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Emotion & Commotion
Studio album by Jeff Beck
Released	10 April 2010
Genre	Instrumental rock blues rock soul classical
Length	40:19
Label	Atco
Producer	Steve Lipson, Trevor Horn
Jeff Beck chronology
Jeff (2003) Emotion & Commotion (2010) Loud Hailer (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
The Independent
Los Angeles Times	(ambivalent)
PopMatters

Emotion & Commotion is the tenth studio album by guitarist Jeff Beck, released in April 2010 on Atco Records. In addition to featuring vocal performances by Joss Stone, Imelda May, and Olivia Safe, the album showcases a 64-piece orchestra on several tracks, and includes covers of well-known songs such as "Over the Rainbow", "Corpus Christi Carol", "Lilac Wine", and other rock and classical works.

Chart performance

The album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 in the US, with sales of 26,000, Beck's highest debut in his 45-year career. His highest charting album is Blow by Blow produced by George Martin, which peaked at No. 4 in 1975 on the US Billboard album chart. The album has sold 123,000 copies in the US as of July 2016.

The album reached No. 21 in the UK and debuted at No. 9 in Canada. The album debuted at No. 1 in Japan on the Weekly International Album Sales Chart. It charted at No. 49 on the Australian charts, marking the first time Jeff Beck has appeared on the Australian album charts since Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop reached No. 99 in 1989.

The song "Hammerhead" won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. The track "Nessun Dorma" won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Track listing

Personnel

• Jeff Beck – electric guitar
• Joss Stone – vocals (tracks 5, 9)
• Imelda May – vocals (track 7, 11)
• Olivia Safe – vocals (track 6, 10)
• Jason Rebello – keyboard
• Pete Murray – keyboard, orchestral arrangement
• Russell Powell - guitar
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums, percussion (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9)
• Clive Deamer – drums
• Earl Harvin – drums
• Alessia Mattalia – drums
• Luís Jardim – percussion
• Chris Bruce – bass guitar (track 7)
• Pino Palladino – bass guitar (track 5)
• Tal Wilkenfeld – bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 6, 9)

Technical

• Steve Lipson – production
• Trevor Horn – executive production

Charts

References

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• Jeff Beck albums
• 2010 albums
• Albums produced by Trevor Horn
• Albums produced by Stephen Lipson
• Atco Records albums