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Mr Hudson Straight No Chaser Album Download mr hudson straight no chaser album download Album: Mr Hudson, Straight No Chaser (Mercury) His executive producer Kanye West has been quoted as saying: "I believe Mr Hudson has the potential to be bigger than me, to be one of the most important artists of his generation", which sounds uncharacteristically generous of the thunder-stealing stage-jumper. Bigger than Kanye? Is that even, y'know, possible? But recent collaborations on singles with both Kanye and Jay-Z suggest that little is being left to chance for Mr Hudson, whose days of touring British libraries are clearly behind him. He still seems stunned by the attention, wondering at one point "I'm just a boy from Birmingham, another imposter on a major-label roster – how did I get here?". But he may have fallen into bad company: much of Straight No Chaser is drenched with the auto-tune vocal gimmick so favoured by Kanye – which, given that Hudson's voice has a timbre akin to Chris Martin and Sting, may not be the shrewdest move. But given his head, the singer brings a quaintly British tone to proceedings, with the prancing piano of cheer-up anthem "Lift Your Head" recalling Elton John and Alan Price, and "Stiff Upper Lip" effecting an impressive rapprochement between quintessentially English imagery, American banjo-picking, and European glitchy groove. Download this Stiff Upper Lip, Lift Your Head, Instant Messenger, White Lies. Album review: Mr Hudson – ‘Straight No Chaser’ One of the more befuddling cultural micro-phenomena of recent times has been the US hip-hop community’s sudden fascination with not-very- interesting British white-boy music. You can probably rationalise [a]Jay-Z[/a], [a]Kanye West[/a] and [a]Coldplay[/a]’s love-in as simply three globally massive artists comparing their respective vastnesses, but quite how perennial mattress-protector-requirers [a]Keane[/a] persuaded on- the-rise Somali-Canadian rapper [a]K’Naan[/a] that it would be a good idea to work with them is a mystery indeed. ​ ​ Equally mysterious is how [a]Mr Hudson[/a], formerly eclecto-indie dullards [a]Mr Hudson & The Library[/a], has (we’ll say ‘has’ rather than ‘have’, given that members of The Library are now credited as guest performers) enraptured the aforementioned Messrs West and Z, unless they have been waiting all their life for a man who sounds like the mutant offspring of Sting and a bassoon being constantly fed through Auto-Tune.​ ​ Oh, did someone mention Auto- Tune? Because it’s not Hudson’s foghorn bellowings that are the real enemy on this record, it’s that motherfucking computer program – with Jay-Z having announced its death earlier this year, this album could be the primary defence witness at the murder trial. ​ ​ When a production technique has been pioneered by Cher and Dane Bowers, that really ought to be enough reason to leave it alone, but practically every line on here is fed through a filter that makes it sound like somebody is attempting to forcibly tracheotomise Hudson while he sings. Single ‘Supernova’ is practically a parody, and the same technique renders the title track absolutely unlistenable. It’s a shame, because in making Hudson sound like a cyborg with a wonky tuning dial in his throat, it detracts from the moments on the album that might otherwise have been affecting. In fact, given that ‘Straight No Chaser’ is such an awful cliché of a title, can we suggest ‘DBA (Death By Auto-Tune)’ instead?​ ​ Oh, did someone allude to Jay-Z again? His collaboration, ‘Forever Young’ , is already the worst moment on ‘The Blueprint 3’ . Only the sparse electro of ‘Everything Is Broken’ , on which [a]Kid Cudi[/a]’s limited rhyme skills actually work to the song’s advantage, is worth sticking around for. The rest of it… well, it actually makes one hanker for Keane trying their hand at hip-hop. Yeah, OK, that’s going too far…​ ​ Pete Cashmore ​ ​ What do you think of the album? Let us know by posting a comment below. ​ ​ Click here to get your copy of Mr Hudson’s ‘Straight No Chaser’ from the Rough Trade shop.​ ​ The world's defining voice in music and pop culture since 1952. Join Our Mailing List. © 2021 NME is a member of the media division of BandLab Technologies. Mr Hudson: 'Straight No Chaser' "I'm just a boy from Birmingham / Another imposter on a major label roster / How did I get here?" So sings Mr Ben Hudson a few tracks into his second album, Straight No Chaser . It's a reminder of the downright strange position in which the formerly folky singer-songwriter finds himself. Together with his old band The Library, Hudson's first single peaked just outside the top 40 and he seemingly disappeared soon after. Then he was plucked from near-obscurity by super-fan Kanye West. In terms of relative fame levels, it was a bit like The Strokes' Julian Casablancas deciding he just had to work with Dominic Masters from The Others. The first fruits of the West-Hudson collaboration featured on West's 808 & Heartbreaks and were followed by 'Supernova' - a smash single that deservedly hit number two in the charts and hung around the top ten for aeons. That track opens up this collection, and while it's the most immediate thing here, it far from overshadows the rest of the set. West also pops up on 'Anyone But Him', a bitter retelling of the 'Girl Is Mine' storyline that boasts some sharp production and wonderfully jealous sentiment ("I'd rather hear you'd had the whole football team/ Than have to watch his filthy lips on your skin"). The spot-on tone of resigned hurt even excuses the gaucheness of some of the rapper's rhymes ("Now when she go black she ain't never coming back/ I'm sorry Mr H, I thought you already knew that"). His vocal contributions aside, West's influence as the album's "executive producer" is far from hidden. Straight No Chaser sits comfortably next to West's last record in the same way that Iggy Pop's The Idiot nestles alongside its producer David Bowie's contemporaneous Low . The sparse beats and Spartan keyboards on 'White Lies' underline the similarities between the two albums, and when the vocal trickery kicks in on 'There Will Be Tears', 'Stiff Upper Lip' and especially the title track, you almost have to stop yourself from checking that you haven't accidentally stuck on West's album. Despite that, Hudson does more than enough to ensure that the album is still his own. Its finest moments, such as 'Learning To Live', 'Time' and 'Instant Messenger', find his naked and sometimes fragile vocals vying with the starkness of the production. It sets up a hot vs. cold/man vs. machine battle that draws you in as the subtleties of the sound and intelligence of the lyrics become increasingly apparent. Hudson recently told DS that West's goal with Straight No Chaser was to "make a pop record". In truth, this album is rather too downbeat and quirky for that title to be easily bestowed, but it's all the better for it. Straight No Chaser (Mr Hudson album) Straight No Chaser is the second studio album by British pop musician Mr Hudson, a follow-up to the last album released under the name Mr Hudson & The Library entitled A Tale of Two Cities . Straight No Chaser was released in the UK on 19 October 2009. It was released in the United States on 29 June 2010. Contents. 1 Background 2 Track listing 3 Singles 4 Chart performance 5 References. Background. Sessions first started at Gizzard Studios in Bow, East London, with the album being engineered by Ed Deegan, however the Library (Mr Hudson's backing band) were soon fired and tapes were shelved when Mr Hudson was then flown to the Bahamas to record a new album with Kanye West. In an interview, singer Ben Hudson was asked to describe the album: "My mission statement was to make a pop record, but not a throwaway pop record. My heroes are people like Bowie and Prince and Damon Albarn. I didn't want to do anything niche. Kanye threw down the gauntlet. He said, 'Let's see if we can make you a popstar'. I was like 'Let's have a go!'. It's a bit more widescreen, a bit more punchy, but the eclecticism of the first record's still there. There's a tune where I'm a cross between Deliverance and Sade". [2] Track listing. No. Title Producer Length 1. "Supernova" (featuring Kanye West) Mr Hudson, Kanye West, Dave McCracken 3:13 2. "White Lies" Dave McCracken, Music Kidz 3:11 3. "Knew We Were Trouble" Mr Hudson 3:15 4. "Straight No Chaser" The Bullitts (additional production: Mr Hudson) 3:23 5. "Learning to Live" Mr Hudson & Andrew Savours 4:18 6. "Instant Messenger" Mr Hudson 3:44 7. "There Will Be Tears" Mr Hudson 3:47 8. "Stiff Upper Lip" Mr Hudson & Steve Robson 2:52 9. "Central Park" (additional vocals: Joy Joseph) Mr Hudson 2:53 10. "Anyone But Him" (featuring Kanye West) Mr Hudson 3:10 11. "Everything Is Broken" (featuring Kid Cudi) The Bullitts (additional production: Mr Hudson) 2:44 12. "Lift Your Head" (additional vocals: Joy Joseph) Mr Hudson 3:08 13. "Time" (additional vocals: Joy Joseph) Mr Hudson 3:58 14. "Supernova (Calvin Harris Remix) (iTunes UK Bonus Track)" 5:41. Singles. "There Will Be Tears" was the first single from Straight No Chaser , but failed to attract the attention of the media, something only "Supernova" achieved in chart success.
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