Melody Gardot Currency of a Man

"International best-selling singer, songwriter and musician, Melody Gardot, is back with her 4th studio album, ‘Currency of Man’.

The highly-anticipated ‘Currency of Man’ is an intensely creative milestone, transcending musical distinctions of jazz, blues and R&B, to offer a stirring social and musical statement. On the new album, Melody joins forces again with Grammy Award-winning producer Larry Klein. This striking musical partnership saw their last collaboration, 2009’s ‘My One and Only Thrill’, sell over 1.5 million copies, and produce songs that have become modern classics.

‘Currency of Man’ marks a substantial leap forward indeed, as we see Gardot take her gift for songwriting in a completely different direction to her last record, the critically acclaimed release ‘The Absence’.

As Melody explains: "Every album is a journey and this disc in some ways is a leap into the unknown. After spending time in LA, the songs all became about the people I'd meet: people who were experiencing life on the fringe…” "

1. Don't Misunderstand
2. Don't Talk
3. It Gonna Come
4. Bad News
5. She Don't Know
6. "Palmas da Rua" – Interlude
7. Same To You
8. No Man's Prize – Extra track
9. March For Mingus – Interlude
10. Preacherman
11. Morning Sun
12. If Ever I Recall Your Face
13. Once I Was Loved
14. After the Rain
15. Burying My Troubles