British songstress Annie Lennox is to release her fourth solo album "Songs of Mass Destruction" on 1st October in the UK and 2nd October in the US. Annie Lennox is famous for being the lead singer of the mighty Eurythmics, a band who are still together despite being formed way back in 1980.
Today she is often described as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" (VH1, 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll 1999).
Annie Lennox on the cover of the 1983 Eurythmics album "Touch."
Visit Annie's official MySpace site - http://www.myspace.com/annielennox
Over 78 million sales across the globe as part of Eurythmics and solo, and 33 hit singles compliment the 4 Grammies, 11 Brit Awards, 5 Ivor Novellos, the Oscar, and the 2 Golden Globes amongst other accolades.
Songs Of Mass Destruction showcases an artist not afraid of pushing boundaries.
Annie delivers intelligent thought provoking lyrics matched with an adult pop sound. The result, from the haunting introductory song, Dark Road to the closing epic, Fingernail Moon, is a sumptuous musical soundscape within which Annie's voice shines and soars.
In addition to her artistic achievements, Annie is a celebrated activist and humanitarian.
Multi-million selling, iconic artist Annie Lennox will release her fourth solo album, 'Songs Of Mass Destruction', with the first single to be taken from the eagerly awaited album being the wonderful and mesmerising Dark Road (to be released on 24th September." The new album also features the powerful feminist anthem 'Sing' (to be released on 3rd December), born out of Annie’s involvement with Nelson Mandela’s 46664 and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) – organisations fighting for human rights, education and health care for those affected by the HIV AIDS virus. 'Sing' will be the second single and features 23 of the most recognised and successful female solo artists in the world, invited by Annie, to raise awareness and finances for TAC initiatives, including Madonna and Celine Dion.
On September 13, 2007, Lennox announced a primarily North American tour for Songs of Mass Destruction called "Annie Lennox Sings," which is only the third solo tour of her career. The tour will include 18 stops, including London, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boulder, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Atlanta, Miami, New York City (two dates), Philadelphia, and Boston. The venues generally are at medium-size theatres, except in New York, where one of the dates is a United Nations fundraiser at Wall Street restaurant Cipriani.
The cover of new album "Songs of Mass Destruction."
Track listing
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Menacing as they sound, the songs of mass destruction gathered on Annie Lennox's fifth solo disc don't manage to so much as nick the gorgeous instrument she's built her career on. Weaving artfully as ever around the contours of songs that suggest the worst--Lennox is world-wise and therefore maybe inevitably world-weary--she imparts gravity and grace in a voice as cloudless and surface-smooth as just-brewed mint tea; from the tentative beginnings of the mournful "Dark Road" to the gospel-bottomed gorgeousness of "Ghosts in My Machine," she's in full command of her considerable vocal powers. And it's possible she's never used them to such moving effect on a single record. Earlier Lennox or Eurythmics albums might have succumbed here and there to slight-seeming experiments in style, but Songs of Mass Destruction doesn't dilly-dally. All swerves, even playful ones (see "Love Is Blind" and "Coloured Bedspread," a synth-y song that wouldn't seem so out of place on a recent Madonna record), are on-message: "Womankind" busts wide open not only because it needs to (a voice this big can't be contained, it reminds us), but to demo empowerment, and the hopeful "Sing" signs off with a seconds-long African guest vocal. There's an upside to the destruction of cultural wellness that led Lennox to write this record, and it's artistic creation. Songs of Mass Destruction is a sterling, rock-solid, expert example. --Tammy La Gorce
wikipedia.org
http://www.myspace.com/annielennox
amazon.com
Today she is often described as "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" (VH1, 100 Greatest Women of Rock and Roll 1999).
Annie Lennox on the cover of the 1983 Eurythmics album "Touch."
Visit Annie's official MySpace site - http://www.myspace.com/annielennox
Over 78 million sales across the globe as part of Eurythmics and solo, and 33 hit singles compliment the 4 Grammies, 11 Brit Awards, 5 Ivor Novellos, the Oscar, and the 2 Golden Globes amongst other accolades.
Songs Of Mass Destruction showcases an artist not afraid of pushing boundaries.
Annie delivers intelligent thought provoking lyrics matched with an adult pop sound. The result, from the haunting introductory song, Dark Road to the closing epic, Fingernail Moon, is a sumptuous musical soundscape within which Annie's voice shines and soars.
In addition to her artistic achievements, Annie is a celebrated activist and humanitarian.
Multi-million selling, iconic artist Annie Lennox will release her fourth solo album, 'Songs Of Mass Destruction', with the first single to be taken from the eagerly awaited album being the wonderful and mesmerising Dark Road (to be released on 24th September." The new album also features the powerful feminist anthem 'Sing' (to be released on 3rd December), born out of Annie’s involvement with Nelson Mandela’s 46664 and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) – organisations fighting for human rights, education and health care for those affected by the HIV AIDS virus. 'Sing' will be the second single and features 23 of the most recognised and successful female solo artists in the world, invited by Annie, to raise awareness and finances for TAC initiatives, including Madonna and Celine Dion.
On September 13, 2007, Lennox announced a primarily North American tour for Songs of Mass Destruction called "Annie Lennox Sings," which is only the third solo tour of her career. The tour will include 18 stops, including London, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, Boulder, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Atlanta, Miami, New York City (two dates), Philadelphia, and Boston. The venues generally are at medium-size theatres, except in New York, where one of the dates is a United Nations fundraiser at Wall Street restaurant Cipriani.
The cover of new album "Songs of Mass Destruction."
Track listing
- "Dark Road"
- "Love Is Blind"
- "Smithereens"
- "Ghosts in My Machine"
- "Womankind"
- "Through the Glass Darkly"
- "Lost"
- "Coloured Bedspread"
- "Sing" featuring Céline Dion, Anastacia, Isobel Campbell, Dido, Melissa Etheridge, Fergie, Beth Gibbons, Faith Hill, Angelique Kidjo, Beverley Knight, Gladys Knight, k.d. lang, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Beth Orton, Pink, Bonnie Raitt, Shakira, Shingai Shoniwa, Joss Stone, Sugababes, KT Tunstall, and Martha Wainwright
- "Big Sky"
- "Fingernail Moon"
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Menacing as they sound, the songs of mass destruction gathered on Annie Lennox's fifth solo disc don't manage to so much as nick the gorgeous instrument she's built her career on. Weaving artfully as ever around the contours of songs that suggest the worst--Lennox is world-wise and therefore maybe inevitably world-weary--she imparts gravity and grace in a voice as cloudless and surface-smooth as just-brewed mint tea; from the tentative beginnings of the mournful "Dark Road" to the gospel-bottomed gorgeousness of "Ghosts in My Machine," she's in full command of her considerable vocal powers. And it's possible she's never used them to such moving effect on a single record. Earlier Lennox or Eurythmics albums might have succumbed here and there to slight-seeming experiments in style, but Songs of Mass Destruction doesn't dilly-dally. All swerves, even playful ones (see "Love Is Blind" and "Coloured Bedspread," a synth-y song that wouldn't seem so out of place on a recent Madonna record), are on-message: "Womankind" busts wide open not only because it needs to (a voice this big can't be contained, it reminds us), but to demo empowerment, and the hopeful "Sing" signs off with a seconds-long African guest vocal. There's an upside to the destruction of cultural wellness that led Lennox to write this record, and it's artistic creation. Songs of Mass Destruction is a sterling, rock-solid, expert example. --Tammy La Gorce
wikipedia.org
http://www.myspace.com/annielennox
amazon.com