Radio Waves (Joan Osborne album)

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Radio Waves
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Compilation album and live album by
Joan Osborne
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2022 (2022-02-22)
Recorded1995–2012
Genre Rhythm and blues, rock music [1] [2]
Length52:52
LanguageEnglish
Label Womanly Hips Records
Producer Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne chronology
Trouble and Strife
(2020)		Radio Waves
(2022)		 Nobody Owns You
(2023)

Radio Waves is a compilation album of live performances by American musician Joan Osborne, released in 2022. The album is composed of live performances of many of her most famous songs and cover versions across several years. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Mark Montgomery French of PopMatters scored this album eight out of 10, calling Osborne "an artist of restless consistency" and stating that the album "hangs together beautifully as a complete work". [4] In Relix , Jeff Tamarkin noted "the evolution of her writing skills through the years" that adds up to a "formidable collection". [3] American Songwriter 's Lee Zimmerman scored this album a 3.5 out of five and summed up his review, "Granted, Radio Waves is, in effect, a stopgap effort designed to buy time until Osborne can resume touring in earnest. Still, given that it’s a means of putting her skills back into the spotlight, it succeeds admirably." [2] Writing for the Associated Press, Stephen Wine noted that Osborne is an "astute interpreter" of rhythm and blues and rock songs who is "creative in reimagining familiar tunes" with varied instrumentation and styles of performance. [1]

Track listing

  1. "Saint Teresa" (KCRW, 1995) (Eric Bazilian, Rick Chertoff, and Joan Osborne) – 3:53
  2. "My Love Is Alive" (KPRI, 2000) (George Kahn and Gary Wright) – 3:28
  3. "Dream a Little Dream" (demo, 2005) (Fabian Andre and Wilbur Schwandt) – 3:44
  4. "How Sweet It Is" (Radio Bremen, Germany, 2003) (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 4:37
  5. "Shake Your Hips" (WXPK, 2012) (James Moore) – 4:06
  6. "One of Us" (Dutch radio, 2001) (Bazilian) – 4:27
  7. "Real Love" (demo, 2006) (Toshi Reagon) – 3:21
  8. "Little Wild One" (KBCO, 2008) (Bazilian, Rob Hyman, and Osborne) – 4:35
  9. "Same Love That Makes Me Laugh" (The Loft – Sirius XM, 2012) (Bill Withers) – 5:29
  10. "Make You Feel My Love" (Radio Bremen, Germany, 2002) (Bob Dylan) – 4:12
  11. "Only You Know and I Know" (The Loft – Sirius XM, 2012) (Dave Mason) – 3:35
  12. "Love's in Need of Love Today" (Radio Bremen, Germany, 2002) (Stevie Wonder) – 4:26
  13. "Everybody Is a Star" (KROQ, 2002) (Sylvester Stewart) – 3:00

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Wine, Stephen (2022-11-23). "Review: Joan Osborne digs into her archives on Radio Waves". Associated Press . Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  2. 1 2 Zimmerman, Lee (2022-02-25). "Review: Joan Osborne Shares a Few Standards on Radio Waves". American Songwriter . Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  3. 1 2 Tamarkin, Jeff (2022-02-28). "Joan Osborne: Radio Waves". Relix . Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  4. ↑ French, Mark Montgomery (2022-04-27). "Joan Osborne Takes a Well-Deserved Victory Lap with Radio Waves". PopMatters . Retrieved 2022-11-24.
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