Scrape

• Artist: Ivan Neville
• Rating:
• Release Date: January 20, 2004
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

On his first outing in two years, Ivan Neville takes his funky keyboard road show to Los Angeles, calls in a mess of friends, and has a party. Scrape was written by Neville with producer and multi-instrumentalist Gary Gold. Featuring 14 tracks of tight, grooved-out, funk and roll, the album is the best thing he's recorded since If My Ancestors Could See Me Now, his solo debut from 1988. Hard soul, funky, L.A. studio gloss, and dynamite performances from an inspired group of players who include Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Harry Bowens, Michael Brecker, Waddy Wachtel, George Duke, Darryl Jones, Aaron Neville, Robben Ford, and a dozen others. Standout tracks include the hip hop reggae and soul groove of "Ghetto Street," with its riff purposefully lifted from Marvin Gaye's "Mercy, Mercy Me," the Stax shuffle of "A Lil' Humility," the bluesy New Orleans second line rhythm, the shimmering, funky blues of "Dance For Free," and the swampy, greasy funk of the title track, which is a tribute to the Meters. This is a gloriously wrought album, and an inspired performance, by one of America's grittiest and essential soul men. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
What You Want From Me	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(4:36)
The Ugly Truth	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(4:39)
Ghetto Street	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(5:47)
Lost Ball	Ivan Neville, Danny Kortchmar	Ivan Neville	(4:24)
A Lil' Humility	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(4:17)
Dance for Free	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(5:15)
Before It's Gone	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(5:17)
Scrape	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(4:32)
Nothin Bout Love	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(4:16)
Ode to 5 A.M.	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(6:02)
Life's Been Good	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(3:51)
Silence Is Better	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(4:23)
With You All Along	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(5:10)
What You Want From Me [Live]	Ivan Neville	Ivan Neville	(5:42)

Credits

Lee Thornberg (Horn), Jason Sinay (Guitar), Alexandra Brown (Vocals), Leo Nocentelli (Guitar), Danny Kortchmar (Loops), George Duke (Keyboards), Bruce Willis (Executive Producer), Robbie Robertson (Loops), Ivan Neville (Keyboards), Jason Neville (Vocals), Leo Nocentelli (Vocals), Doug Sax (Mastering), Catherine Russell (Vocals), Bernard Fowler (Vocals), Bonnie Raitt (Vocals), Val McCallum (Guitar), Keith Richards (Vocals), Robben Ford (Guitar), Ivan Neville (Guitar), Jacquelyn Farris (Vocals), Ivan Neville (Bass), Sweet Pea Atkinson (Vocals), Robert Hadley (Mastering), Darryl Jones (Bass), Ivan Neville (Vocals), Randall Jacobs (Guitar), Aaron Neville (Vocals), Valerie Pinkston (Vocals), Rob Fraboni (Engineer), David Woodford (Horn), Tom Corwin (Engineer), Tracy Wallner (Art Direction), James "Hutch" Hutchinson (Bass), Lee Thornberg (Horn Arrangements), Miles Joseph (Guitar), Ivan Neville (Producer), Gary Gold (Producer), Michael Brecker (Horn), Bobby Ray Watson (Bass), Sir Harry Bowens (Vocals), Ian Neville (Guitar), Waddy Wachtel (Guitar), Keith Richards (Guitar)