Emotion & Commotion

Emotion & Commotion
Studio album by Jeff Beck
Released 10 March 2010
Genre Instrumental rock, blues rock, soul, classical
Length 40:19
Label ATCO
Producer Steve Lipson, Trevor Horn
Jeff Beck chronology
Jeff
(2003)		 Emotion & Commotion
(2010)		 Loud Hailer
(2016)

Emotion & Commotion is the tenth studio album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in April 2010 on ATCO Records. In addition to featuring vocal performances by Joss Stone, Imelda May, and Olivia Safe, the album showcases a 64-piece orchestra on several tracks, and includes covers of well-known songs such as "Over the Rainbow", "Corpus Christi Carol", "Lilac Wine", and other rock and classical works.[1]

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., with sales of 26,000, Beck's highest-ever debut in his 45-year career. The album reached No. 11 in the UK and debuted at No. 9 in Canada. The album debuted at No. 1 in Japan on the Weekly International Album Sales Chart. It has so far charted at No. 49 on the Australian charts, marking the first time Jeff Beck has appeared on the Australian album charts since Guitar Shop reached No. 99 in 1989. His highest charting album was Blow by Blow in 1975 on the U.S. Billboard album chart, which was produced by George Martin. The track Nessun dorma won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Track listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Independent[3]
Chicago Tribune[4]
PopMatters[5]
Los Angeles TimesAmbivalent[6]
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Corpus Christi Carol"  Benjamin Britten 2:40
2. "Hammerhead"  Jeff Beck, Jason Rebello 4:15
3. "Never Alone"  Rebello 4:22
4. "Over the Rainbow"  Harold Arlen 3:10
5. "I Put a Spell on You" (featuring Joss Stone)Screamin' Jay Hawkins 2:59
6. "Serene" (featuring Olivia Safe)Beck, Rebello 6:05
7. "Lilac Wine" (featuring Imelda May)James Shelton 4:44
8. "Nessun Dorma"  Giacomo Puccini 2:56
9. "There's No Other Me" (featuring Joss Stone)Rebello, Joss Stone 4:05
10. "Elegy for Dunkirk" (featuring Olivia Safe)Dario Marianelli 5:03
Total length:
 40:19

Charts

Album

Chart (2010) Peak positions
Australian Albums Chart 49
Austrian Albums Chart 44[7]
Belgian Albums Chart (Wal) 87[8]
Canadian Albums Chart 9[9]
Dutch Albums Chart 77[10]
German Albums Chart 30[11]
Greek Albums Chart 17[12]
Finnish Albums Chart 35[13]
French Albums Chart 74[14]
Norwegian Albums Chart 17[15]
Swedish Albums Chart 35[16]
Swiss Albums Chart 40[17]
UK Albums Chart 21[18]
US Billboard 200 11[9]
US Billboard Rock Albums 3[9]

Musicians

References

  1. ↑ Jeff Beck Blends Classical With Rock on 13 April Album Emotion Commotion | Rolling Stone Music
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Emotion & Commotion". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Gill, Andy (9 April 2010). "Album: Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion (Atco)". London: The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Kot, Greg (12 April 2010). "Album review: Jeff Beck, 'Emotion & Commotion'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Loar, Christel. "Jeff Beck: Emotion & Commotion". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Wood, Mikael (12 April 2010). "Album review: Jeff Beck's 'Emotion & Commotion'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  7. ↑ "Austrian chart chart positions".
  8. ↑ "Belgian chart chart positions".
  9. 1 2 3 http://www.billboard.com/artist/304375/jeff+beck/chart
  10. ↑ "Dutch chart positions".
  11. ↑ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de". musicline.de. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Greek chart positions".
  13. ↑ "Finnish chart chart positions".
  14. ↑ "French chart chart positions".
  15. ↑ "Norvegian chart chart positions".
  16. ↑ "Swedish chart chart positions".
  17. ↑ "Swiss chart chart positions".
  18. ↑ Chart Stats - Jeff Beck
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