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Jeff Beck & Johnny Depp - 18 (Gold Vinyl)
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Jeff
Beck
and
Johnny
Depp
tapped
into
the
frustration
of
living
through
the
pandemic
in
2020
with
their
well-timed
cover
of
John
Lennon’s
“Isolation.”
The
Grammy
winning
guitarist
and
Hollywood
Vampires
co-founder
are
back
with
their
first
album
together,
appropriately
titled,
JEFF
BECK
AND
JOHNNY
DEPP.
On
the
new
record,
Beck’s
first
studio
effort
in
six
years,
the
artists
coax
unexpected
performances
from
one
another
on
11
covers
and
two
originals
that
touch
on
everything
from
Celtic
and
Motown
to
John
Lennon,
the
Beach
Boys
and
The
Velvet
Underground.
The
result
is
a
wild
roller
coaster
ride
through
different
genres
where
hairpin
juxtapositions
deliver
some
of
the
album’s
biggest
thrills.
A
remarkable
example
comes
early
on
when
the
industrial
stomp
of
Killing
Joke’s
“Death
And
Resurrection
Show”
gives
way
to
the
intense
heartache
of
Dennis
Wilson’s
“Time.”
Each
performance
stands
on
its
own,
but
the
sharp
contrast
created
by
sequencing
them
together
heightens
the
emotional
impact
of
both
songs.
The
duo
recorded
most
of
the
album
in
Beck’s
studio
over
three
years
while
Depp
lived
on
and
off
in
the
guitarist’s
English
cottage.
Robert
Adam
Stevenson
co-produced
several
tracks
on
the
album
and
engineered
many
of
the
sessions
remotely
from
Depp’s
studio
in
Los
Angeles.
When
the
basic
tracks
were
finished,
they
were
fleshed
out
by
musicians
who’ve
played
with
Beck
through
the
years,
including
drummer
Vinnie
Colaiuta
and
bassist
Rhonda
Smith.
The
album
title
will
be
“18.”
The
cover
illustration
(attached)
was
done
by
Jeff’s
wife,
Sandra
and
pictures
them
when
they
were
both
18.
Here’s
Jeff’s
comment
on
the
title
from
the
PR:
Beck
explains
the
album
title:
“When
Johnny
and
I
started
playing
together,
it
really
ignited
our
youthful
spirit
and
creativity.
We
would
joke
about
how
we
felt
18
again,
so
that
just
became
the
album
title
too.”
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