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Label:    ATO Records – ATO0269, ATO Records – 082226718
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Clear
Vinyl, LP, Single Sided, Clear
All Media, Album, Gatefold
Country:    USA & Canada
Released:    Apr 21, 2015
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Alternative Rock

A1        Sound & Color
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Brittany Howard, Rob Moose
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Strings – Rob Moose
Vibraphone – Ben Tanner, Brittany Howard
Vocals – Brittany Howard
A2        Don't Wanna Fight
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Percussion – Blake Mills, Steve Johnson (21)
Vocals – Brittany Howard
A3        Dunes
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Rob Moose
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Percussion – Blake Mills, Steve Johnson (21)
Strings – Rob Moose
Vocals – Brittany Howard
A4        Future People
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Percussion – Brittany Howard, Steve Johnson (21)
Vocals – Brittany Howard
B1        Gimme All Your Love
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Vocals – Brittany Howard
B2        This Feeling
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Rob Moose
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Percussion – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Steve Johnson (21), Zac Cockrell
Strings – Rob Moose
Vocals – Brittany Howard
B3        Guess Who
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Rob Moose
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Percussion – Zac Cockrell
Strings – Rob Moose
Vibraphone – Brittany Howard
Vocals – Brittany Howard
B4        The Greatest
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Blake Mills, Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Vocals – Brittany Howard
B5        Shoegaze
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Vocals – Brittany Howard
C1        Miss You
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner
Vibraphone – Blake Mills
Vocals – Brittany Howard
C2        Gemini
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner, Brittany Howard, Paul Horton (2)
Vibraphone – Brittany Howard
Vocals – Brittany Howard
C3        Over My Head
Bass – Zac Cockrell
Drums – Steve Johnson (21)
Guitar – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg
Keyboards – Ben Tanner, Brittany Howard
Percussion – Ben Tanner, Blake Mills, Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Steve Johnson (21), Zac Cockrell
Vocals – Brittany Howard

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Alabama Shakes LLC
Copyright © – Alabama Shakes LLC
Licensed To – ATO Records, LLC
Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
Lacquer Cut At – Capitol Mastering
Pressed By – United Record Pressing
Published By – Alabama Shakes Publishing
Published By – Break Mirrors Music
Recorded At – Sound Emporium
Recorded At – United Recording Studios
Mastered At – Record Technology Incorporated – 23689
Art Direction – Mario Hugo
Band [Alabama Shakes Are] – Brittany Howard, Heath Fogg, Steve Johnson (21), Zac Cockrell
Design – Dan Hennessy (2), Mario Hugo
Engineer, Mixed By – Shawn Everett
Illustration – Dan Hennessy (2), Lucie Gris, Mario Hugo
Lacquer Cut By – IS*
Lyrics By – Brittany Howard
Lyrics By [Lyrical Contributions By] – Blake Mills (tracks: A4, B3, C2)
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Music By – Alabama Shakes
Photography By – Brantley Gutierrez
Producer – Alabama Shakes, Blake Mills
Gatefold sleeve. Includes a download code.

Includes printed inner sleeves containing lyrics, credits, artwork and band photo.

Silver sticker on shrink wrap.

℗ & © 2015 Alabama Shakes, LLC, under exclusive license to ATO Records, LLC.

Mastered at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, Maine.

All tracks recorded at Sound Emporium, Nashville, TN, except "Over My Head" recorded at United Recording, Los Angeles, CA.
All tracks mixed at United Recording, Los Angeles, CA.
Barcode (Text): 8 80882 22671 8

On their 2012 debut Boys & Girls, Alabama Shakes never hid that they were creatures of the New South -- a band with old-fashioned blues, soul, gospel, and country in their blood but raised on modern rock. On their 2015 follow-up, Sound & Color, they free themselves from the vestiges of the past, let loose, and push themselves further in either direction. This could've resulted in a disjointed record pulling itself in two opposing directions, but the mess of Sound & Color is invigorating, likely because the album uses its title as a creed. Where Boys & Girls sometimes seemed a shade austere -- the band took pains to color within the lines, almost as if to convey their good taste -- Sound & Color bursts with oversaturated hues so vivid they seem almost tangible. Such deep digressions into shade and light accentuate both the group's roots and modernity, but the very fact that they chase after such bold, elastic sounds signals they're hardly a throwback. Plus, the group's attack is muscular here: there's a strong, boundless funk to "Don't Wanna Fight," but there's a similar power behind the slow-churning soul ballad "Gimme All Your Love." Often, Sound & Color takes flight when Alabama Shakes channel that energy into ever-shifting, liquid performances that almost feel like roots psychedelia, typified by "Future People" skipping off its tight Memphis groove with spooky harmonies and thudding fuzz. Such unaffected weird flourishes are evidence that Alabama Shakes are creatures of their time and place -- they play Southern soul-rock in an era where the past is indistinguishable from the present, and how the band interlaces the old and the new on Sound & Color feels startlingly fresh. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALTERNATIVE
• RSD Date: n/a
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 4/21/2015