Joyful Noise (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Joyful Noise
| type = studio
| artist = The Derek Trucks Band
| cover = Derek trucks joyful noise.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 2, 2002
| recorded = *Bearsville (Woodstock, New York)
- Sunset Sound (Los Angeles)
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Southern rock, jam rock, blues rock, jazz fusion, world music
| length =
| label = Columbia
| producer = Russ Kunkel, Craig Street
| prev_title = Out of the Madness
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Soul Serenade
| next_year = 2003
}}
Joyful Noise is the third studio album by The Derek Trucks Band, released on September 2, 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.derektrucks.com/music/joyful-noise |title=The Derek Trucks Band: Joyful Noise |publisher=Derek Trucks |accessdate=2009-06-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430214236/http://www.derektrucks.com/music/joyful-noise |archivedate=2009-04-30 }} It features an eclectic mix of music, ranging from gospel, blues, jazz fusion, Latin music, to East Indian music.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r601518|pure_url=yes}}|title=Review|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=2009-06-13}} Many of the songs feature special guests, including Trucks' wife Susan Tedeschi, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, the nephew of Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and a respected singer in his own right, and soul artist Solomon Burke. The album was produced by noted producers Russ Kunkel and Craig Street{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/4986336/a/Joyful+Noise.htm|title=Detailed Joyful Noise music information|publisher=CDuniverse|accessdate=2009-06-13}} and was recorded at the Bearsville and Sunset Sound Studios.{{cite web|url=http://www.tower.com/joyful-noise-derek-trucks-band-cd/wapi/106503626|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011015036/http://www.tower.com/joyful-noise-derek-trucks-band-cd/wapi/106503626|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-10-11|title=Joyful Noise (CD)|publisher=Tower|accessdate=2009-06-13}} This is also the first album to feature the songwriting and musical talents of the band's newest member, Kofi Burbridge; keyboardist, flautist, and backing vocalist for the band, as well as brother to Oteil Burbridge, bassist in The Allman Brothers Band, with whom Derek Trucks is also a member.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/joyful-noise-mw0000223405 |title=Joyful Noise - The Derek Trucks Band |first=Hal |last=Horowitz |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 16, 2023}}
| rev2 = Rolling Stone
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thederektrucksband/albums/album/186774/review/5945315/joyful_noise |title=The Derek Trucks Band: Joyful Noise: Music Reviews |first=Christian |last=Hoard |magazine=Rolling Stone |year=2011 |accessdate=March 16, 2023 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306200452/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thederektrucksband/albums/album/186774/review/5945315/joyful_noise |archivedate=March 6, 2008 }}
| rev3 = JazzTimes
| rev4 = Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite book |last=Budnick |first=Dean |title=Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene |publisher=Backbeat Books |year=2003 |pages=46 }}
| rev5 = One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last=Paul |first=Alan |title=One Way Out: The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=2015 |pages=441 }}
| rev6 = Daily Vault
}}
In a review for AllMusic, Hal Horowitz called the album "a powerful, uncompromising statement," and wrote: "Prodding into Latin, Indian, and fusion jazz, this stylistically varied effort exudes enough blues and funky R&B to keep the Allman Brothers Band fan's attention while expanding their boundaries -- sometimes radically -- beyond what the typical Southern rock fan might expect or even tolerate."
Christian Hoard of Rolling Stone commented: "Boring-ass eclecticism is the hobgoblin of the jam-band nation, but here the kid tames a stylistic sprawl with nothing more than a bottleneck slide."
Writing for JazzTimes, Lucy Tauss called Trucks "prodigiously gifted," and described the album as "a gloriously eclectic excursion that ranges far beyond the Allmans' Southern jam-rock sound."
Author Dean Budnick praised Trucks' "emotive counterpoints" and the "ebullient support from his bandmates," and called the album "a stellar representation of the DTB's world-soul."
In an article for PopMatters, Adrien Begrand remarked: "Far from a self-indulgent, noodling showman who opts for bland style, Trucks goes for the more understated substance... The album is slick, but not overproduced in the least, the jamming never gets too self-indulgent, and Trucks' diverse choices in guest vocalists, and his band's undeniable talent, make Joyful Noise sparkle with life."{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/derektrucksband-joyful-2495877530.html |title=The Derek Trucks Band: Joyful Noise |first=Adrien |last=Begrand |date=January 23, 2003 |website=PopMatters |access-date=March 16, 2023}}
Exclaim!'s Roman Sokal wrote: "Trucks... goes straight for the soul and spirit of music making... he overpowers without needing to be loud, and he allows all the musicians to be on top throughout; a magician, no less."{{cite web |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/derek_trucks_band-joyful_noise |title=Derek Trucks Band: Joyful Noise |first=Roman |last=Sokal |date=January 1, 2006 |website=Exclaim! |access-date=March 16, 2023}}
Reviewer George Graham stated that the album is "a first-rate recording from one of the bright young lights on the rock guitar scene," and commented: "In addition to being a fine player, Trucks' musical eclecticism is also impressive, incorporating everything from old-fashioned soul to unexpected world-music influences."{{cite web |url=https://georgegraham.com/reviews/trucksjn.html |title=Derek Trucks Band: Joyful Noise |first=George |last=Graham |date=September 25, 2002 |website=GeorgeGraham.com |access-date=March 16, 2023}}
The Daily Vault's Jason Warburg remarked: "This is one of the most diverse albums I've heard in some time... These are four pure players who make a Joyful Noise indeed together, and this disc is a very worthy purchase for any fan of roots music or blues guitar who also has a sense of adventure."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| title1 = Joyful Noise
| note1 = J. Colon/Y. Scott/D. Trucks/K. Burbridge/T. Smallie
| length1 = 5:47
| title2 = So Close, So Far Away
| note2 = Scott/Trucks/Burbridge/Smallie
| length2 = 4:38
| title3 = Home in Your Heart
| note3 = feat. Solomon Burke) (O. Blackwell/W. Scott
| length3 = 3:59
| title4 = Maki Madni
| note4 = feat. Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) (Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
| length4 = 8:11
| title5 = Kam-Ma-Lay
| note5 = feat. Rubén Blades) (R. Blades/Colon/Scott/Trucks/Burbridge/Smallie
| length5 = 7:08
| title6 = Like Anyone Else
| note6 = feat. Solomon Burke) (Burbridge
| length6 = 6:30
| title7 = Every Good Boy
| note7 = Burbridge
| length7 = 4:23
| title8 = Baby, You're Right
| note8 = feat. Susan Tedeschi) (J. Brown, J. Tex
| length8 = 4:14
| title9 = Lookout 31
| note9 = Burbridge
| length9 = 4:21
| title10 = Frisell
| note10 = Colon/Scott/Trucks/Burbridge/Smallie
| length10 = 6:53
}}
Personnel
;The Derek Trucks Band
- Derek Trucks - guitar
- Yonrico Scott - drums, vocals, percussion
- Kofi Burbridge, flute, vocals, keyboards
- Todd Smallie - bass, vocals
;Additional personnel
- Susan Tedeschi - vocals (on track 8)
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - vocals (on track 4)
- Rubén Blades - vocals (on track 5)
- Solomon Burke - vocals (on track 3)
- Craig Street - producer
- Russ Kunkel - producer
- Greg Calbi - mastering
- S. "Husky" Hoskulds - engineer, mixing
- Damian Shannon - assistant engineer
- Juan Bautista Sánchez García - assistant engineer
- Nathan Burden - assistant engineer
- Josh Cheuse - art direction, design
- James Minchin - photography
- Yves Beauvais - A&R
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References
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