Better Than Home

 
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Beth Hart
Better Than Home

[ Provogue / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 17 April 2015

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Separating from producer Kevin Shirley for the first time in three records, Beth Hart chose to work with Rob Mathes and Michael Stevens for 2015's Better Than Home. A change in producers helped Hart change direction, letting her depart from the down-and-dirty blues belting she specialized in throughout her time with Shirley, reconnecting slightly to her singer/songwriter beginning while emphasizing deep soul roots. Despite opening with the tight Memphis groove of "Might as Well Smile," most of the album is grandly introspective -- majestic brooding ballads with a clear debt to early Elton John. This cinematic landscape provides a nice contrast to Hart's raw, nervy vocals, accentuating the aching in her delivery. This emotional immediacy compensates for the sometimes elliptical songs, songs that take a little while to settle, but the risks Hart's taken on Better Than Home pay off: this is a distinctive, ambitious record that takes advantage of her natural talents in surprising ways. - AllMusic

Tracks:

1 Might As Well Smile
2 Tell 'Em To Hold On
3 Tell Her You Belong To Me
4 Trouble
5 Better Than Home
6 St. Teresa
7 We're Still Living In The City
8 The Mood That I'm In
9 Mechanical Heart
10 As Long As I Have A Song

Bonus Track
11 Mama This One's For You