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 Post subject: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
PostPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:34 pm 
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On May 17th, Virgin Records will release Give Till It's Gone, Ben Harper's 10th studio album. It was recorded at the Los Angeles studio of Jackson Browne, who harmonizes with Ben on "Pray That Our Love Sees The Dawn." The album also features two tracks co-written and performed with Ringo Starr - the psychedelic-tinged "Spilling Faith" and "Get There From Here," an improvisational instrumental.

Ben will headline a trio of festivals this spring: Lollapalooza Chile, Bluesfest in Australia and GrassRoots, the New Zealand Blues & Roots All Music Festival, followed by the Wakarusa Festival and more dates with more soon to be announced.

Stay tuned for a special album pre-order Mar 29!

Give Till It's Gone Track List:

1. Don't Give Up On Me Now
2. I Will Not Be Broken
3. Rock N' Roll Is Free
4. Feel Love
5. Clearly Severely
6. Spilling Faith
7. Get There From Here
8. Pray That Our Love Sees The Dawn
9. Waiting On A Sign
10. Dirty Little Lover
11. Do It For You, Do It For Us



Even though he lost some of his indie cred and following maybe 10 years ago, he remains an amazing artist and as always Im looking forward to this new set of songs. His last record with R7 was an underrated and just excellent record (especially the live disc, live at montreal). Im kinda hoping this is with R7 aswell.

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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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I've lost all hope with this guy, to the point that I'm convinced this will suck just by looking at the album and song titles :?

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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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I've lost all hope with this guy, to the point that I'm convinced this will suck just by looking at the album and song titles :?



Fortunately he's still giving you the benefit of the doubt.


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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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Seems like most every Harper record can be relied upon to produce 1-2 great songs, a few pretty good songs, and the rest stuff I never need to hear again. Always enjoy the live shows, though.


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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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I've lost all hope with this guy, to the point that I'm convinced this will suck just by looking at the album and song titles :?


i wouldn't go that far, but... yeah.

considering i followed him around the midwest from '98-'01, and now would think twice about spending $50+ to see him if he came to Minneapolis, i'm gonna be skeptical too.

R7 were a generic bar band fronted by Ben


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Seems like most every Harper record can be relied upon to produce 1-2 great songs, a few pretty good songs, and the rest stuff I never need to hear again. Always enjoy the live shows, though.


first 3-4 albums were all solid all the way through... sadly you can't say the same for his post '00 output :(


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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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I heard the track "Rock and Roll is Free" when he opened for PJ in 09. I remember really liking that song.

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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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mray10 wrote:
Seems like most every Harper record can be relied upon to produce 1-2 great songs, a few pretty good songs, and the rest stuff I never need to hear again. Always enjoy the live shows, though.


first 3-4 albums were all solid all the way through... sadly you can't say the same for his post '00 output :(


I agree. Very strong overall records up until Diamonds on the Inside, that's where he started getting shaky.

R7 did nothing for me. Neither did Fistful of Mercy though I know that was much less his project.


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Fistful was decent, but it sounded mostly like early Joseph Arthur records.


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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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Ben Harper and R7's White Lies for Dark TImes was my favorite album of 2009. This album is aging much better than Backspacer. I still listen to it.

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I just heard "Amen Omen" on a Liberty Mutual Commercial.


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I just heard "Amen Omen" on a Liberty Mutual Commercial.


Yeah, that weirds me out every time.


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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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Thank you.


Don't fuck with Ben Harper. The man keeps getting better. Unlike PJ.

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Don't fuck with Ben Harper. The man keeps getting better.


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 Post subject: Re: Ben Harper - Give Till It's Gone (may 2011)
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Posted my recording of Friday night's Ben Harper show @ The Vic in Chicago here if anyone's interested.

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