Rubberband (Miles Davis album) explained

Rubberband
Type:studio
Artist:Miles Davis
Cover:Miles Davis - Rubberband.jpg
Alt:An abstract painting with the album title overwritten it
Recorded:October 1985–January 1986
Genre:Jazz
Length:63:11
Label:Rhino/Warner
Prev Year:2018
Next Title:Merci Miles! Live at Vienne
Next Year:2021

Rubberband is a Miles Davis album, recorded in 1985 and released on Rhino Records and Warner Records on September 6, 2019. The album has received mixed to positive reviews.

Recording and Rubberband EP

After leaving long-time record label Columbia Records, Davis went to Warner Bros. Although the 1985 album was not released in Davis' lifetime, sections of the song "Give It Up" were sampled posthumously for the track "High Speed Chase", from Davis' final album, Doo-Bop, in 1992.

In 2018, an EP of takes of the title track entitled Rubberband EP was released:

  1. "Rubberband of Life" (Radio Edit) – 4:22
  2. "Rubberband of Life" – 5:44
  3. "Rubberband of Life" (Instrumental) – 5:44
  4. "Rubberband" – 6:12
  5. "Rubberband of Life" (Amerigo Gazaway Remix) – 4:41

Versions of "Rubberband of Life" feature vocalist Ledisi.

Critical reception

These mixed views may in part stem from a divergent opinion of Davis' 1980s recordings as a whole. As music journalist Rob Shepherd, a fan of the artist's works from that decade, has noted: "Recorded mostly in 1985, the height of Miles Davis’ most critically maligned era, Rubberband is unlikely to be appreciated by one who generally disfavors the artist’s 1980s oeuvre. However, for a listener open to Davis’ music from that period, there is much to enjoy."

Track listing

  1. "Rubberband of Life" – 5:43
  2. "This Is It" – 4:36
  3. "Paradise" – 6:10
  4. "So Emotional" – 5:18
  5. "Give It Up" – 6:28
  6. "Maze" – 4:11
  7. "Carnival Time" – 4:24
  8. "I Love What We Make Together" – 5:05
  9. "See I See" – 4:19
  10. "Echoes in Time"/"The Wrinkle" – 9:25
  11. "Rubberband" – 6:10

Personnel

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)39
Italian Albums (FIMI)41
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)45

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