Chuck
Chuck Berry’s grace was finding a formula and sticking to it. Released five months after his 90th birthday—and three months after his death in March 2017—*Chuck* taps into Berry’s zeal for life, from his wife (“Wonderful Woman”) to enchiladas (“3/4 Time”) to winking at his past (“Lady B. Goode,” the ripping “Big Boys”). He does it all without ever sounding stale—a witty, vital, and fun farewell.
In his final years, Chuck Berry endeavored to make another record worthy of his rock’n’roll legacy. The resulting Chuck is a collection of new songs and covers that meditate on love and mortality.
In his final years, Chuck Berry endeavored to make another record worthy of his rock’n’roll legacy. The resulting Chuck is a collection of new songs and covers that meditate on love and mortality.
Barring any additional posthumous releases, the last song on the last album that Chuck Berry ever recorded will be “Eyes Of Man,” a midtempo blues number with a vocal performance more spoken than sung. It clocks in at just a little over two minutes—at the end of a 10-track LP that doesn’t quite reach a total running…
Barring any additional posthumous releases, the last song on the last album that Chuck Berry ever recorded will be “Eyes Of Man,” a midtempo blues number with a vocal performance more spoken than sung. It clocks in at just a little over two minutes—at the end of a 10-track LP that doesn’t quite reach a total running…
Released just under three months since his death at the age of 90, Chuck Berry recorded Chuck in his hometown of St. Louis, bringing in fami...
Released just under three months since his death at the age of 90, Chuck Berry recorded Chuck in his hometown of St. Louis, bringing in fami...
Many latter-day offerings from pioneers of rock and roll left indelible impressions on our collective psyches.
Many latter-day offerings from pioneers of rock and roll left indelible impressions on our collective psyches.
Sadly passing just a few months before its release, the simply titled ‘Chuck’ sees one of the most important musicians of the 20th century
Sadly passing just a few months before its release, the simply titled ‘Chuck’ sees one of the most important musicians of the 20th century
Berry’s first album since 1979, released after his death, revisits the riffs and themes he made famous in the 1950s
Berry’s first album since 1979, released after his death, revisits the riffs and themes he made famous in the 1950s
There has been a rush of valedictory ‘last albums’, apparently made in the knowledge that the artist in question’s life was coming to an end: Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, and now Chuck Berry, who left us on 18 March of this year.
There has been a rush of valedictory ‘last albums’, apparently made in the knowledge that the artist in question’s life was coming to an end: Leonard Cohen, David Bowie, and now Chuck Berry, who left us on 18 March of this year.