Martha Wash of “It’s Raining Men” fame has released her
stunning new LP, her first in two decades, titled, “Something Good.”
Martha Wash has released her stunning new LP, her first in
two decades, titled, “Something Good.” The record is a full-length, long
playing album that transitions away from her tradition of top-notch,
foot-tapping, voice-soaring dance numbers. “Something Good” is a collection of
new music from Wash
in a different vein than her old favorites, the jukebox and VH1 hits that have
not left the club scene since her rise to stardom and fame in the early
eighties. Surely, there is not a soul within earshot of a radio who has not
heard her infamous dancefloor battle cry, “Everybody dance now!” Nevertheless,
Martha Wash may yet be most recognized for her part in the Weather Girls’ 1982
hit, “It’s Raining Men.” “Something Good,” while containing music that is sure
to please longtime fans, is more an alternative pop-rock album than a
traditional house record.
“Something Good” is a departure from the danceclub manner of
excellence fans have come to expect from Wash,
and commands its own powerful character among her releases. For one thing, “Something
Good” is remarkably, almost poetically uplifting. “It’s My Time,” one of the
album’s main singles, is a righteous celebration of the self, an oath to the
universe that the indomitable human spirit is not only alive and kicking, but
also on the rise toward ultimate achievement and glory. “I’m almost there,”
proclaims the first verse. “It’s indescribable. It’s my time to shine.”
Martha Wash has called the eight songs on “Something Good”
“empowering,” which is to dramatically understate the point. Wash, herself, who
has encountered more than any artist’s fair share of adversity, is a patron
saint of perseverence (Wash famously filed suit against Black Box for failing
to give her due credit for her lead vocals on their album; the suit was in
tandem with another case concerning the Milli Vanilli lip-syncing scandal of
1990). This new record showcases her staggering impetuousness and optimism –
not to mention her flawless, Aretha-Franklinesque intonations – unlike any she
has recorded before.
“Whatever song [my fans]
listen to,” says Wash, “I hope they get something positive out of it. I want
them to think about themselves, and about helping others.”
Whether “Something Good”
changes the world in some small way or not remains to be seen, but the
startling beauty and magnificence that is Martha Wash at this latter point in
her career is plain to be heard, right now.
“Something Good” is available everywhere online
beginning January 10th, 2013.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The LP “Something
Good” is distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com) and is available at iTunes for convenient
purchase and download
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