Raye - My 21st Century Blues (Vinyl LP Gatefold) Vinyl record album with a white cover showing a small figure dancing on a pile of white musical instruments, with a black vinyl record partially visible behind it on a light gray background.
Raye - My 21st Century Blues (Vinyl LP Gatefold) Album cover art for RaYe's 'My 21st Century Blues' featuring a woman in a white top and black skirt dancing on top of a massive pile of white musical instruments, including drums, guitars, keyboards, and speakers, against a solid white background.

Raye - My 21st Century Blues (Vinyl LP Gatefold)

$54.00 AUD
Soul, Funk & Jazz

Black Vinyl • Gatefold Sleeve

It opens with a spoken introduction, a compère presenting her to a jazz club. ‘Oscar Winning Tears’ follows, jazz-tinged and wrapped in live strings. ‘Black Mascara’ flips straight to a club beat and synths. ‘Escapism’ rides a trip-hop groove laced with sirens and strings. ‘The Thrill Is Gone’ shuffles on blues guitar and a full horn section. Later, ‘Flip a Switch’ bounces on a dancehall rhythm, and ‘Buss It Down’ lifts into a gospel choir. ‘Fin’ brings the curtain down in just over half a minute.

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Format, pressing and tracklist.

About the album.

My 21st Century Blues is the debut album from English singer and songwriter Raye, a genre-hopping pop record that pulls in soul, R&B, jazz, blues, house and dancehall. Released independently through Human Re Sources on 3 February 2023, it arrived after her split from Polydor in 2021, a label she said had kept her debut on hold for years.

Raye wrote every song and co-produced eight of its fifteen tracks, working mostly with Mike Sabath, with 070 Shake and Mahalia among the guests. Drawing on the music of the 1970s and singers like Nina Simone and Etta James, the album tackles addiction, body image, abuse and heartbreak with striking candour.

‘Escapism’ became her first UK number one single, and the album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Mercury Prize, and at the 2024 Brit Awards it won British Album of the Year as Raye took home six awards, a record for a single ceremony. This edition comes on black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.

If My 21st Century Blues is your thing, the natural next step is her second album, This Music May Contain Hope.

Tracklist.

Side A

  1. Introduction
  2. Oscar Winning Tears
  3. Hard Out Here
  4. Black Mascara
  5. Escapism (feat. 070 Shake)
  6. Mary Jane
  7. The Thrill Is Gone

Side B

  1. Ice Cream Man
  2. Flip a Switch
  3. Body Dysmorphia
  4. Environmental Anxiety
  5. Five Star Hotels (feat. Mahalia)
  6. Worth It
  7. Buss It Down
  8. Fin
Pressing details.
Format
1LP
Sleeve

Gatefold

Vinyl colour

Black

Label
Human Re Sources
Barcode

196925521895

Catalogue number
M21CB22
Condition
Brand new (factory sealed)
Original release
3 February 2023
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All records are handled minimally and shipped factory sealed to preserve condition. Orders are packed in purpose-built LP mailers and dispatched within one to two business days.
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