Alabama Shakes: Sound & Color

Sound & Color is Alabama Shakes second album. The band features lead singer Brittany Howard, who is a unique talented with a very dynamic voice, which gives her the ability to cover multiple genres of music very well. Sound & Color debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and subsequently won three Grammy Awards, including Best Alternative Music Album. Without question, Sound & Color is a solid album and the best effort to date by Alabama Shakes. The album covers several genres of music and reflects the band’s influences, which include Drake, Beyonce’ and Childish Gambino.

TRACK LIST
1. Sound & Color
2. Don’t Wanna Fight
3. Dunes
4. Future People
5. Gimme All Your Love
6. This Feeling
7. Guess Who
8. The Greatest
9. Shoegaze
10. Miss You
11. Gemini
12. Over My Head

The 180-gram clear vinyl pressing (0882226718) tested is clean and quiet, being free of ticks, clicks, and pops. The sound stage is deep and wide. The signal to noise ratio is high, making the instruments on this very present. As such, the album is very dynamic, with bass and drums presenting very well against the quieter moments within the music. Overall, this pressing is strong and clear.

This is not only a very good record by Alabama Shakes, but it is also a very strong pressing that will bring the music to life on a good system and in a well-designed listening room. 💰

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