Released 10 April 2010 Label ATCO Artist Jeff Beck | Length 40:19 Emotion & Commotion
(2010) Loud Hailer
(2016) Release date 10 March 2010 | |
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Genres Rock music, Blues rock, Instrumental rock, Soul music, Classical music Producers Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn Nominations Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Similar Jeff Beck albums, Blues rock albums | ||
Emotion & Commotion is the tenth studio album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in April 2010 on ATCO Records. In addition to featuring vocal performances by Joss Stone, Imelda May, and Olivia Safe, the album showcases a 64-piece orchestra on several tracks, and includes covers of well-known songs such as "Over the Rainbow", "Corpus Christi Carol", "Lilac Wine", and other rock and classical works.
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The album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., with sales of 26,000, Beck's highest-ever debut in his 45-year career. His highest charting album is Blow by Blow produced by George Martin, which peaked at No. 4 in 1975 on the U.S. Billboard album chart. The album has sold 123,000 copies in the U.S. as of July 2016.
The album reached No. 11 in the UK and debuted at No. 9 in Canada. The album debuted at No. 1 in Japan on the Weekly International Album Sales Chart. It has so far charted at No. 49 on the Australian charts, marking the first time Jeff Beck has appeared on the Australian album charts since Guitar Shop reached No. 99 in 1989. The track Nessun dorma won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
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1Corpus Christi Carol2:40
2Hammerhead4:15
3Never Alone4:23