{"title":"Albert Hammond","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"body-of-work-3","title":"Body Of Work","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbert Hammond is one of the most prolific, versatile songwriters and performers of his or any generation. His earliest solo hits include “It Never Rains in Southern California” and “The Free Electric Band.” His contributions to popular music (writing and and\/or contributing to hit songs by Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias, Diana Ross, Starship, The Hollies, Joe Cocker, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin) cross genres and generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBody of Work\u003c\/i\u003e is an all-new, original, and essential addition to this iconic canon. Written during a time of tumultuous change, \u003ci\u003eBody of Work \u003c\/i\u003eis the moment a master songsmith takes a step back to reflect on the world, “This is the first step I had to take and the album is what I discovered about me and all of us once I started here,” says Albert. “I can feel the discomfort and impatience in it. That’s just the honest feeling when the world changes for you from oasis to desert, from beauty to chaos… freedom to fences.” From gutsy opener “Don’t Bother Me Babe” through the wistful “Looking Back” and closing with the reflective “Goodbye LA,” \u003ci\u003eBody of Work\u003c\/i\u003e is an album for the ages, crafted with 50 years of words, experience, and wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"earMUSIC","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50434021753163,"sku":"2168033","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50434021196107,"sku":"2168031","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Body_of_Work_96921203_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726885092"},{"product_id":"christmas-5","title":"Christmas","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbert Hammond is one of popular music’s greatest songwriters and performers. He has achieved solo success with singles like “It Never Rains in Southern California” and “The Free Electric Band” and written songs for the likes of Whitney Houston (“One Moment in Time”) and Tina Turner (“I Don’t Wanna Lose You”). Although he has written and performed Christmas music in the past (1989’s “Under the Christmas Tree”), he has never released a holiday album in his 50 plus year career until now. \u003ci\u003eChristmas\u003c\/i\u003e is Albert’s way of sharing all the goodness that the holiday season brings. “I am grateful, as I am sure you are, that every year we have this time to remember the hope and joy in all of that. My prayer is that we can hold these things through more of our days as we live together and, day by day, change the world, too.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristmas\u003c\/i\u003e sparkles with reinventions of well-loved traditional and contemporary holiday songs (with a new take on his own “Under the Christmas Tree”) decked out in lovingly conceived arrangements with a crisp-as-winter-air production. Yuletide surprises include a naturalistic approach to Boney M.’s “Mary’s Boy Child” (complete with children’s chorus), a busking “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,” and a jolly medley of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\/ The Hokey Pokey” that, with a little jig takes listeners (and the most famous reindeer of all) to new heights \u003ci\u003eChristmas\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to defeat the “bah-humbug!” of the same old songs and reinvigorate the spirit with 15 new classics all wrapped up in an album that is sure to become a new tradition in your winter wonderland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"earMUSIC","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50530908111179,"sku":"2219069","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50530907783499,"sku":"2219068","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Albert_Hammond_08.11.24_edf4c2b7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728087771"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/albert-hammond.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}