Sam Smith has shared a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s classic, “Time After Time,” from their new live album, Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios, which arrived March 19th.
Smith turns in a faithful rendition of Lauper’s 1983 classic as the backing band captures the original’s slick but tender instrumentation. Smith, meanwhile, keeps their vocals soft but injects just the right amount of passion and poignancy on the indelible hook: “If you’re lost you can look and you will find me/Time after time.”
Along with the cover of “Time After Time,” Smith shared a 20-minute conversation with Lauper. At the start, the pair discussed “Time After Time,” with Smith saying that while the song has always filled them with melancholy and longing, “It just made me so happy to sing.”
Lauper then offered up some high praise for Smith’s cover, saying, “When I was listening to your string arrangement, there were those wonderful, glorious romps through it, and that makes it almost spiritual.”
Sam Smith has shared a cover of Cyndi Lauper’s classic, “Time After Time,” from their new live album, Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios, which arrived March 19th.
Smith turns in a faithful rendition of Lauper’s 1983 classic as the backing band captures the original’s slick but tender instrumentation. Smith, meanwhile, keeps their vocals soft but injects just the right amount of passion and poignancy on the indelible hook: “If you’re lost you can look and you will find me/Time after time.”
Along with the cover of “Time After Time,” Smith shared a 20-minute conversation with Lauper. At the start, the pair discussed “Time After Time,” with Smith saying that while the song has always filled them with melancholy and longing, “It just made me so happy to sing.”
Lauper then offered up some high praise for Smith’s cover, saying, “When I was listening to your string arrangement, there were those wonderful, glorious romps through it, and that makes it almost spiritual.”
Smith’s cover of “Time After Time” and the rest of Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios was taken from their only live performance of 2020, which was recorded at Abbey Road with a full band. The 13-song set primarily features songs from Smith’s 2020 album, Love Goes — including a collaboration with Labrinth on the title-track — although it also boasts reinterpretations of early hits like “Lay Me Down” and “Stay With Me.”einterpretations of early hits like “Lay Me Down” and “Stay With Me.”
Smith’s cover of “Time After Time” and the rest of Love Goes: Live at Abbey Road Studios was taken from their only live performance of 2020, which was recorded at Abbey Road with a full band. The 13-song set primarily features songs from Smith’s 2020 album, Love Goes — including a collaboration with Labrinth on the title-track — although it also boasts reinterpretations of early hits like “Lay Me Down” and “Stay With Me.”
MUSIC PREMIERES
It’s been nearly a decade since Smokey Robinson’s last album, but new music from the King of Motown is on the horizon.
Robinson will release the nine-track album “Gasms” on April 28, the music legend behind hits like “My Girl” and “The Way You Do the Things You Do” announced Friday.
“Gasms” features new songs produced and written by Robinson himself. The former vice president of Motown Records released his last collaborative album nine years ago, “Smokey & Friends,” which featured musicians like Elton John, John Legend, Steven Tyler and Mary J. Blige.
The upcoming album’s first single, “If We Don’t Have Each Other,” is now available on streaming services.
Robinson is a legendary music producer, songwriter, record label executive and solo musician who’s penned over 4,000 songs and been inducted into the the Rock ‘n’ Roll and Songwriters’ halls of fame.
The musician has worked with other historic Motown artists like the Temptations, Mary Wells, Brenda Holloway and Marvin Gaye.
Robinson will soon be honored alongside fellow Motown musician Berry Gordy as the 2023 “Persons Of The Year” at the Recording Academy’s annual MusiCares event on Feb. 3 in Los Angeles.