Roll with the Punches (album)

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Roll with the Punches
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Studio album by
Van Morrison
Released22 September 2017
Recorded2017
Genre Rock, Americana
Length63:14
Label Caroline
Producer Van Morrison
Van Morrison chronology
Keep Me Singing
(2016)		Roll with the Punches
(2017)		 Versatile
(2017)
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Roll with the Punches is the 37th studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released on 22 September 2017 by Caroline Records. [4] It features Jeff Beck on guitar, and charted in the Top 10 in five countries, and the Top 40 in a further six, including the US.

Contents

Great guests on this album, Jeff Beck on electric guitar, Georgie Fame on Hammond organ and vocals, Paul Moran also on Hammond organ and trumpet, Paul Jones on harmonica and vocals and, last but not least, Chris Farlowe on vocals.

Background and launch

The album consists of five original songs and ten covers. [5] The cover originally featured former professional wrestler and Mohawk chief Billy Two Rivers, who sued the singer and the label, Universal Music Group, claiming that they did not seek permission to use his likeness. The parties agreed to settle out of court, and the cover was replaced, to feature Omagh boxer William Mitchell. [6] [7] [8]

On 25 September, Morrison spoke to Paul Jones - who is a guest musician on the album - on his BBC Radio 2 show to coincide with its release. [9] When Morrison received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting from Emmylou Harris at the 2017 Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony, he performed "Transformation", from the album. He has said that the inspiration for the song came from encountering the Californian Christian community, Agape. [10]

Critical reception

Pitchfork says that Roll with the Punches is "a thorough exploration of the blues", the first time Morrison has dedicated an entire album to that genre. Hailing it as "crisp, precise", it "reveals [Morrison's] ability to inhabit classic songs while paying respect to their form." [11] Slate finds that it "plays like a party album", and in departing from "his trademark blend of jazz, folk, and Celtic soul" is Morrison's "most distinctive album since 2006’s country covers collection Pay the Devil ". [12] Greil Marcus called it "a tremendous rebound from his last few albums," writing that Morrison "makes Sam Cooke’s 'Bring It on Home to Me' feel like it has a hundred years ahead of it." [13]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Roll with the Punches" Van Morrison, Don Black 3:58
2."Transformation"Van Morrison3:31
3."I Can Tell"
3:51
4."Stormy Monday / Lonely Avenue" T-Bone Walker / Doc Pomus 5:30
5."Goin' to Chicago" Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing 5:22
6."Fame"Van Morrison5:06
7."Too Much Trouble"Van Morrison3:04
8."Bring It On Home to Me" Sam Cooke 5:39
9."Ordinary People"Van Morrison4:41
10."How Far from God" Sister Rosetta Tharpe 3:47
11."Teardrops from My Eyes" Rudy Toombs 3:53
12."Automobile Blues" Samuel Hopkins 3:39
13."Benediction" Mose Allison 3:12
14."Mean Old World" T-Bone Walker 4:59
15."Ride On Josephine" Ellas McDaniel 3:02
Total length:63:14

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [14]

Musicians

  • Van Morrison – vocals, electric guitar, harmonica, percussion, saxophone
  • Chris Farlowe – vocals (2-4, 9)
  • Georgie Fame – vocals, Hammond organ (5, 11)
  • Paul Jones – vocals, harmonica (6)
  • Jeff Beck – electric guitar (2-4, 8, 9)
  • Ned Edwards – electric guitar, harmonica, background vocals (12, 14, 15)
  • Dave Keary – acoustic and electric guitar, background vocals
  • Pete Hurley – electric bass (2, 11, 12, 14, 15)
  • Laurence Cottle – electric bass (1-4, 7-10, 13)
  • Paul Moore – electric bass (6)
  • Chris Hill – double bass (5)
  • Jason Rebello – piano (2, 7, 8, 11, 13)
  • Stuart McIlroy – piano, vocals, harmonica (1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15)
  • Joseph Jordan-Richardson - organ, Piano, pig skin drums
  • Paul Moran – Hammond organ, trumpet (5)
  • Sumudu Jayatilaka – background vocals
  • Dana Masters – background vocals
  • Elizabeth Williams – background vocals
  • Mez Clough – drums (1-4, 6-11, 13, 15), percussion (6), backing vocals (2-4, 8, 11, 15)
  • James Powell – drums (5)
  • Colin Griffin – drums (12, 14, 15)
  • Dan Ellis – percussion

Technical

  • Dick Beetham – mastering
  • Poppy Kavanagh – assistant engineer
  • Rowan McIntosh – assistant engineer
  • Gerry McLernon – engineer, mixing
  • Phil Parsons – assistant engineer
  • Patrick Phillips – assistant engineer
  • Tristan Powell – engineer, mixing
  • Will Purton – assistant, assistant engineer, engineer, mixing
  • Matt Tait – engineer, mixing
  • Richard Wade – photography
  • Enda Walsh – engineer, mixing

Charts

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