Alessia Cara marks ten years in music with ‘Love Or Lack Thereof’, out March 20. The 12-track album takes ten of her biggest hits and strips them down to live-off-the-floor jazz and soul arrangements, recorded at Noble Studios in Toronto with longtime collaborator and JUNO nominee Jon Levine. One new original song, “I’m In Trouble,” rounds out the set.
The features here carry real weight. Fellow GRAMMY winner Nelly Furtado appears on “Shapeshifter,” while Norah Jones joins Cara on “I’m In Trouble,” the album’s sole new composition. Two of contemporary music’s most distinct voices stepping into Cara’s catalog is not a small thing, and the results land with warmth and quiet authority.
The catalog being reimagined is genuinely substantial. “Here” peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and moved three million copies. “Scars to Your Beautiful,” “Stay” (with Zedd), and her feature on Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” all added platinum certifications. ‘The Pains of Growing’ won the JUNO for Best Album, and ‘In The Meantime’ drew critical praise from Pitchfork, Billboard, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times.
Stripping these songs to their bones and running them through jazz and soul arrangements is a confident move, and Cara earns every moment of it. A decade in, she sounds completely at home.
Love Or Lack Thereof Tracklisting:
- I’m In Trouble (LOLT Version)
- Find My Boy (LOLT Version)
- Not Today (LOLT Version)
- Ready (LOLT Version)
- Garden At Nighttime (LOLT Version)
- Shapeshifter with Nelly Furtado (LOLT Version)
- Out Of Love (LOLT Version)
- Stay (LOLT Version)
- Fire (LOLT Version)
- (Isn’t It) Obvious (LOLT Version)
- I’m Yours (LOLT Version)
- I’m In Trouble with Norah Jones (LOLT Version)