The Storm (ZZ Ward album)

The Storm is the second studio album from American singer-songwriter ZZ Ward, released on Hollywood Records on June 30, 2017. The album reached number 1 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart.

The Storm
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 30, 2017
GenreBlues rock, hip hop
Length36:13
LabelHollywood
ZZ Ward chronology
Love and War (EP)
(2015)
The Storm
(2017)
Singles from The Storm
  1. "Help Me Mama"
  2. "Ride"
  3. "Cannonball"

Production

Ward has said The Storm is influenced by the music of blues artists including Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson and Big Mama Thornton.[1] Prior to the album's release, on March 2, 2017, Ward released the single "The Deep", featuring Chicago MC Joey Purp. The track is built around a sample of "As Long As I've Got You" by The Charmels, which is also sampled in "C.R.E.A.M." by Wu-Tang Clan.[2] The track "Ride" featuring Gary Clark, Jr. was originally featured in the 2017 Pixar film Cars 3.[3] Ward performed the song on Dancing with the Stars on April 17, 2017.[4] The music video for the single "Cannonball" was released in July 2017;[5] it features blues singer Fantastic Negrito, with Ward playing harmonica on the song.[6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Ghost"Evan Bogart, Trevor Brown, Warren "Oak" Felder, Zaire Koalo, Zsuzsanna WardFelder3:00
2."Cannonball" (featuring Fantastic Negrito)Xavier Dphrepaulezz, WardBlended Babies3:58
3."Help Me Mama"Bogart, Theron Feemster, Priscilla Renea, WardFeemster3:06
4."The Storm"WardFeemster3:13
5."Domino" (featuring Fitz)Feemster, Michael Fitzpatrick, WardFeemster, Fitzpatrick2:50
6."Let It Burn"Bogart, Brown, Felder, Koalo, WardFelder3:08
7."Bag of Bones"WardFeemster3:17
8."She Ain't Me"Ludwig Göransson, WardGöransson2:51
9."If U Stayed"WardFeemster3:33
10."Hold On"Bogart, Brown, Felder, WardFelder3:12
11."Ride" (featuring Gary Clark Jr.)Dave Bassett, Bogart, WardBassett4:05
Total length:36:13

Personnel

  • ZZ Ward – vocals, guitars, harmonica, drum programming, percussion, engineering
  • Trevor Brown – guitars, bass, background vocals
  • Erick Walls – guitars
  • Jonathan Keller – guitars, bass, drum programming, percussion, engineering
  • Theron "Neff U" Feemster – piano, keyboards, guitars, drum programming, string arrangements, engineering
  • Rich Parry – drum programming, percussion, engineering
  • Gary Clark, Jr. – guitars
  • Fantastic Negrito – vocals
  • Michael Fitzpatrick – vocals, keyboards, drum programming, engineering
  • Ludwig Göransson – programming, keyboards, guitars, bass, vocal engineering
  • Bianca McClure – violin
  • Thomas Drayton – bass
  • Zaire Koalo – background vocals
  • Warren "Oak" Felder – programming, engineering, background vocals
  • E. Kidd Bogart – engineering, background vocals
  • Jabari Tawiah – engineering
  • Kyle Mann – engineering
  • Paul Redel – engineering
  • Gavin Paddock – engineering
  • Bobby Holland – engineering
  • Tyler Beans – engineering
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Neal Pogue – mixing
  • Dave Bassett – mixing, vocal recording
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering

Chart history

Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 75
US Billboard Rock Albums[8] 12
US Billboard Blues Albums[9] 1

References

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