Ben Harper- Give Till It's Gone Preview

Ben Harper's first single of his new album, Give Till It's Gone, is on youtube.
I found several other songs, but I think they are leaks, and I am going to be "that guy" who doesn't listen to the leaks until the album comes out.



I am glad to see Ben Harper back on a solo album.  His last few albums with Innocent Criminals (Lifeline), and Relentless 7 (White Lies for Dark Times) were great, but they don't have the "Ben Harper solo feel."

 I feel like his solo albums have a little more heart in the lyrics.  Don't get me wrong- there are some unbelievable lyrics in his band albums, but once while performing his song "Better Way", he cracked a rib while singing.  That's passion.  (Info from Relevant Magazine, September 2007, page 57).

Lifeline was an album created to be personal. White Lies was about attitude, in my opinion.  It was a chance for Harper to not "try to change the world with each lyric", or "invite you into his bedroom and have an intimate chat", but a chance for Harper to have fun playing some good ole' rock and roll with some rock n' roll attitude.

I am not sure what to expect with Give Till It's Gone.  His last solo album, which was a double album, had one disc of 'rock' songs, and a 'softer' side.  So I may not be able to tell you what the album will sound like, or if it will have an intimate or in your face feel to it.  But I can tell you it is going to be good.   I have never heard Ben Harper make a bad album (I have not liked some of his albums, like his partnering with Blind Boys of Alabama on There Will Be A Light- on a whole that album wasn't really my style- but it was good on a musical sense)

Give Till It's Gone  will be released May 17.  You can preorder it here