Treble & Reverb

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Treble & Reverb
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Studio album by
Released9 November 2012
Genre R&B
Length96:01
Label Dawn Raid Entertainment
Producer Aaradhna, Brotha D, Nate D, Mareko, P-Money, Evan Short, Sol Messiah
Aaradhna chronology
Sweet Soul Music
(2008)
Treble & Reverb
(2012)
Brown Girl
(2016)

Treble & Reverb is the third studio album by New Zealand recording artist Aaradhna, released on 9 November 2012. A deluxe edition was released on 22 October 2013 with an extra disc of songs. [1]

Aaradhna Jayantilal Patel, better known by her stage name Aaradhna, is an New Zealand-Indian playback singer, songwriter, musical recording artist signed under the music label Dawn Raid Entertainment. She made her musical debut in 2004 featuring on the single "Getting Stronger" with the group Adeaze which peaked at number one on the official New Zealand Singles Chart.

Contents

Composition

The album contains doo-wop and 1960s pop music influences. [2] [3]

Doo-wop style of rhythm & blues

Doo-wop is a genre of rhythm and blues music developed in the 1940s by African American youth, mainly in the large cities of the upper East Coast, including New York. It features vocal group harmony that carries an engaging melodic line to a simple beat with little or no instrumentation. Lyrics are simple, usually about love, ornamented with nonsense syllables, and often featuring, in the bridge, a melodramatically heartfelt recitative addressed to the beloved. Gaining popularity in the 1950s, doo-wop enjoyed its peak successes in the early 1960s, but continued to influence performers in other genres.

This article includes an overview of the events and trends in popular music in the 1960s.

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s. The terms "popular music" and "pop music" are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many diverse styles. "Pop" and "rock" were roughly synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they became increasingly differentiated from each other.

Release and reception

Treble & Reverb was released in New Zealand by Dawn Raid Entertainment on 9 November 2012. [4] Lydia Jenken of The New Zealand Herald gave the album three and a half stars out of five, and wrote that it is too long and repetitive. [3] Treble & Reverb entered the New Zealand Albums Chart at its peak position of number fourteen, and spent a total of eighteen weeks on the chart. [5]

Dawn Raid Entertainment is a record label based in Papatoetoe, South Auckland, in New Zealand. It has signed many New Zealand Hip-hop and R&B artists such as Savage, Adeaze, Aaradhna, The Deceptikonz, Devolo and Ill Semantics. The founders of Dawn Raid Entertainment announced the closure of the recording label on 19 April 2007 due to liquidation.

<i>The New Zealand Herald</i> newspaper

The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspapers in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily Herald had declined to 115,213 copies on average by December 2017. Its main circulation area is the Auckland region. It is also delivered to much of the north of the North Island including Northland, Waikato and King Country.

Accolades

The album received several nominations at the 2013 New Zealand Music Awards and won Album of the Year, Best Urban/Hip Hop Album, Best Pacific Music Album and Best Female Solo Artist. [6]

2013 New Zealand Music Awards

The 2013 New Zealand Music Awards is the 48th holding of the annual ceremony featuring awards for musical recording artists based in or originating from New Zealand. The main awards event will be held on 21 November 2013 at Vector Arena, Auckland and will again be hosted by Shannon Ryan, along with new host Stan Walker. Nominations opened on 27 May 2013 and closed on 8 July 2013. Eligible works were those released between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2013. The ceremony will be broadcast on television channel Four, as will a red carpet special hosted by Drew Neemia and Sharyn Casey.

Track listing

Standard edition
No.TitleLength
1."Treble & Reverb" (Intro)0:56
2."Wake Up"3:51
3."Keep My Cool"3:54
4."Lorena Bobbitt"3:03
5."Great Man"3:07
6."Bob's Your Uncle"4:11
7."Can We Go Back"3:19
8."Fire Burning Love"4:13
9."Back of My Mind"2:40
10."I'm Not the Same"3:21
11."Burned It Up"4:40
12."Miss Lovely"4:42
13."Cool Shoes"4:02
14."Sit With a Slouch"3:39
15."Crying Like a Wolf"3:11
16."You Don't Love Me Anymore"4:53
17."Treble & Reverb" (Outro)0:35

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