Name: Lianne La Havas by Lianne La Havas
Brand: Lianne La Havas
SKU: 190295254339
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.5 (84 reviews)

ALBUM

With her third album, British singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas once again proves that her voice is unlike anything else in this world. She unleashes its full transcendence straight out of the gate with the sexy piano R&B of "Bittersweet," going from a husky, dusky alto on the verses to soaring high above the trees on the chorus. For the dream-like "Green Papaya," she manages to match it to the ambient strings so they together sound like pouring liquid—water finding its way around rocks. Her style is soul and R&B that refuses to fit neatly into a box; no wonder Prince was a big fan and mentored her creatively in his last years. There's a Roberta Flack tenderness to "Courage" and shades of Alicia Keys on the simmering "Can't Fight," and La Havas easily branches out to cover Radiohead's "Weird Fishes," drawing out the words "eyes" and "I" to dizzying effect. Meanwhile, "Seven Days" and "Please Don't Make Me Cry"—all stuttering percussion and free-floating melody—make a solid case for the return of trip-hop. Her jazz phrasing on "Read My Mind"—magic on the line "sweet joy when a girl meets a boy"—is like an aural push-pull with the song's gentle rubber-band-bounce rhythm before the whole thing unspools into piano trills and hypnotic chanting: "What are you waiting for?" Single "Paper Thin" uses organ and laidback drums to set a slow and easy rhythm, building a safe cocoon for La Havas' fragile, low-to-the-ground delivery. "Paper-thin/God only knows the pain you're in... I know your pain is real/But you won't let it heal," she soothes. It's a cliché that music is an escape, but an apt one here. © Shelly Ridenour/Qobuz

1. Bittersweet (Full Length)

by Lianne La Havas

Background Vocals: James Wyatt
Lianne La Havas
Mariama Frida Touray; Performer
Composer: Matt Hales
Isaac Hayes
Lianne La Havas
Di Fosco T. Ervin Jr.
Rudy Love; Composer
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Drums: Dan See
Richard Adlam
Hal Ritson; Performer
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Keyboard: James Wyatt
Hal Ritson
Richard Adlam; Performer
Additional Production: Richard Adlam
Hal Ritson; Production
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Percussion: Dan See; Performer
Engineer: Robert Wilks; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Dan Grech; Production
Producer: Lianne La Havas
Matt Hales
Beni Giles; Production
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Additional Programming: Dan Grech; Other
Vocals: Elroy Powell; Performer
Programmer: Hal Ritson
Richard Adlam; Production

2. Read My Mind

by Lianne La Havas

Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Assistant Engineer: Jonny Breakwell; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Producer: Matt Hales
Lianne La Havas
Beni Giles; Production
Drums: Dan See; Performer
Composer: Lianne La Havas
Bruno Major
Matt Hales; Composer
Engineer: Robert Wilks
Daniel Moyler; Production
Guitar: Lianne La Havas
Bruno Major; Performer
Keyboard: Sam Crowe
Chris Tabron; Performer
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Moog Synthesizer: James Wyatt; Performer
Percussion: Dan See; Performer
Piano: Bruno Major
James Wyatt; Performer
Rhodes Piano: James Wyatt; Performer
Mixing: Renaud Letang; Production
Vocal Recording Engineer: Matt Hales; Other

3. Green Papaya

by Lianne La Havas

Background Vocals: Lianne La Havas
Frida Touray; Performer
Additional Production: Beni Giles; Production
Engineer: Sam Crowe; Production
Additional Vocal Recording Engineer: Beni Giles
Robert Wilks; Other
Grand Piano: Sam Crowe; Performer
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Moog Synthesizer: Sam Crowe; Performer
Composer: Sam Crowe
Matt Hales
Lianne La Havas
Frida Touray; Composer
Rhodes Piano: Sam Crowe; Performer
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Beni Giles; Production
Producer: Sam Crowe
Lianne La Havas; Production

4. Can't Fight

by Lianne La Havas

Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Assistant Engineer: Jonny Breakwell; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Composer: Lianne La Havas
Matt Hales
Mura Masa; Composer
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Cello: Davide Rossi; Performer
Drums: Dan See; Performer
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Percussion: Dan See; Performer
Viola: Davide Rossi; Performer
Violin: Davide Rossi; Performer
Strings Arrangement: Davide Rossi; Composer
Engineer: Daniel Moyler; Production
Mixing: Renaud Letang; Production
Producer: Mura Masa
Beni Giles
Matt Hales
Lianne La Havas; Production

5. Paper Thin

by Lianne La Havas

Bass Guitar: Joe Harrison; Performer
Bass Guitar: Joe Harrison; Performer
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Drums: Homer Steinweiss; Performer
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Composer: Matt Hales
Lianne La Havas; Composer
Engineer: Joe Harrison
Homer Steinweiss; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Matt Hales; Production
Producer: Homer Steinweiss
Joe Harrison
Lianne La Havas; Production
Vocal Production: Matt Hales; Other

6. Out Of Your Mind (interlude)

by Lianne La Havas

Bass Guitar: Geordan Reid-campbell; Performer
Bass Guitar: Geordan Reid-campbell; Performer
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Drums: Geordan Reid-campbell; Performer
Keyboard: Geordan Reid-campbell; Performer
Percussion: Geordan Reid-campbell; Performer
Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Composer: Lianne La Havas
Geordan Reid-campbell; Composer
Engineer: Geordan Reid-campbell; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Matt Hales; Production
Producer: Geo
Lianne La Havas; Production

7. Weird Fishes

by Lianne La Havas

Background Vocals: James Wyatt
Frida Touray
Lianne La Havas; Performer
Bass: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Drums: Dan See; Performer
Handclapping: James Wyatt
Yves Fernandez
Frida Touray; Performer
Engineer: Robert Wilks; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Dan Grech; Production
Producer: Lianne La Havas
Beni Giles; Production
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Composer: Jonathan Greenwood
Thomas Edward Yorke
Philip James Selway
Colin Charles Greenwood
Edward John O'brien; Composer
Additional Programming: Dan Grech; Other
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Keyboard: James Wyatt; Performer
Percussion: Dan See; Performer
Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Vocoder: James Wyatt; Performer
Vocal Arrangement: James Wyatt; Composer
Additional Vocal Recording Engineer: Daniel Moyler
Jonny Breakwell; Other
Original Arranger: Christopher Dagger
Lianne La Havas
Rhianna Kenny
James Wyatt
Jay Sikora; Other

8. Please Don't Make Me Cry

by Lianne La Havas

Background Vocals: Nick Hakim; Performer
Bass Guitar: Nick Hakim; Performer
Drum Programming: Nick Hakim; Performer
Electric Guitar: Nick Hakim; Performer
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Mellotron: Nick Hakim; Performer
Composer: Nick Hakim
Matt Hales
Lianne La Havas; Composer
Additional Production: Beni Giles; Production
Mini Moog: Nick Hakim; Performer
Engineer: Nick Hakim; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Chris Tabron; Production
Mixing Assistant: Brandon Peralta; Production
Producer: Lianne La Havas
Nick Hakim; Production
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Nick Hakim; Performer
Snare Drum: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Additional Drums: Dan See; Other
Wurlitzer: Nick Hakim; Performer
Recording: Nick Hakim; Production
Drums Recording Engineer: Beni Giles
Robert Wilks; Other
Vocal Production: Matt Hales; Other

9. Seven Times

by Lianne La Havas

Bass Guitar: Matt Hales
Yves Fernandez; Performer
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez
Matt Hales; Performer
Composer: Lianne La Havas
Matt Hales; Composer
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Drum Programming: Matt Hales; Performer
Drums: Dan See; Performer
Assistant Engineer: Jonny Breakwell; Production
Flute: Gareth Lockrane; Performer
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Percussion: Dan See; Performer
Rhodes Piano: Matt Hales; Performer
Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Engineer: Daniel Moyler; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Beni Giles; Production
Producer: Lianne La Havas
Beni Giles
Matt Hales; Production

10. Courage

by Lianne La Havas

Cello: Tim Mcnalley; Performer
Composer: Paul Castelluzzo
Matt Hales
Lianne La Havas
Joe Harrison
Timothy Mcnalley; Composer
Guitar: Joe Harrison
Lianne La Havas; Performer
Keyboard: Joe Harrison; Performer
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Viola: Tim Mcnalley; Performer
Whistle: Paul Castelluzzo; Performer
Engineer: Bill Malina; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Matt Hales; Production
Vocal Engineer: Matt Hales; Production
Vocal Production: Matt Hales
Lianne La Havas; Other
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Producer: Joe Harrison
Lianne La Havas; Production

11. Sour Flower

by Lianne La Havas

Background Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Double Bass: Burniss Travis; Performer
Engineer: Chris Tabron
Nate Odden; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing Assistant: Brandon Peralta; Production
Assistant Recording Engineer: Brandon Peralta
Augusto Sanchez; Other
Composer: Matt Hales
Sam Crowe
Lianne La Havas; Composer
Producer: Chris Tabron
Lianne La Havas; Production
Drums: Mark Guiliana; Performer
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Keyboard: Sam Crowe; Performer
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Percussion: Mark Guiliana; Performer
Piano: Sam Crowe; Performer
Mixing: Chris Tabron; Production
Vocal Engineer: Matt Hales; Production
Vocal Production: Matt Hales; Other

12. Bittersweet

by Lianne La Havas

Background Vocals: James Wyatt
Lianne La Havas
Mariama Frida Touray; Performer
Composer: Matt Hales
Isaac Hayes
Lianne La Havas
Di Fosco T. Ervin Jr.
Rudy Love; Composer
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Drums: Dan See
Richard Adlam
Hal Ritson; Performer
Guitar: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Keyboard: James Wyatt
Hal Ritson
Richard Adlam; Performer
Additional Production: Richard Adlam
Hal Ritson; Production
Lead Vocals: Lianne La Havas; Performer
Percussion: Dan See; Performer
Engineer: Robert Wilks; Production
Mastering: Stuart Hawkes; Production
Mixing: Dan Grech; Production
Producer: Lianne La Havas
Matt Hales
Beni Giles; Production
Primary Artist: Lianne La Havas; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Yves Fernandez; Performer
Additional Programming: Dan Grech; Other
Vocals: Elroy Powell; Performer
Programmer: Hal Ritson
Richard Adlam; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

12 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

51 minutes and 56 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1000x1000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

Studio Quality (Hi-Res)

24bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Hi-Res/Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

All tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Soul, R&B

Label

Warner Records

Music Distribution Service

WMG Mora

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Jul 16, 2020

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

190295254339

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Lianne La Havas

1. Bittersweet (Full Length)

2. Read My Mind

3. Green Papaya

4. Can't Fight

5. Paper Thin

6. Out Of Your Mind (interlude)

7. Weird Fishes

8. Please Don't Make Me Cry

9. Seven Times

10. Courage

11. Sour Flower

12. Bittersweet

Technical Specifications

Lianne La Havas

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Release options

1. Bittersweet (Full Length)

2. Read My Mind

3. Green Papaya

4. Can't Fight

5. Paper Thin

6. Out Of Your Mind (interlude)

7. Weird Fishes

8. Please Don't Make Me Cry

9. Seven Times

10. Courage

11. Sour Flower

12. Bittersweet

Technical Specifications