''Stripped'' is

Daniel Ash Daniel Gaston Ash (born 31 July 1957) is an English musician, songwriter and singer. He became prominent in the late 1970s as the guitarist for the goth rock band Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus, which spawned two related bands led by Ash: Tones on Ta ...

's fifth album and his first studio album since his 2002 release, ''

''. The album features reworkings of songs from his previous work with bands

Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined Decorative arts, crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., ...

Tones on Tail Tones on Tail were a British post-punk band formed in 1982, originally as a musical side project of Daniel Ash of the gothic rock group Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus. Their music was described by one critic as "doom-and-dance-pop." History While sti ...

and Love and Rockets, as well as one original track.

Background

Daniel Ash had originally intended to release an album of some of his older work stripped down acoustically, but later decided that the idea was boring. Ash taught himself how to use

Logic Pro Logic Pro is a proprietary digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform developed by Apple Inc. It was originally created in the early 1990s as Notator Logic, or Logic, by German software devel ...

and stripped down the songs electronically, then rebuilt them with elements of EDM, including

dubstep Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in South London in the early 2000s. The style emerged as a UK garage offshoot that blended 2-step rhythms and sparse dub production, as well as incorporating elements of broken ...

, as well as elements of

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

. In 2014 he funded the album on

PledgeMusic PledgeMusic was an online direct-to-fan music platform, launched in August 2009. It was started to facilitate musicians looking to pre-sell, market, and distribute projects, such as recordings and concerts. It bore similarities to other artist pa ...

and asked fans to select the songs to be included on the album, which was released later that year by GO! Studio. The album was also reissued in 2016 by MVD Entertainment Group and Main Man Records.Daniel Ash Stripped at Main Man Records
/ref>

Track listing

# So Alive (from the Love and Rockets album '' Love and Rockets'') # Love Me (from the Love and Rockets album ''

Express Express, The Expresss or EXPRESS may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film * ''Express: Aisle to Glory'', a 1998 comedy short film featuring Kal Penn * ''The Express: The Ernie Davis Story'', a 2008 film starring Dennis Quaid * The Expre ...

'') # OK, This Is the Pops (from Tones on Tail EP '' Burning Skies'') # All in My Mind (from the Love and Rockets album ''

'') # Too Much Choice (from the Love and Rockets album ''

Lift Lift or LIFT may refer to: Physical devices * Elevator, or lift, a device used for raising and lowering people or goods ** Paternoster lift, a type of lift using a continuous chain of cars which do not stop ** Patient lift, or Hoyer lift, mobile ...

'') # No Big Deal (from the Love and Rockets album '' Love and Rockets'') # Slice of Life (from the Bauhaus album ''

Burning from the Inside ''Burning from the Inside'' is the fourth studio album by English gothic rock band Bauhaus (band), Bauhaus, released on 15 July 1983 by record label Beggars Banquet Records, Beggars Banquet. It peaked at No. 13 on the UK Albums Chart. The singl ...

'') # Mirror People (from the Love and Rockets album ''

Earth, Sun, Moon ''Earth, Sun, Moon'' is the third studio album by English alternative rock band Love and Rockets, released in 1987 on Beggars Banquet. The album was remastered, but not expanded (unlike their previous albums), in 2001. Most of the tracks that ...

'') # Christian Says (a Tones on Tail single released in 1984) # Come On (original track) # There's Only One (a Tones on Tail single released in 1982) # An American Dream (from the Love and Rockets album ''

'')

References

{{Authority control 2014 albums Daniel Ash albums