Artist: Imelda May

Medium: NEW 12" 180G Vinyl LP

Title:  Love Tattoo

Label: Music On Vinyl

Catalogue Number: MOVLP1591

Year:  2016

NEW & SEALED

Love Tattoo is the debut solo album by Irish vocalist Imelda May, formerly of the roots outfit Blue Harlem. May has captured the attention of the United Kingdom with its release, and for good reason. It's a striking gumbo of tough Boogie-Woogie, streetwise razor-edged Rockabilly, intimate sultry vocal Jazz, and sassy Jump Blues.

May wrote all but two of the set's 12 tracks and produced the set; she also plays the bodhran, an Irish percussion instrument from antiquity. She's surrounded herself with an ace band that includes her husband, guitarist Darrell Higham, trumpeter Dave Priseman (who also plays flügelhorn and percussion), pianist and organist Danny McCormack, bassist Al Gare, and drummer Dean Beresford.

The tunes aren't overly arranged, the production is minimal, and the instruments - as well as her voice - sound unembellished. Imelda May is capturing the attention of Europe for a reason; she is a rare and very exciting talent who understands the history of American roots music and knows how to use that understanding in a contemporary context without pandering.

180 gram audiophile vinyl
Insert
Available on vinyl for the first time!

Side A
1. Johnny Got A Boom Boom
2. Feel Me
3. Knock 123
4. Wild About My Lovin'
5. Big Bad Handsome Man
6. Love Tattoo

Side B
1. Meet You At The Moon
2. Smokers' Song
3. Smotherin' Me
4. Falling In Love With You Again
5. It's Your Voodoo Working
6. Watcha Gonna Do

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