MEHLDAU, BRAD

Nonesuch Records releases pianist and composer Brad Mehldau’s Ride into the Sun, a songbook record of music by the late singer, songwriter, and guitarist Elliott Smith.

Ride into the Sun’s 10 Elliott Smith songs are complemented by four Mehldau compositions that he says are “inspired by, and reflect, Smith’s oeuvre.” Also included are interpretations of Big Star’s ‘Thirteen’, which Smith also covered, and ‘Sunday’ by Nick Drake, who Mehldau says, “I look at in some ways as sort of Smith’s visionary godfather.”


Tracklist:

1. Better Be Quiet Now
2. Everything Means Nothing to Me
3. Tomorrow Tomorrow (feat. Daniel Rossen)
4. Sweet Adeline
5. Sweet Adeline Fantasy
6. Between the Bars
7. The White Lady Loves You More
8. Ride into the Sun: Part I
9. Thirteen
10. Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands
11. Somebody Cares, Somebody Understands
12. Southern Belle (feat. Daniel Rossen)
13. Satellite
14. Colorbars (feat. Chris Thile)
15. Sunday
16. Ride into the Sun: Conclusion