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A landmark work that brilliantly reinvented existing blues-rock! The debut album "Boys & Girls," which won four Grammy Awards, and the second album "Sound & Color," a masterpiece that will go down in music history, are now available again in a 2CD high-quality UHQCD format with bonus tracks and an additional bonus disc! ! ! ! Alabama Shakes, a band based in Athens, Alabama, USA, consists of four members: Brittany Howard (vocals, guitar), Heath Fogg (guitar), Zach Cockrell (bass), and Steve Johnson (drums). Formed in 2009, they released their debut album "Boys & Girls," which was nominated for three Grammy Awards at the 55th Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist. The debut album received high praise everywhere and recorded phenomenal sales. Their second album, "Sound & Color," received praise from major artists such as Paul McCartney, Adele, Bon Iver, and Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), and was lauded by Pitchfork as "galactic stadium soul with glimpses of Curtis Mayfield, Erykah Badu, MC5, and The Strokes' genes." It debuted at number one in the US and received four Grammy nominations in 2016 (including Album of the Year). They built an original style that uniquely evolved soul, blues, and rock, leaving a brilliant mark on music history as one of the defining albums of 2015. Now, this monumental masterpiece is being reissued as a super deluxe 2CD set with bonus tracks and a bonus disc, and in high-quality UHQCD format. The 10th-anniversary edition of their debut album, "Boys & Girls," includes a bonus disc featuring studio session recordings from the KCRW radio program "Morning Becomes Eclectic," in addition to the original album's tracks. Recorded in January 2012 when Alabama Shakes first visited Los Angeles, this set includes 11 bonus tracks, including previously unreleased songs such as "Always Alright" and "Mama," which were featured on the soundtrack of the Academy Award-nominated film "Silver Linings Playbook" and were also nominated for a Grammy Award. The Japanese edition will also include bonus tracks. [Disc 2] 01.Hang Loose (Live At KCRW) 02.I Found You (Live At KCRW) 03.Be Mine (Live At KCRW) 04.I Ain?ft The Same (Live At KCRW) 05.Mama (Live At KCRW) 06.Goin?f To The Party (Live At KCRW) 07.Hold On (Live At KCRW) 08.Boys & Girls (Live At KCRW) 09.Always Alright (Live At KCRW) 10.Rise To The Sun (Live At KCRW) 11.Heavy Chevy (Live At KCRW)
