{"id":8529,"date":"2012-09-10T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T18:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=8529"},"modified":"2012-09-10T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T18:27:09","slug":"glen-campbells-last-studio-album-its-like-my-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/10\/glen-campbells-last-studio-album-its-like-my-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Campbell's Last Studio Album It's Like My Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

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GLEN CAMPBELL\u2019S ACCLAIMED FINAL ALBUM RELEASED NATIONWIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ghost On The Canvas<\/em> sees Campbell capping his brilliant career with one of his most moving and energized works to date, a powerfully emotional song cycle that sees him accompanied by a truly dazzling line-up of songwriters and musicians.
\nNashville,\u00a0 TN (September 10, 2012) \u2013 Surfdog Records has announced \u201cA Better Place,\u201d the second video from Glen Campbell\u2019s critically acclaimed album Ghost On The Canvas<\/em>, featuring a special guest appearance from Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Them Crooked Vultures) and directed by Kii Arens and Jason Trucco is being released to media nationwide.\u00a0 This farewell video showcases Campbell looking back at his life and career. He also sends a personal message to his wife, Kimberley, a former Radio City Music Hall dancer that the Rhinestone Cowboy met on a blind date in 1981. “My love goes out to Kim, my amazing grace. You’ve been by my side through these changing times, and it means the world to me.”
\n\"\"<\/a>Ghost On The Canvas<\/em> \u2013 the final studio recording of the iconic eight-time GRAMMY\u00ae winning singer\/guitarist\/songwriter \u2013 entered the SoundScan\/Billboard 200<\/em> at #23 and the UK album chart at #27.\u00a0 USA Today<\/strong> declared the record \u201ca museum-quality masterpiece,\u201d extolling it as \u201cnot simply a coda to an impressive career but also the sort of artistic swan song that might receive serious consideration for album of the year come Grammy Awards time.\u201d\u00a0 The Boston Globe<\/strong> called Ghost On The Canvas<\/em> \u201cgorgeous and charming\u201d while Pitchfork<\/strong> noted that \u201cCampbell conveys a certain nostalgia for that defining sound of his prime\u2026His voice remains strong enough that he doesn’t need your pity to put these songs across.\u201d \u201cThe years have added an edge to his singing,\u201d said Rolling Stone<\/strong>, noting \u201cDude’s definitely not going out softly.\u201d The Village Voice<\/strong> perhaps summed it up best: Ghost On The Canvas<\/em> is \u201cmaybe the finest album (Campbell\u2019s) ever made.\u201d The collection has met with similar acclaim across the Atlantic, where BBC Music<\/strong> declared it to be \u201cthe real deal, musical and emotionally true and sometimes devastating, on a par with (Johnny) Cash\u2019s performance on \u2018Hurt.\u2019\u201d Uncut <\/strong>awarded Ghost On The Canvas<\/em> four stars, applauding Campbell\u2019s \u201cmajestic storytelling\u201d while Mojo<\/strong> praised his \u201cglorious undiminished tones, particularly his reckoning with the hereafter on \u2018A Better Place.\u2019\u201d Campbell has charted 13 albums in the UK in just over four decades, reaching #1 with the 1976 compilation, Twenty Golden Greats<\/em>.
\nIn addition to Paul Westerberg, Ghost On The Canvas<\/em> features original songs by Jakob Dylan, Robert Pollard, and Teddy Thompson. Campbell is backed by a roster of players that includes Chris Isaak, Dick Dale, Billy Corgan, Brian Setzer, Rick Nielsen, Roger Manning, and The Dandy Warhols.\u00a0 The album was produced by Julian Raymond, who also co-wrote a number of new songs with Campbell.<\/p>\n

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About Glen Campbell:<\/strong>
\nFor more than fifty years, Glen Campbell has been among popular music\u2019s most successful and significant artists, a multi-talented superstar who can rightfully be declared a living legend and a true American treasure.\u00a0 The Arkansas-born Campbell took up guitar at an early age and in 1958, relocated to Los Angeles where he immediately became an in-demand session musician.\u00a0 He joined forces with the legendary Wrecking Crew, a group of session players whose work can be heard on a stunning range of recordings spanning from the 1960\u2019s thru the seventies.\u00a0 The Wrecking Crew played with such artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, Elvis Presley, and most famously, Phil Spector, with whom they helped create the famed \u201cWall of Sound.\u201d In 1964, Campbell was invited to become a touring member of The Beach Boys, playing bass and singing falsetto harmonies, then later contributing guitar to 1966\u2019s seminal Pet Sounds<\/em>.
\nCampbell achieved his first major success as a solo artist with \u201cGentle On My Mind,\u201d which proved a crossover smash upon its 1967 release.\u00a0 He followed it that same year with \u201cBy The Time I Get To Phoenix,\u201d marking the first in a string of collaborative hits penned by renowned songwriter Jimmy Webb that also includes such classics as \u201cWichita Lineman,\u201d \u201cWhere\u2019s The Playground, Susie,\u201d and \u201cGalveston.\u201d
\nIn addition to hit singles, Campbell also released a remarkable run of gold and platinum certified albums, including 1967\u2019s Gentle On My Mind<\/em>, the first of seven consecutive collections to hit #1 on Billboard\u2019s \u201cCountry Albums\u201d chart.\u00a0 Among them are full-length favorites like 1967\u2019s By The Time I Get To Phoenix<\/em>, Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell<\/em> and the 2x-platinum certified Wichita Lineman<\/em> (both released in 1968), and 1969\u2019s Galveston<\/em>.
\nAs if his musical career weren\u2019t enough, Campbell also drew acclaim as an actor and TV personality, with credits that include 1969\u2019s True Grit<\/em> (earning him a Golden Globe nomination as \u201cMost Promising Newcomer\u201d) and four seasons as host of CBS\u2019 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour<\/em>.\u00a0 The highly rated variety series saw Campbell joined by a spectacular assortment of stars \u2013 including John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ray Charles, and Cream \u2013 while also introducing some of country music\u2019s greatest artists (Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard) to a wide national audience.
\n1975 saw the release of Campbell\u2019s biggest crossover triumph, \u201cRhinestone Cowboy,\u201d which earned RIAA gold certification while topping both Billboard\u2019s \u201cHot 100\u201d and \u201cHot Country Singles\u201d charts.\u00a0 Two years later saw Campbell repeating the feat with the gold certified, #1 smash, \u201cSouthern Nights,\u201d marking his fifth-ever country chart-topper as well as his seventh on Billboard\u2019s \u201cHot Adult Contemporary Tracks\u201d tally.
\nThough Campbell\u2019s life has taken many difficult turns, his faith and family have long enabled him to keep pushing forward, both as a touring superstar and acclaimed recording artist.\u00a0 In 2008, he united with Ghost On The Canvas<\/em> producer Julian Raymond for one of the most unique albums in his canon, Meet Glen Campbell<\/em>.\u00a0 The album found Campbell putting his inimitable stamp on songs by such artists as U2, Green Day, Tom Petty, Foo Fighters, and Jackson Browne, supported by members of Jane\u2019s Addiction, Jellyfish, and Cheap Trick.
\nOver the course of his astonishing career, Campbell can lay claim to six Top 20 albums and 21 Top 40 hit singles.\u00a0 His track record as one of country music\u2019s greatest stars includes 27 Top 10 country classics spanning 22 years, as well as nine #1 country albums.
\nCampbell has also received a stunning array of honors, beginning in 1967 when he made history by winning multiple Grammy Awards in both the Country & Western and Pop categories: \u201cGentle On My Mind\u201d was honored as \u201cBest Country & Western Vocal Performance, Male\u201d and \u201cBest Country & Western Recording,\u201d while \u201cBy The Time I Get To Phoenix\u201d was named \u201cBest Vocal Performance, Male\u201d and \u201cBest Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance.\u201d\u00a0 The following year saw Campbell earning yet another Grammy when By The Time I Get To Phoenix<\/em> was named \u201cAlbum of the Year\u201d \u2013 the first country album to win the top award.\u00a0 What\u2019s more, \u201cGentle On My Mind,\u201d \u201cBy The Time I Get To Phoenix,\u201d and \u201cWichita Lineman\u201d have all since received the \u201cGrammy Hall of Fame Award.\u201d
\nAmong Campbell\u2019s many other honors are seven Academy of Country Music Awards (including \u201cTop Male Vocalist\u201d and \u201cAlbum of the Year\u201d in both 1967 and 1968), three American Music Awards (celebrating \u201cRhinestone Cowboy\u201d and the album that bears its name), three Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, two Country Music Association Awards, and the UK\u2019s Q Award for \u201cQ Legend.\u201d\u00a0 In addition, Campbell has received the Academy of Country Music\u2019s prestigious \u201cPioneer Award\u201d and has been inducted to both the Country Music Hall of Fame as well as the Musicians Hall of Fame (honoring his membership in The Wrecking Crew).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GLEN CAMPBELL\u2019S ACCLAIMED FINAL ALBUM RELEASED NATIONWIDE Ghost On The Canvas sees Campbell capping his brilliant career with one of his most moving and energized works to date, a powerfully emotional song cycle that sees him accompanied by a truly dazzling line-up of songwriters and musicians. Nashville,\u00a0 TN (September 10, 2012) \u2013 Surfdog Records has announced \u201cA Better Place,\u201d the second video from Glen Campbell\u2019s critically acclaimed album Ghost On The Canvas, featuring a special guest appearance from Joshua Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age, Kyuss, Them Crooked Vultures) and<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}