Annie Lennox announces imminent new album, ‘Nostalgia’
Iconic Eurythmics singer and solo artist Annie Lennox is set to release her seventh studio album on 27th October ’14. Entitled Nostalgia, the new record features twelve covers of seminal songs primarily from the 1930s and ’40s.
Classics played and popularized by the likes of Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Louis Armstrong all appear on the album, which marks a return to the industry for Ms Lennox after a four year absence.
Lennox describes the album as “a challenge” when describing her decision to revitalise the old masterpieces: ““I thought, ‘I wonder what my voice would be like. Would these songs suit my voice?’ It was like a little challenge. I just sort of got to know them, became friends with them really and had a great deal of joy in the process.”
Nostalgia Track Listing
Memphis in June
Georgia on my Mind
I Put a Spell on You
Summertime
I Cover the Waterfront
Strange Fruit
God Bless the Child
You Belong to Me
September in the Rain
I Can Dream, Can’t I?
The Nearness of You
Mood Indigo
Nostalgia will be released on 27th October 2014 by Island Records in the UK and internationally, and by Blue Note Recordings in the US.