Give (album)

Give
Studio album by The Bad Plus
Released March 09, 2004
Recorded Fall 2003 at Real World Studios, Box, Wiltshire, England
Genre Jazz
Length 52:23
Label Sony
Producer Tchad Blake, The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus chronology
These Are the Vistas
(2003)		 Give
(2004)		 Suspicious Activity?
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Rolling Stone [2]
Pitchfork Media (5.6/10)[3]

Give is the third studio album released by The Bad Plus. It contains covers of Ornette Coleman's "Street Woman", The Pixies' "Velouria", and Black Sabbath's "Iron Man".

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "1979 Semi-Finalist"   David King 5:18
2. "Cheney Piñata"   Ethan Iverson 4:49
3. "Street Woman"   Ornette Coleman 3:58
4. "And Here We Test Our Powers of Observation"   Reid Anderson 4:22
5. "Frog and Toad"   King 3.37
6. "Velouria"   Charles Thompson 5:37
7. "Layin' a Strip For the Higher-Self State Line"   King 4:17
8. "Do Your Sums/Die Like a Dog/Play For Home"   Iverson 5:05
9. "Dirty Blonde"   Anderson 3:42
10. "Neptune (The Planet)"   Anderson 5:30
11. "Iron Man"   Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward 6:02

Depending on the pressing, one or both of the following tracks may appear as bonus tracks. The recording of "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is not the same as the one that appeared on The Bad Plus album.

Bonus track(s)
No. Title Writer(s) Length
12. "Knowing Me, Knowing You"   Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus 4:23
13. "Every Breath You Take"   Sting 6:33

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Matt, Collar. "Review: Give". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r678730. Retrieved 29 September 2009. 
  2. ^ David, Fricke (18 March 2004). "The Bad Plus: Give". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebadplus/albums/album/5153933/review/5943631/give. Retrieved 29 September 2009. 
  3. ^ Ubl, Sam (24 March 2004). "The Bad Plus: Give". Pitchfork Media. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1075-give. Retrieved 29 September 2009.