Eddie (album)

Eddie
Studio album by Busty and the Bass
Released	September 8, 2020 (2020-09-08)
Genre	Electro, soul, hip hop, funk
Length	48:25
Label	Arts & Crafts
Producer	Neal Pogue, Verdine White
Busty and the Bass chronology
Uncommon Good (2017) Eddie (2020)
Singles from Eddie
"Clouds" Released: November 8, 2019 "Baggy Eyed Dopeman" Released: February 26, 2020 "Kids" Released: May 6, 2020 "Out of Love" Released: June 24, 2020

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Financial Times
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PopMatters	(7/10)

Eddie is the sophomore studio album from Canadian electro-soul band Busty and the Bass. It was released on August 14, 2020, by Arts & Crafts.

Background

Eddie is the band's first release on Arts & Crafts, the Canadian record label home to notable acts such as Broken Social Scene, Japandroids, and BADBADNOTGOOD. It was announced on July 22, 2020. Like their previous full-length Uncommon Good, Eddie was produced by Neal Pogue, who was also heavily involved in the recording process. The album also features contributions from Verdine White of Earth, Wind & Fire, who served as an executive producer. According to the band, Eddie is intended to explore the question: “What advice would you impart on that younger self? And if you could pass your younger self a mixtape, what would it sound like?”.

Track listing

All tracks written and performed by Busty and the Bass.

Eddie

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Out of Love" (featuring Macy Gray)	Ferraro, Gray	4:51
2.	"Kids"	Ferraro	4:25
3.	"Baggy Eyed Dopeman" (featuring George Clinton)	Crofton, Ferraro, Clinton	3:36
4.	"Clouds" (featuring Amber Navran)	Ferraro, Navran	3:46
5.	"Little Late"	Ferraro	3:50
6.	"Eddie"	Ferraro	4:20
7.	"Figure it Out"	Ferraro	3:58
8.	"Time Don't Make Me a Stranger"	Crofton	3:37
9.	"ET" (featuring Jafé)	Ferraro, Paulino, Crofton	4:01
10.	"Go So Far" (featuring Illa J & Jon Connor)	Crofton, Connor, Illa J	4:03
11.	"Summer"	Ferraro	4:41
12.	"Cold Night"	Ferraro	3:07
Total length:			48:25

Personnel

Personnel adapted from album liner notes.

Busty and the Bass

• Scott Bevins – trumpet
• Alistair Blu – lead and backup vocals, keyboard, synthesizer
• Nick Ferraro – lead vocals, alto saxophone
• Eric Haynes – piano, keyboard, string arrangements
• Milo Johnson – bass
• Louis Stein – guitar, vocals
• Julian Trivers – drums
• Chris Vincent – trombone

Additional musicians

• Macy Gray – vocals (1)
• George Clinton – vocals (3)
• Amber Navran – vocals (4)
• Jafé Paulino – vocals (9)
• Jon Connor – vocals (10)
• Illa J – vocals (10)
• Freddy Spear – string arrangements, string performance (contrabass)
• Georgia Vogeli – strings (violin)
• Katelyn Emery – strings (violin)
• Julien Altmann – strings (violin)
• Thomas Beard – strings (cello)
• Nora Toutain – additional vocals
• Melissa Pacifico – additional vocals
• Mario Allende – additional percussion

Recording personnel

• Busty and the Bass – writing, recording, production
• Neal Pogue – production, mixing, additional engineering, additional writing (3)
• Verdine White – executive production
• Christopher Vincent – engineering
• Noah Mintz – mastering
• George Clinton – additional writing (3)
• Jon Connor – additional writing (10)
• Illa J – additional writing (10)
• James Benjamin – additional production (10)
• Jafé Paulino – additional writing (9)
• Peter Edwards – additional engineering
• Jacob Lacroix-Cardinal – additional engineering

Artwork

• June Barry – album artwork
• Maya Fuhr – photography
• Peter Albert Weir – layout design