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At times it feels more powerful than an homage to the duo’s inspirations, as if asking, ‘What might it be like if James Brown, Al Green or Curtis Mayfield had a big Vegas show back in the day?’
Blige's new “Good Morning Gorgeous” follows a protracted and painful divorce. “I had to do it,” she says of making the album, “to live another day.”
But Yellow splits off into its own lane thanks in part to Thackrayâs overarching lysergic bliss. She says she approached the record âby trying to simulate a life-changing psychedelic experience,â which explains a lot: Yellow is fascinating and profoundly befuddling, a voyage deep into nowhere in particular. Just when you think youâve got your bearingsâwhen youâve got âSunâ pegged as a kind of disco number, for exampleâThackray throws in an impetuous chord progression or rhythmical stutter to pull the ground from under your feet. The albumâs ...