The Futurist
Release Year: 2004
Label: Sony Music
Country: USA
Produced by Jonathan Elias, Mark Hudson
Musicians:
Robert Downey Jr.: Lead & Background Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Wurlitzer, Percussion
Jon Anderson: Vocals (Track 7)
Steve Dudas, Mark Hudson, Jimmy Haun: Guitars
Armand Sabel–lecco, Reggie Hamilton, Charlie Haden: Bass
Jim Cox, Alan Broadbent: Piano
Tom Canning, Jim Cox: B3 Organ
Greg Bissonette, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Wackerman, Aleo Puro: Drums
Mark Hudson: Percussion
Cameron Stone: Cello
Charlie Bisharat: Violin
Jeff Bunnell: Flugelhorn
Sarah Hudson, Mark Hudson: Background Vocals
Label: Sony Music;
- Man Like Me
- Broken
(1 Minute soundsample) - Kimberly Glide
- The Futurist (1 Minute soundsample)
- Little Clownz
- 5:30
- Your Move
- Details
- Hannah
- Smile
When I ran across this album my first thought was, "Robert Downey Jr.?" Surely not the Robert Downey Jr. who's a brilliant actor but noted drug addict? But, sure enough, it is. After listening to the sample clips off this album, I was intrigued enough to buy the album. And I'm pleasantly surprised: It's very good if you like (as I do) slow, introspective, lyric-driven, rock (somewhere between Sting and John Mayer?). Downey's bluesy voice is full and soulful and the result is surprisingly pure, honest and mature. Downey's piano-playing on ocassion reveals a slight echo of a Billy Joel-Elton John early 80s lick, but like his voice, songwriting and interpretation, his performance on the piano also is solid. His songwriting is honest and self-revelatory: he's a poet with more than rhyming skills. And spending time strung-out and in jail provides plenty of grist for him to work with. What a surpirse. Now I know.
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