Celeste – Not Your Muse (Bonus track) (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

Celeste’s 2021 debut album ‘Not Your Muse’ features twelve songs, including nine brand new tracks alongside acclaimed singles ‘Strange’, ‘A Little Love’ and ‘Stop This Flame’ (the theme song to Sky Sports’ Premier League coverage). The announcement of this album completed a remarkable year for 2020’s breakthrough artist, who achieved the double win of BBC Sound of 2020 and the BRITS Rising Star award. Celeste’s 2021 debut album ‘Not Your Muse’ features twelve songs, including nine brand new tracks alongside acclaimed singles ‘Strange’, ‘A Little Love’ and ‘Stop This Flame’ (the theme song to Sky Sports’ Premier League coverage). The announcement of this album completed a remarkable year for 2020’s breakthrough artist, who achieved the double win of BBC Sound of 2020 and the BRITS Rising Star award.

She was set to be one of the revelations of 2020. But the pandemic got in the way, and Celeste Epiphany Waite postponed the planned release of her first album. Celeste is a new UK sensation. She received the Rising Star prize at the prestigious Brit Awards, an honour which has been bestowed upon such promising young people as Sam Smith or Adele, who went on to enjoy colossal success and international stardom. Add another nomination, for the BBC’s Sound of 2020, and the growing interest in this newcomer to the global pop scene was clear. While waiting for the album, Celeste did not sit idly by. She provided some vocals for the high-flying soundtrack for Pixar’s successful Soul, and for the series The Chicago Seven, which was broadcast on Netflix. In terms of musical education, Celeste was brought up almost exclusively on blues, jazz, and golden-age soul by James Brown, Aretha Franklin (whom Celeste worships), Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan. A coppery, nonchalant voice, tinged with a hoarse fragility, Celeste instantly sounds like a little sister to Adele and Amy Winehouse. Finally, the album is here. With its nose-thumbing title, Not Your Muse is an impressive engine, perfectly conceived and calibrated to conquer airwaves around the world, and audiences too. From Strange’s skin-tight tenderness to the old-school sixties throwback Love is Back, to the party number Tonight Tonight, all the ingredients are there to make this album a must-have for years to come. – Yan Céh

Tracklist:
01. Celeste – Ideal Woman (03:43)
02. Celeste – Strange (Edit) (03:20)
03. Celeste – Tonight Tonight (03:39)
04. Celeste – Stop This Flame (03:32)
05. Celeste – Tell Me Something I Don’t Know (03:56)
06. Celeste – Not Your Muse (04:27)
07. Celeste – Beloved (03:57)
08. Celeste – Love Is Back (04:16)
09. Celeste – A Kiss (03:58)
10. Celeste – The Promise (03:45)
11. Celeste – A Little Love (From The John Lewis & Waitrose Christmas Advert 2020) (03:01)
12. Celeste – Some Goodbyes Come With Hellos (03:25)
13. Celeste – Father’s Son (03:17)
14. Celeste – Lately (04:04)
15. Celeste – Both Sides Of The Moon (04:17)
16. Celeste – Strange (04:15)
17. LAUREN AUDER – Unseen (03:49)
18. Celeste – In The Summer Of My Life (04:07)
19. Jon Batiste – It’s All Right (From “Soul”/Duet Version) (02:49)
20. Celeste – Hear My Voice (03:02)
21. Celeste – I’m Here (03:25)
22. Celeste – Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) (02:25)