Lustre Parfait Explained

Lustre Parfait
Type:studio
Artist:Gord Downie and Bob Rock
Cover:Gord Downie and Bob Rock - Lustre Parfait.png
Alt:Pink-tinted chandeliers in a dark room
Recorded:2009–2016
Length:62:12
Label:Arts & Crafts
Producer:Bob Rock
Chronology:Gord Downie
Prev Title:Away Is Mine
Prev Year:2020

Lustre Parfait is a studio album by Gord Downie and Bob Rock, released on May 5, 2023, through Arts & Crafts Productions.[1] The second posthumous album of previously unreleased material following Downie's death in 2017, the album features songs Downie and Rock created together in the 2010s after Rock produced The Tragically Hip's albums World Container and We Are the Same.[2]

It was known prior to Downie's death that he had recorded a solo album with Rock, although plans for its release had not been announced by the time of Downie's illness and death.[3] Rock later clarified that although the tracks had been recorded, the production had not been completed at that time, and that he had struggled to finish readying the album for release due to his emotions around Downie's death.[4]

The album's title track was released in October 2022 as a preview.[5] In November, "The Raven and the Red-Tailed Hawk" was released as the title track of a three-song EP that also included "Lustre Parfait" and the song "Is There Nowhere";[1] in February 2023, "The Moment Is a Wild Place" was released as the lead track of a six-song preview EP, which also featured all three of the already-released songs as well as the album tracks "Something More" and "Camaro".[6]

Rock described working with Downie on the album's songs as one of the great highlights of his professional life.[7]

Supporting musicians on Lustre Parfait include Abe Laboriel Jr., Tom Keenlyside, Steve Madaio, Camille Henderson and Saffron Henderson.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Alex Hudson, "Gord Downie and Bob Rock's Collaborative Album Gets Release Date, New Single". Exclaim!, November 22, 2022.
  2. Stuart Derdeyn, "Now hear this: Lustre Parfait by Gord Downie and Bob Rock is a tasty single". Vancouver Sun, October 22, 2022.
  3. Michael Barclay, The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip. ECW Press, 2018. . p. 414.
  4. Daniel Sylvester, "Gord Downie and Bob Rock's Electrifying Collaboration Goes 'Beyond Friendship'". Exclaim!, May 2, 2023.
  5. David Friend, "New song 'Lustre Parfait' offers sample of posthumous Gord Downie, Bob Rock album". Toronto Star, October 20, 2022.
  6. Will Schube, "Bob Rock And The Late Gord Downie Share 'The Moment Is A Wild Place'". UDiscoverMusic, February 1, 2023.
  7. Kerry Doole, "Gord Downie & Bob Rock: Lustre Parfait". FYI Music News, October 26, 2022.