She and Him - Classics

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2014 EU issue on 180g vnyl LP-Recorded live with an orchestra, Classics sees M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel beautifully interpret a classy set of standards. She & Him’s attitude can run the gamut from charming to cheeky, but here, they’re pretty reveren...
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Release date: 2014-12-17

2014 EU issue on 180g vnyl LP-Recorded live with an orchestra, Classics sees M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel beautifully interpret a classy set of standards. She & Him’s attitude can run the gamut from charming to cheeky, but here, they’re pretty reverent of the source material, which was probably the smart way to go. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s “Stars Fell on Alabama” gently sways, yet it conveys just how strong Deschanel’s voice has gotten over the years, nailing the nuances as well as the big finish. Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s soul classic “Oh No, Not My Baby” is sumptuously rendered. A couple of tracks feel damp, but none is badly done. The best tracks show Deschanel and Ward’s particular chemistry and style, such as when Ward joins Deschanel to duet on Frank Sinatra’s “Time After Time,” while Ward’s languid take on “She,” originally written by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer and performed famously by Elvis Costello for the “Notting Hill” Soundtrack, gives the album a needed international diversion, while Deschanel provides glorious backup sighs and coos. Remarkably, Classics doesn’t feel needless—even a nocturnal take on “Unchained Melody” feels pretty fresh—but rather a natural extension of the sound She & Him have been cultivating over several studio albums. It feels like a new way to enjoy these songs, which, when some of them are as well-worn as they are, says a lot.

Tracks:
A1 Stars Fell On Alabama
A2 Oh No, Not My Baby
A3 It's Not For Me To Say
A4 Stay Awhile
A5 This Girl's In Love With You
A6 Time After Time

B1 She
B2 Teach Me Tonight
B3 It's Always You
B4 Unchained Melody
B5 I'll Never Be Free
B6 Would You Like To Take A Walk?
B7 We'll Meet Again

 Zooey Deschanel and M.Ward are She & Him, and Classics is their new album, a compilation of timeless covers, that have been previously recorded by artists such as Billie Holiday, Johnny Mathis, Dusty Springfield, Louis Armstrong, and Elvis Costello.

The duo first met on the set of the film The Go-Getter, in which Deschanel had a starring role. The director introduced them to each other, and asked them to sing a duet together to be played at the end credits of the film.

In honor of the full-bodied sound of the original classics, She & Him recorded the new album live, including full brass, strings, piano, bass, guitar, drums and flute on their rendition of Springfield's classic melody. Ward's guitar shimmers and flows beside Deschanel's whole-hearted and warm vibrato, weaving a hearty live version that allows for the spontaneity that captured the spirit of the songs in their truest form.

The band's first two albums, Volume One and Volume Two, were included on NPR's Listeners' Pick Best Music list. Volume Two was also #1 on the US Rock, Folk, and Independent Charts for several weeks. From there, the band's A Very She & Him Christmas was included on Rolling Stone's 25 Greatest Christmas Albums of All-Time. Volume 3 was released in 2013, and Pitchfork applauded Deschanel's "certain kind of charisma that allows a song to hang loosely but never fall apart," continuing, "Ward gives them enough room to sway leisurely, as though a warm breeze is rustling through."

Press for Classics is nothing but positive: "Breezy but sturdy, impeccably styled" - The New York Times, "As M. Ward's unflustered, vintage-sounding guitars gift memories of Chet Atkins and Les Paul, there's a welcome, brandies-by-the fireside serenity afoot." MOJO, "Pretty love songs set in a 'nation where summer never ends." - Rolling Stone.


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