama known as the Shoals. Though small and distant from the main recording locations of the American music industry, FAME has produced a large number of hit records and was instrumental in what came to be known as the Muscle Shoals sound. It was started in the 1950s by Rick Hall, known as the Founder of Muscle Shoals Music. The studio, owned by Hall until his death in 2018, is still actively operating. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on December 15, 1997, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. The 2013 award-winning documentary Muscle Shoals features Rick Hall, the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, and the Muscle Shoals sound originally popularized by FAME.

East co-wrote the song "Quit You" with singer-songwriter Chris Stapleton, who Dave Cobb worked with previously, and brought into the studio so the two could meet. They hit it off and wrote the song. [5] [6]

Chris Stapleton American country music singer-songwriter

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Dave Cobb is an American record producer who is based in Nashville, Tennessee, best known for producing the work of country acts such as Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, Jamey Johnson, Shooter Jennings, Colter Wall, Zac Brown Band, Lori McKenna, Brandi Carlile, Anderson East and Jason Isbell.

Critical reception

Critical reception was generally positive. Starpulse gave the album four stars. [7] American Songwriter gave the album four out of five stars. [8]

<i>American Songwriter</i> American bimonthly magazine dedicated to the art of songwriting

American Songwriter is a bimonthly magazine, established in 1984 covering every aspect of the craft and art of songwriting. It features interviews, songwriting tips, news, reviews and lyric contest. The magazine is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Only You"
2:46
2."Satisfy Me"
  • Anderson East
  • Charlie Pate
  • Aaron Raitiere
2:35
3."Find 'Em, Fool 'Em and Forget 'Em"
2:34
4."Devil in Me"
  • Anderson East
  • Mark Stephen Jones
  • Aaron Raitiere
3:41
5."All I'll Ever Need"
  • Anderson East
  • Justin Glasco
3:18
6."Quit You"
2:49
7."What a Woman Wants to Hear"
  • Anderson East
  • Jon Decious
4:14
8."Lonely"
  • Anderson East
  • Jillia Jackson
3:28
9."Keep the Fire Burning"
  • Anderson East
  • Mark Stephen Jones
  • Aaron Raitiere
2:42
10."Lying In Her Arms"Anderson East4:12
Total length:32:19

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References

  1. ↑ Dougherty, Steve. "Anderson East: Tapping Into a Nashville Soul Sound". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Powers, Ann. "Review: Anderson East, 'Delilah'". NPR. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Harvey, CJ. "The Delta Soul of Anderson East". Baeble Music. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Mital, Sachyn. ""Feeling the Notes" An Interview with Anderson East". Pop Matters . Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Orr, Dacey (24 July 2015). "Dave Cobb and Anderson East Talk Bromance, Nashville, FAME Studios, Chris Stapleton and More". Nashville Scene . Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Orr, Dacey (23 July 2015). "How a bathroom break at The Bluebird sold superproducer Dave Cobb on Anderson East". Nashville Scene . Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Faulkner, Brent. "close article Review: Anderson East Delivers A Memorable, Soulful Debut With 'Delilah'". Starpulse.
  8. ↑ Horowitz, Hal. "Anderson East: Delilah". American Songwriter. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
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