Johnny Depp didn't just dabble in musical spheres or drop by Jeff Beck's performances here and there. The two released an honest-to-goodness full-length album together in 2022, "18." To be clear, this isn't an album where one person is the guest and the other the main musician. Both Beck and Depp are fully credited with every single song on the album, as well as the entire album itself, per streaming services like Spotify.
Some tracks on the record, like the aforementioned cover of John Lennon's "Isolation," are sparse, organic, bluesy affairs. Other tracks like "The Death and Resurrection Show" fall into the category of industrial euro-pop more than anything. It's an interesting, eclectic bag that portrays both men and their respective ranges of influences. In fact, Depp and Beck planned on calling the album "Kitchen Sink" because of its range of styles, as AS quotes Beck.
As it stands, Beck and Depp settled on "18" for a title because the album "really ignited our youthful spirit and creativity." On Blabbermouth Beck described exactly how integral Depp was to the record, saying, "I haven't had another creative partner like him for ages," and, "I just hope people will take him seriously as a musician because it's a hard thing for some people to accept that Johnny Depp can sing rock and roll." The two toured in Europe during the summer of 2022 before heading back to the U.S. in the fall.
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