Emotion & Commotion

Emotion & Commotion
Studio album by Jeff Beck
Released 10 April 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. His highest charting album is Blow by Blow produced by George Martin, which peaked at No. 4 in 1975 on the U.S. Billboard album chart. The album has sold 123,000 copies in the U.S. as of July 2016.[2]

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. The track Nessun dorma won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Track listing

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Independent[4]
Chicago Tribune[5]
PopMatters[6]
Los Angeles TimesAmbivalent[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Corpus Christi Carol"Benjamin Britten2:40
2."Hammerhead"Jeff Beck, Jason Rebello4:15
3."Never Alone"Rebello4:22
4."Over the Rainbow"Harold Arlen3:10
5."I Put a Spell on You" (featuring Joss Stone)Screamin' Jay Hawkins2:59
6."Serene" (featuring Olivia Safe)Beck, Rebello6:05
7."Lilac Wine" (featuring Imelda May)James Shelton4:44
8."Nessun Dorma"Giacomo Puccini2:56
9."There's No Other Me" (featuring Joss Stone)Rebello, Joss Stone4:05
10."Elegy for Dunkirk" (featuring Olivia Safe)Dario Marianelli5:03
Total length:40:19

Charts

Album

Chart (2010) Peak positions
Australian Albums Chart 49
Austrian Albums Chart[8] 44
Belgian Albums Chart (Wal)[9] 87
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 9
Dutch Albums Chart[11] 77
Finnish Albums Chart[12] 35
French Albums Chart[13] 74
German Albums Chart[14] 30
Greek Albums Chart[15] 17
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[16] 9
Norwegian Albums Chart[17] 17
Swedish Albums Chart[18] 35
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 40
UK Albums Chart[20] 21
US Billboard 200[21] 11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[22] 3

Personnel

Technical

References

  1. ↑ Jeff Beck Blends Classical With Rock on 13 April Album Emotion Commotion | Rolling Stone Music
  2. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Review: Emotion & Commotion". Allmusic. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Gill, Andy (9 April 2010). "Album: Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion (Atco)". London: The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Kot, Greg (12 April 2010). "Album review: Jeff Beck, 'Emotion & Commotion'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Loar, Christel. "Jeff Beck: Emotion & Commotion". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Wood, Mikael (12 April 2010). "Album review: Jeff Beck's 'Emotion & Commotion'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "Austrian chart chart positions".
  9. ↑ "Belgian chart chart positions".
  10. ↑ "Jeff Beck Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard.
  11. ↑ "Dutch chart positions".
  12. ↑ "Finnish chart chart positions".
  13. ↑ "French chart chart positions".
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "Greek chart positions".
  16. ↑ "エモーション・アンド・コモーション | ジェフ・ベック". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  17. ↑ "Norvegian chart chart positions".
  18. ↑ "Swedish chart chart positions".
  19. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Jeff Beck – Emotion & Commotion". Hung Medien.
  20. ↑ Chart Stats - Jeff Beck
  21. ↑ "Jeff Beck Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  22. ↑ "Jeff Beck Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard.
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