Alabama Shakes Sound & Color deluxe edition out now
October 29, 2021
Rough Trade Records have released a deluxe edition of Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes’ groundbreaking GRAMMY-winning 2015 album. The repackaged set – available in digital, CD and limited 2-disc vinyl formats – will feature seven bonus tracks pulled from unreleased studio material, b-sides and live recordings plus reimagined artwork by GRAMMY-winning art director Frank Harkins and new photos.
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Originally released in April 2015, Sound & Color debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album also went Top 10 in Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland & the UK where it is certified silver with over 84,000 sales
Alabama Shakes co-produced the album alongside Blake Mills (Bob Dylan, Perfume Genius). Mainly recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, Sound & Color also found the band joining forces with engineer/mixer Shawn Everett (Beck, The War on Drugs, Kacey Musgraves). As they brought the album’s finely detailed tracks to life, Alabama Shakes let their most playful impulses run free.
PRAISE FOR SOUND & COLOR
Uncut Magazine
Sound & Color is a richer, more spacious and wide-ranging album; one that encompasses psychedelic funk (Future People), lovely Curtis Mayfield homages (Guess Who), Erykah Badu-ish nu-soul (Over My Head) and even Strokesy ramalam (The Greatest) as well as a couple of Otis-style showstoppers (Gimme All Your Love and Miss You).
The Observer 4/5
A riveting, kaleidoscopic second album
NME 4/5
The roots quartet’s second set subtly updates their sound – but it’s still all about that voice
The Independent 4/5
Sound & Color brims with the confident ambition of a band discovering and exploring exactly what they’re capable of.
Pitchfork 8.1 – Stadium soul with one eye peeking toward another galaxy while hands and feet and throats desperately try to suss out life here on Earth.
Sound & Color Deluxe Edition – Track Listing – CD & Digital
Original Album
Sound & Color
Don’t Wanna Fight
Dunes
Future People
Gimme All Your Love
This Feeling
Guess Who
The Greatest
Shoegaze
Miss You
Gemini
Over My Head
Bonus Tracks
Drive By Baby
Joe
Someday
Don’t Wanna Fight (Live from Capitol Studio A)
Future People (Live from Capitol Studio A)
Dunes (Live from Capitol Studio A)
Over My Head (Live from Capitol Studio A)
Sound & Color Deluxe Edition – Track Listing – Vinyl
Side A
Sound & Color
Don’t Wanna Fight
Dunes
Future People
Side B
Gimme All Your Love
This Feeling
Guess Who
The Greatest
Shoegaze
Side C
Miss You
Gemini
Over My Head
Drive By Baby
Joe
Side D
Someday
Don’t Wanna Fight (Live from Capitol Studio A)
Future People (Live from Capitol Studio A)
Dunes (Live from Capitol Studio A)
Over My Head (Live from Capitol Studio A)