William Shatner - Has Been
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Artist: William ShatnerEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-01-08
Music Label: Shout! Factory
Soundtracks:
- Common People (featuring Joe Jackson)
- It Hasn?t Happened Yet
- You?ll Have Time
- That?s Me Trying (featuring Aimee Mann and Ben Folds)
- What Have You Done
- Together (featuring Lemon Jelly)
- Familiar Love
- Ideal Woman
- Has Been
- I Can?t Get Behind That (featuring Henry Rollins)
- Real (featuring Brad Paisley)
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Music Review: has been/still is
Rating: 5 Stars
William Shatner has excelled himself with this album. That voice conjures up so many emotions and tells such heartfelt stories. Highlights include the intense sparcity of "It Hasn't Happened Yet", and "Together", which Lemon Jelly provide the music for. Do yourself a favour and buy this!
Description of Has Been
From pop-culture icon William Shatner comes Has Been, an album unlike anything you've ever heard before. Produced and arranged by Ben Folds and featuring numerous notable guest appearances, Has Been is the result of the collision of two great creative forces - a surprisingly pop-driven, lyrically potent collection of songs to enlighten and entertain.Throughout Has Been, Shatner's own insightful lyrics are masterfully woven into perfect pop melodies written and arranged by Ben Folds. Giving Shatner and Folds a hand on the project is an incredible lineup of singers and musicians, including Jon Auer, Adrian Belew, Matt Chamberlain, Joe Jackson, Lemon Jelly, Aimee Mann, Brad Paisley, Henry Rollins and Sebastian Steinberg.
Highlights include the poignant "That's Me Trying," penned by Ben Folds with High Fidelity author Nick Hornby, a brilliant version of the Pulp Britpop classic "Common People," featuring vocals by Joe Jackson and closing track, "Real," a duet with country star Brad Paisley, written exclusively for this project.
After his rendition of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" on the infamous Golden Throats album (though it first appeared on the Transformed Man LP), one could argue that the world needed a new William Shatner album about as much as it needed a big-screen remake of TJ Hooker. But Shatner's back all the same with an intriguing, introspective collection of mostly spoken-word tracks that are all the more compelling when it becomes clear that Has Been is, in fact, no joke. Ben Folds played on and produced the record, creating rich, melodic, and varied pop musical backgrounds to Shatner's world-weary, boozy-suave yet thoroughly impassioned delivery. Joe Jackson, Aimee Mann, Henry Rollins, Brad Paisley, and Adrian Belew also stop by to lend their divergent talents. Highlights include the Rollins/Shatner rant "I Can't Get Behind That" and the Folds/Mann/Shatner collaboration "That's Me Trying", which tells the painful story of an attempted family reconciliation. Shatner mixes a healthy amount of self-awareness with a just a dollop of self-mockery and then combines it all with plenty of raw vulnerability to create an effect that is surprisingly touching, highly entertaining, and unlike any music you've ever heard. --John Moe
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