℗ 2020 UMG Recordings; A Verve Records release
| Released | August 28, 2020 |
| Duration | 40m 41s |
| Record Label | Verve |
| Genre | Soul |
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1.1
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I Hold No Grudge
Bettye LaVette |
5:00 | |||
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1.2
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One More Song
Bettye LaVette |
5:24 | |||
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1.3
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Blues For The Weepers
Bettye LaVette |
3:52 | |||
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1.4
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Book Of Lies
Bettye LaVette |
3:44 | |||
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1.5
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Romance In The Dark
Bettye LaVette |
4:28 | |||
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1.6
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Drinking Again
Bettye LaVette |
5:36 | |||
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1.7
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Strange Fruit
Bettye LaVette |
4:14 | |||
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1.8
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Save Your Love For Me
Bettye LaVette |
4:52 | |||
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1.9
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Blackbird
Bettye LaVette |
3:31 |
Grammy Award Nomination, 2020 – Best Contemporary Blues Album
"Bettye LaVette Doesn’t Just Sing Songs, She Inhabits Them on Blackbirds [...] By the time the Beatles’ 'Blackbird' closes the set in a slowed down blues arrangement with a string quartet, most listeners will be wrung out emotionally from these expressive takes on generally seldom heard gems. Bettye LaVette may not have penned any, but she owns them just the same."
- American Songwriter
Verve Records releases Bettye LaVette's new album Blackbirds. The album features songs primarily popularized by women who were the "bridge she came across on." The album finds LaVette in top form with powerful renditions of songs that touched her personally. From Dinah Washington's "Drinking Again," Nina Simone's "I Hold No Grudge" and more, they are all delivered in LaVette's rich & raspy tone. Blackbirds honors LaVette's heritage as an R&B singer and the women who came before her.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Verve Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.28 -0.28 to -0.26 | -14.09 -15.93 to -12.09 | -11.32 -13.10 to -9.40 | 8 7 to 9 | |
| 1 | I Hold No Grudge | -0.26 | -12.91 | -10.1 | 7 |
| 2 | One More Song | -0.28 | -14.79 | -12.5 | 9 |
| 3 | Blues For The Weepers | -0.28 | -12.09 | -9.4 | 7 |
| 4 | Book Of Lies | -0.28 | -12.47 | -9.8 | 7 |
| 5 | Romance In The Dark | -0.28 | -12.62 | -9.9 | 8 |
| 6 | Drinking Again | -0.27 | -15.52 | -12.6 | 9 |
| 7 | Strange Fruit | -0.28 | -15.93 | -13.1 | 9 |
| 8 | Save Your Love For Me | -0.28 | -15.47 | -12.4 | 9 |
| 9 | Blackbird | -0.28 | -15.03 | -12.1 | 9 |