Apr 24

Marlena Shaw - 1974 - Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?

Posted by nikos1109

A Soul - Jazz Diva in the most mature moment of her career, featuring a dynamite rhythm section & Marlena’s excellent vocals.
A great record that has Marlena Shaw further developing her style as a sophisticated soul diva with a sharp modern edge! Although already great in the 60s, Shaw emerges here as an all-adult, all-woman singer — dealing with issues that never would have gotten touched in the decade before, all with a directness and sensitivity that’s totally great.
Arrangements throughout the album shift from mellower soul to hipper jazz with ease - taking Shaw into a wide range of territory that clearly shows that no areas were off limits to an artist of her stature in the 70s!
Tracks
A1 Dialogoue : You, Me And Ethel (3:17)
Street Walkin’ Woman (3:03)
A2 You Taught Me How To Speak In Love (3:52)
A3 Davy (5:26)
A4 Feel Like Makin’ Love (5:00)
A5 The Lord Giveth And The Lord Taketh Away (1:05)

B1 You Been Away Too Long (3:07)
B2 You (3:45)
B3 Loving You Was Like A Party (4:17)
B4 A Prelude For Rose Marie (1:56)
B5 Rose Marie (Mon Cherie) (4:19)

A record as fierce and blunt as its title portends, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? vaults Marlena Shaw into a brave new world of feminism and funk, updating the sophisticated soul-jazz approach of her previous records to explore a fast-changing musical, political, and sexual landscape. Opening with “You, Me and Ethel,” a hilarious satire of the singles bar culture, the album dissects modern romance with uncommon insight and candor, addressing lust (”Feel Like Makin’ Love”) and loss (”You Been Away Too Long”) without pulling any punches. The music is similarly direct and progressive, running the gamut from luminous soul to scorching funk grooves. Not only Shaw’s best-selling Blue Note release, Who Is This Bitch, Anyway? represents her creative apex as well.

Download link

Bookmark this post to:
[Ask] [del.icio.us] [Facebook] [Google] [MySpace] [Slashdot] [Technorati] [Windows Live] [Yahoo!] [Email]
Date April 24th, 2008

6 Responses to “Marlena Shaw - 1974 - Who Is This Bitch, Anyway?”

  1. dan Says:
    May 2nd, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    Thanks for sharing! This is the best that can exist. A classic that everyone deserves to experience.

  2. DJ Abe Says:
    May 10th, 2008 at 12:21 am

    Thank you…..

  3. soulboy Says:
    August 22nd, 2008 at 2:08 am

    so nice to hear Quality Nikos.thank you

  4. Mr sam Says:
    March 1st, 2009 at 8:30 pm

    Thanks again and again and again

  5. El Slick Says:
    April 30th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    My Favorite Marlena album. First one I ever bought of her.

  6. Fen Says:
    September 16th, 2009 at 4:10 pm

    Thanks for the lp

Leave a Reply


sp design