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Album Feature : Anderson East – Encore<\/p>\n

By Joshua Wallace<\/p>\n

An encore is typically an artist\u2019s way of saying thank you to an appreciative crowd. Anderson East\u2019s new album is titled Encore and it is in many ways an encore of his 2015 album Delilah. He is once again working with Dave Cobb at the helm. Encore feels like it picked up right where Delilah left off but more polished. Anderson East still has his brand of southern soul mixed with country, blues and everything in between. Encore just improves on that in every way.<\/p>\n

The album starts off with a surefire hit in \u201cKing For A Day\u201d. Anderson East wrote this song with Chris and Morgane Stapleton and you can hear Chris\u2019s influence in this song. The great co-writes don\u2019t end there. He works with great writers such as Natalie Hemby, Adam Hood, pop sensation Ed Sheeran and even Swedish EDM producer Avicii. You would think an album with all of these mixed ingredients might not work, however it\u2019s a testament to Anderson East that it works very well.<\/p>\n

The Avicii track is titled \u201cGirlfriend\u201d and is filled with thick synthesizers and horns. It is different, but it\u2019s still very much Anderson East. There are also some covers on this album. Anderson East takes Ted Hawkins\u2019s acoustic blues number and turns it into an up tempo soul hit. He also re-works Willie Nelson\u2019s sparse ballad \u201cSomebody Pick Up My Pieces\u201d from his Teatro album into a more full sounding southern blues ballad. \u201cAll On My Mind\u201d is a track that was originally written by Ed Sheeran and Johnny McDaid, the same duo who were mostly responsible for writing Sheeran\u2019s huge hit \u201cShape Of You\u201d. Anderson East took the demo of \u201cAll On My Mind\u201d from Sheeran thanks to some mutual management and made it his own. It\u2019s a great song to serve as the lead single from the album.<\/p>\n

It is clear that Anderson East has grown since recording Delilah, but his sound remains the same. Anderson East is one of many artists leading a revival in the old school soul and R&B sound. This album continues that and dives further into his blues and country influences as well. In many cases, if you hear that an EDM artist or a mega pop star such as Ed Sheeran worked on an album such as this, you would be justifiably worried. However, Anderson East takes these influences and melds them into his own work in way that stays true to his sound. If you were a fan, or even on the fence with Delilah, I highly recommend giving this record a shot. Encore is available everywhere music is sold.<\/p>\n

Anderson East – Encore (2018)<\/p>\n