[2015-05-12] J.D. Souther "Tenderness" (Sony Masterworks)

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

Description
A 2013 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, J.D. Souther is a legitimate legend in popular music.

An architect of the Southern California sound and a huge influence on modern songwriting, J.D. Souther has written or co-written many of the Eagles' hits including "Heartache Tonight," "Victim of Love," "New Kid in Town," "Best of my Love," Don Henley's "The Heart of the Matter," as well as the Eagles' 2007 hit, "How Long." Linda Ronstadt has recorded many of his songs, including "Faithless Love," "Simple Man, Simple Dream," and "Prisoner in Disguise." Souther's hit "You're Only Lonely" reached the top ten and was quickly followed by "Her Town, Too" which J.D. co-wrote with James Taylor. The Dixie Chicks' 1998 hit "I'll Take Care of You," was written by J.D. and featured on their album Wide Open Spaces, which sold over 11 million records.

After a twenty-five year performing hiatus, Souther returned to recording and live performance in 2008, blending his trademark Americana-influenced style with new flavors of jazz and blues. On his new album, Tenderness, J.D.'s debut album on Masterworks, he worked with Grammy Award-winning producer Larry Klein who has produced albums for Joni Mitchell, Madeleine Peyroux, Herbie Hancock and Tracy Chapman, to name a few. Tenderness is a late-night masterpiece, haunting and wise and entirely reflective of the persona of this mysteriously brilliant American treasure.

Tracklist
1. Come What May
2. Something in the Dark
3. This House
4. Let's Take a Walk
5. Dance Real Slow
6. Show Me What You Mean
7. Horses in Blue
8. Need Somebody
9. Downtown (Before the War)
[MP3 Bonus Track]
10. All Your Wishes

CD
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TPVW7PG/?tag=imwan-20

Vinyl
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B012WBL2YM/?tag=imwan-20

MP3
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V9CBSJ0/?tag=imwan-20

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2013 ... ters-honor

Quote:

But he is happy to talk about a collaboration with Burt Bacharach that seems surprising but has worked out very well. It was Bacharach’s idea. “We’ve been talking about doing this for 20 years, so we finally did it,” Souther said.

The two are working on four or five songs that will be on Souther’s Sony Masterworks album that will come out next spring. Souther is writing the lyrics to Bacharach’s music.

“I’m very content to go to his house and just watch him play piano,” Souther joked. “He’s so affable about it, and has such a clear style of his own, I’m more than happy just to write the lyrics.”

It’ll be interesting to see the results; Souther’s lyrics are often conversational, while Bacharach is known for being ferociously concise, matching each syllable with a musical beat. Souther is a great admirer of Bacharach’s longtime collaborator, lyricist Hal David.

“Hal had a great knack for letting the crazy bird go, and (write) the weirdest thing,” Souther said.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

i'm in for sure.

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:37 pm

Bump: Added pre-order link to the first post.

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

Count me in as well.

ericsen · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 3844

Has anyone seen anything further on this collaboration? News on this seems hard to come by. I notice that the link above now lists this as J.D. Souther - "Tenderness", which will be released on May 12, 2015. The description doesn't say anything about Burt Bacharach. It mentions that it is produced by Larry Klein. Maybe it will contain some songs written with Bacharach?

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:39 pm

I've removed Bacharach from the thread title since there's nothing about him in Sony's latest solicitation. Don't know if that project has been put on hold, or abandoned, or folded into this album.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

the japanese version has one bonus track - 'all your wishes'

'all your wishes' is also on the spotify version of the album

Linda · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2015 2:17 pm

"All Your Wishes" is also on the digital version of the album (and purchasable separately):

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V9CBSJ0/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2015 2:19 pm

We finally have a promo video, too:

Jay · 12 Jul 2006

The bonus track showed up in my Amazon music library as part of the AutoPlay accompanying my CD purchase.

Renny · 26 Jun 2006

not much written here about this wonderful, albeit quite short, j.d. souther album.

some very nice songs and excellent arrangements. real nice horn touches throughout.

give it a listen on spotify, you might be like it!

[2015-05-12] J.D. Souther "Tenderness" (Sony Masterworks)

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