Bill’s track of the week is the wonderful Love, Love, Love taken from Bill’s solo album Back To Basics, with Bill on vocals.
Back To Basics is an unashamedly stripped back album from Bill, and his first solo album in years. Love, Love, Love is taken from the album and features Bill on vocals.
Listen to Love, Love, Love below:
Back To Basics wears its influences on its sleeve – Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, JJ Cale – and there’s more than a passing nod to Bill’s own English background. It is that rare thing, a meld of styles and genres that actually work together – uplifting in a jaunty, dancey way and pensive in a bluesy, narrative way.
The CD comprises 12 tracks in total, eight of which are brand new songs. Musicians joining Bill in the studio include long time collaborator/guitarist Terry Taylor, Guy Fletcher (Mark Knopfler), Graham Broad and Robbie McIntosh, while co-production credit goes to Andy Wright (Jeff Beck, Eurythmics, Simply Red).