The latest CD from Atlanta-based powerpop rock artist Steve Baskin is called Naked. The record features shiny vocal melodies and grown-up, accessible rock and roll that's still just a little bit Southern fried.

10 MP3 Songs in this album (39:59) !
Related styles: ROCK: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, ROCK: Modern Rock

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Details:
Steve Baskin and the band were holed up at Real to Reel studio and Steve's Underground Studio at the end of 2008 and early 2009 recording the follow up to his debut album, I Sometimes Think.

I Sometimes Think, largely explored emotions around love and relationships. Nakedâs themes run all over the place â love; love gone bad; running; the stress of the office; the Zen of the river; runaways; prostitution; and death.

Steve wrote all but a few of these songs himself. He wrote My Empty House with Nashville studio cat and old band mate, Rich Herring; he wrote Something Smells Fishy with North Carolina native, Tracy Brown; and I Think I Love You was written by Tony Romeo for The Partridge Family.

While Steve played and sang everything on I Sometimes Think, his incredible band played on all of Naked's tracks. Richard "Zoot" Blasingame played keyboards, organ, Grandma's accordion, bari sax and sang backup; Brian Hudson played drums and did all of the banging on things on the record; Joe Randolph played bass and Alex Slinin handled the electric and lead guitar work. Steve handled the lead vocals, some of the backup and acoustic and electric guitars.

Steve also got great sessions from Pamela Bishop who sang on Please Don't Leave, My Empty House and I Think I Love You; Ruben Harris playing cello on Naked and Lie; Michael McKenzie doing the trumpet work on My Empty House; and Mark Van Allen (Sugarland) playing pedal steel on Float on Down. Thanks also to Paul Scales and Michael Taylor for some great tracks.

Naked was recorded Jonathan Beckner at Real to Reel Studio and by Steve at his Underground Studio. Glenn Matullo did the mixing and production at Orphan Studio. And Colin Leonard mastered the record at Glenn Schick Mastering. All of the production was done in Atlanta, Georgia.

Original cover art by The Bill Mayer and album photography was by Kevin Garrett. Lindsay Podrid did the art direction with additional photography from W. Scott Chester and Amber Tyree.

Naked is available May 15 at Steve's live gigs everywhere, CDBaby.com, Amazon.com and Not Lame Records. Downloads can be found right here at stevebaskin.com, digstation.com and at iTunes. Thanks for supporting the team.

This certainly took a village!