SHE & HIM ‘CLASSICS’ OUT TODAY – FRIDAY DECEMBER 5th
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“Deschanel wraps her velvety voice around the love song’s lyrics, infusing them with a sense of urgency by holding notes to their near breaking point. Ward, meanwhile, plays snaking Dick Dale-like licks that would fit nicely on the soundtrack to a Quentin Tarantino film.” – Rolling Stone
She & Him – comprised of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward – have today released their brand new album, CLASSICS, via Columbia Records through Sony Music Entertainment Australia.
She & Him have interpreted thirteen quintessential gems on CLASSICS, featuring timeless standards by singers such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Aretha Franklin, and Van Morrison, among others (track listing below).
In honor of the full-bodied sound of the original classics, She & Him recorded the album live, including full brass, strings, piano, bass, guitar, drums and flute on their rendition of Springfield’s classic melody.Ward’s guitar shimmers and flows beside Deschanel’s whole-hearted and warm vibrato, weaving a hearty live version that allows for the spontaneity that captured the spirit of the songs in their truest form.
She & Him’s first two albums, VOLUME ONE and VOLUME TWO, were included on NPR’s Listeners’ Pick Best Music list. VOLUME TWO was also #1 on the US Rock, Folk, and Independent Charts for several weeks. From there, the band’s A VERY SHE & HIM CHRISTMAS was included on Rolling Stone’s 25 Greatest Christmas Albums of All-Time. VOLUME 3 was released in 2013, andPitchfork applauded Deschanel’s “certain kind of charisma that allows a song to hang loosely but never fall apart,” continuing, “Ward gives them enough room to sway leisurely, as though a warm breeze is rustling through.”
“On ‘Stay Awhile’ Deschanel and Ward have totally re-imagined the love-sick ballad. What was once a more upbeat, slightly rock-inspired number has been re-imagined as a mournful country tune, complete with dusty orchestration and some especially heartbroken wailing from Deschanel.” – Consequence of Sound
“Zooey Deschanel (She) and M. Ward (Him) performed Dusty Springfield’s “Stay Awhile” with a little help from the Roots, and, impressively, managed to make the 50-year-old song seem fresh and bubbly while remaining undeniably of its age.” – Spin (on The Tonight Show performance
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Track Listing
1. Stars Fell on Alabama
(1934 composed by Frank Perkins / lyrics by Mitchell Parish)
Recorded by: Guy Lombardo, Billie Holiday, Ella FitzGerald and Louis Armstrong
2. Oh No, Not My Baby
(1964 written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King)
Recorded by: Maxine Brown, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Carole King
3. It’s Not for Me to Say
(1957 music by Robert Allen / lyrics by Al Stillman)
Recorded by: Johnny Mathis
4. Stay Awhile
(1959 written by Mike Hawker)
Recorded by: Dusty Springfield
5. This Girl’s In Love With You
(1959 written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David)
Recorded by: Herb Alpert
6. Time After Time
(1947 written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne)
Recorded by: Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker and Shirley Bassey
7. She
(1974 written by Charles Aznavour)
Recorded by: Charles Aznavour, Elvis Costello
8. Teach Me Tonight
(1953 music by Gene De Paul / lyrics by Sammy Cahn)
Recorded by: Frank Sinatra, The DeCastro Sisters
9. It’s Always You
(1940 music by Jimmy Van Heusen / lyrics by Johnny Burke)
Recorded by: Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman, Chet Baker
10. Unchained Melody
(1955 music by Alex North / lyrics by Hy Zaret)
Recorded by: The Righteous Brothers, Elvis Presley, Lee Ann Rimes
11. I’ll Never Be Free
(1950 written by Bennie Benjamin and George David Weiss)
Recorded by: Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Jean Shepard
12. Would You Like to Take a Walk
(1930 music by Harry Warren / lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose)
Recorded by: Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
13. We’ll Meet Again
(1939 written by Ross Parker and Hugh Charles)
Recorded by: Vera Lynn, The Byrds
