Please Forgive My Heart

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"Please Forgive My Heart"
Single by Bobby Womack
from the album The Bravest Man in the Universe
Released8 March 2012
Recorded2011–2012
Studio
Richard Russell & Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack singles chronology
"
Stylo
"
(2010)
"Please Forgive My Heart"
(2012)

"Please Forgive My Heart" is a single from American soul artist

Richard Russell
and released on the UK-based XL Recordings label.

Recording took place between October 3 and December 2, 2011, in London and New York City studios, followed by a brief recording session in London on March 7, 2012.[1] In the period between December and March recordings, Womack was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. In the period between the last recording session and the album's release he was diagnosed with colon cancer and successfully treated through surgery. The first song released from the album, "Please Forgive My Heart", was offered as a free download on XL Recordings's official website on March 8, 2012.[2]

Critical reception

Stephen M. Deusner of

Richard Russell don't try to re-create the musical flourishes of his old material. Instead, they opt for a burbling piano and synth syncopation that sounds like futuristic R&B. The pair's sonic touches are hypnotic enough to sound unobtrusive, providing an intriguing contrast with Womack's coarsely textured voice, but also allowing him to sound as direct as ever. "Please Forgive My Heart" conveys regret as an existential state of being, which sounds all the more powerful for coming so late in a bold career: "Time is not commuted," he sings. "It lingers, lingers without a sound."[3]

Credits

References

  1. ^ Recording dates from album liner notes.
  2. ^ "Bobby Womack teams up with Damon Albarn for new album « Consequence of Sound". consequence.net. 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2012-07-16.
  3. ^ "Bobby Womack: "Please Forgive My Heart" | Tracks | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11.