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Stripped
Jazz · 2016 · 10 tracks · 51m

Stripped

Macy Gray

Recorded live in a Brooklyn church with a single binaural microphone. Macy Gray's iconic rasp meets a world-class jazz quartet for a sparse, unhurried masterclass in mood.

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It's Macy Gray in a quiet church with a jazz band, and it's the coolest thing she's ever done.

A hushed, late-night intimacy that feels both hallowed and deeply personal.

Stripped · vs · Macy Gray
Serene+4.0σ

Serene saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 51m
01
Annabelle
5:11
02
Sweet Baby
5:04
03
I Try
4:17
04
Slowly
5:17
05
She Ain’t Right for You
4:57
06
First Time
4:11
07
Nothing Else Matters
6:41
08
Redemption Song
3:24
09
The Heart
5:16
10
Lucy
6:49
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the upright bass vibrates in the center of the room during the opening of I Try, making the pop hit feel like a 1950s standard.
The muted trumpet on Sweet Baby that seems to float several feet behind Macy's voice, creating a ghostly sense of physical space.
The spontaneous, improvised interplay between the band on Lucy, where the song feels like it is being discovered in real time.
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