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Gossip - A Joyful Noise (2012)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 30 Jun 2021 11:32:18

2012 album from the Alt-Rock band fronted by Beth Ditto. A Joyful Noise is a blend of Soul, Gospel, Rock, Funk, Disco, Punk, Passion and Rebellion, Recorded in both Xenomania, Higgins' studio in England, and KBC Studios in Portland, Oregon, A Joyful Noise stays true to Gossip's trademark brash and unapologetic nature - that is, as true as possible for a band that is constantly reinventing itself and pushing boundaries. Working with Higgins, Gossip sought to create their own brand of pop. Ditto proclaimed, "I spent the whole year listening to ABBA and not listening to the radio," accounting for the pulsing energy of A Joyful Noise. The album's infectious tracks will certainly be welcomed by fans who are already entranced by Gossip's insanely danceable beats, and will no doubt lure in many more.

"So you're not a rock & roller/And there's nothin' wrong with that," Beth Ditto sings near the beginning of A Joyful Noise – a knowing line, considering that she used to be one of the best female rock & rollers out there. However, since Standing in the Way of Control, the Gossip has moved in an increasingly pop direction, and never more so than on this set of songs. Inspired by ABBA, the band hired Brian Higgins from production team extraordinaire Xenomania to add a slick sheen to the album, which is most evident on "Get Lost," Ditto and crew's most convincing pop bid yet. But A Joyful Noise isn't especially frothy; there's some grit here, especially on "Melody Emergency," where Ditto's still-unmatchable voice dominates the track's slow grind, and fuzzy synths do their best impersonation of power chords. Higgins does his best to balance the band's past and present directions, wrapping "I Won't Play" in synth strings that Gary Numan would be proud to call his own. Despite its dubstep-tinged bass, "Get a Job," a pointed indictment of a poor little rich girl, could have easily appeared on an earlier Gossip album with a more lo-fi approach, and the stand-out "Horns" is an "On the Playground"-style takedown fueled by menacing strings and wah-wah riffs. Sometimes this balance doesn't always work – the guitars on "Casualties of War" are engulfed by synths and drum machines – but more often than not it does. The minor-key verses and soaring choruses on "Perfect World" and "Move in the Right Direction" recall Goldfrapp's polarizing album Head First; as on Music for Men, Pat Benatar – another formidable vocalist who moved from rock to more manicured pop – is also a touchstone here. A Joyful Noise isn't as raw or immediate as any of the Gossip's earlier albums, which makes it a bit of a grower for anyone attached to the band's previous firepower, but even if their liberating rock is really missed, there's nothin' wrong with their pop inclinations.

Review by Heather Phares, Allmusic.com

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Tracklist:

01. Melody Emergency (03:51)
02. Perfect World (04:27)
03. Get A Job (04:59)
04. Move In The Right Direction (03:31)
05. Casualties Of War (04:15)
06. Into The Wild (03:13)
07. Get Lost (04:06)
08. Involved (04:15)
09. Horns (03:45)
10. I Won't Play (03:19)
11. Love In A Foreign Place (04:22)

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EAC extraction logfile from 24. June 2012, 23:05

Gossip / A Joyful Noise

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