Look Out Now!
Studio album by
The Gaddabouts
ReleasedApril 16, 2012 (UK)
April 17, 2012 (US)[1]
RecordedApril, July 2011[2]
GenreJazz pop,[1] folk rock, Americana[3]
Length1:07:39
LabelRacecarLOTTA Records
ProducerSteve Gadd
The Gaddabouts chronology
The Gaddabouts
(2011)		 Look Out Now!
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
PopMatters[1]

Look Out Now! is the second album by The Gaddabouts, released in April 2012 as a double CD.[4] The band consists of Edie Brickell, drummer Steve Gadd, guitarist Andy Fairweather Low and bass player Pino Palladino.[5]

Development

The album takes a casual easygoing approach that marries Brickell's laid-back songs with the skills of the seasoned session professional musicians.[6][7] The album consists of a certain amount of improvisation. The first song, a one-minute tune called "Meat on Your Bones", was spontaneously written and recorded, setting a tone of not taking the recording of the music too seriously for the first few songs, aiming for loose, spontaneous, and inviting, creating a playful band dynamic.[1][8][2] Gadd, who is the de facto bandleader, reports that the song creation process has Brickell creating songs, and the rest of the band develop the ideas, inspiring music of the others. Brickell reports that the band transforms the song into something with a lot more personality than she had conceived.[9] Brickell found that working with The Gaddabouts inspired a joy of music creation because instead of playing a song 50 times, with the seasoned crew they could develop the song they wanted in one take, keeping everything as live as possible in the studio. Gadd had a goal of preserving the magic of first takes when developing the album.[9]

Track listing

  • Total length: 1:07:39[10]
  • All tracks written by Edie Brickell[11]
Disc one
No.TitleLength
1."Meat on Your Bones"1:01
2."Look Out Now!"3:41
3."Wicked William"2:55
4."House on Fire"4:31
5."I'm a Van"3:49
6."River Rises"5:50
7."The Horse's Mouth"3:34
8."Blessed Days"4:01
9."Devil's Story"5:47
10."Down"4:04
Total length:39:13
Disc two
No.TitleLength
11."Free"4:22
12."The Mountain"4:29
13."Don't Take All Day"4:37
14."How I Love You"3:00
15."Can You Feel It"3:14
16."Younger Woman"4:08
17."Corruption"4:36
Total length:28:26

Personnel

The Gaddabouts[12][5]

Guest musicians[12][13]

  • Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, vocals
  • Larry Goldings – piano, keyboards, organ, accordion
  • Pedro Martínez – batá, bongos, congas, timbales, güiro, vocals
  • Axle Tosca – piano, vocals
  • Andrea Zahn – violin
  • Mike Mainieri – marimba, orchestra bells, vibraphone
  • Bob Mallory, Roy Hendrickson, Kirk Imamura, Tyler Hartman – ambient sounds, mumblings for "Horse's Mouth"
  • Ingrid Ingrate, Greta Kline, Lulu, Bob Mallory, Pedro Martinez, Axle Tosca, Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino, Ronnie Cuver, Andy Fairweather Low – vocals on "Corruption"

Production[12][13]

  • Producer – Steve Gadd
  • Engineer, mixing, recording – Andy Smith
  • Mastering – Greg Calbi
  • Second engineers – Bob Mallory, David Rowland
  • Instrument technician – Mike Burns
  • Design and art Direction – Amy Beth McNeely
  • Cover painting – Jennifer Delilah

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Houle, Zachary (April 30, 2012). "Gaddabouts - Look Out Now!". PopMatters. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Edie Brickell & The Gaddabouts Announce Sophomore Album". JamBands.com. February 24, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Bilawsky, Dan (November 22, 2012). "The Gaddabouts: Look Out Now!". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Gaddabouts - Look Out Now!". Discogs. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "The Gaddabouts". The Official Steve Gadd Website. Archived from the original on May 12, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ Tamarkin, Jeff (August 16, 2012). "The Gaddabouts: Look Out Now!". Relix. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ Bauer, Scott (April 2, 2012). "Review: Edie Brickell leads harmonious Gaddabouts". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ Thompson, Brent (May 10, 2012). "Review: The return of The Gaddabouts". Weld. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  9. 1 2 Hutchinson, Lydia (August 14, 2012). "The Gaddabouts (Edie Brickell, Steve Gadd, Pino Palladino, and Andy Fairweather Low) Return with Look Out Now! Sophomore Album Scheduled for September Release". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Look Out Now! - The Gaddabouts". AllMusic. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  11. ↑ "ACE Repetory | Brickell Edie Arlisa". ASCAP. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 Look Out Now! (CD liner). The Gaddabouts. United States: Racecarlotta Records. 2012. RACE 003.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  13. 1 2 "Edie Brickell - Edie Brickell | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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