Maysa – Love Is a Battlefield (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Maysa – Love Is a Battlefield (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 49:00 minutes | 558 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Shanachie Entertainment

Love Is A Battlefield, which features Maysa’s reimagining of the songs that have inspired her throughout her lifetime, is far and away the most sensuous and heartfelt recording of her brilliant career. Teaming up with hit making producers Chris “Big Dog” Davis (Will Downing, Kim Burrell, George Clinton), Jason Miles (Luther Vandross, Miles Davis, Chaka Khan), and The Heavyweights (Regina Belle, All-4-One), Maysa digs deep to deliver the soulful, jazz-inflected performances the world has come to love.

Roughly a decade after she released her first Shanachie album, the all-covers Sweet Classic Soul, Maysa recorded another set of reinterpretations, her ninth full-length for the same label. Compared to Sweet Classic Soul, the source material here is broader, pulling from six decades, stretching back to the ’60s for “Mr. Dream Merchant,” popularized by Jerry Butler. It is highlighted by another Isley Brothers quiet storm staple – “Footsteps in the Dark,” a stellar duet with All-4-One’s Jamie Jones. A few other cuts originate from Maysa’s late-’70s/early-’80s sweet spot, including the fiery ballads “Inseparable” (Natalie Cole) and “Am I Dreaming” (Atlantic Starr), and the tears-at-the-rink gem “Inside Out” (Odyssey), all performed faithfully, while the title track (Pat Benatar) gets a measured and restrained makeover. Updates of a couple early-’90s singles – Nona Gaye’s “The Things We Do for Love” and Tevin Campbell’s Top Ten Babyface collaboration “Can We Talk” – lead the album. “As Long as You Love Me,” not the Impressions song, but the Justin Bieber hit from 2012, is the least expected selection by far. Maysa puts as much into it as she does anything else here, a satisfying companion to Sweet Classic Soul and her other covers LPs.

Tracklist:
01. Maysa – The Things We Do For Love (05:23)
02. Maysa – Can We Talk (04:43)
03. Maysa – Love Is A Battlefield (04:58)
04. Maysa – Because It’s Really Love (05:55)
05. Maysa – Inside Out (05:13)
06. Maysa – Inseperable (04:53)
07. Maysa – As Long As You Love Me (03:37)
08. Maysa – Footsteps In The Dark (05:10)
09. Maysa – Am I Dreaming (04:57)
10. Maysa – Mr. Dream Merchant (04:07)

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