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Paula Cole Band ‎– Amen / Warner Bros. Records ‎Audio CD 1999 / 9362-47490-2

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Paula Cole Band ‎– Amen / Warner Bros. Records ‎Audio CD 1999 / 9362474902

UPC 093624749028

 

Product Details: 

Label: Warner Bros. Records ‎– 9362-47490-2
Format: CD, HDCD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 1999
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Alternative Rock, Acoustic, Vocal
 
 
 
Description:
Paula Cole's 1st album since '96s double platinum This Fire (with the smashes "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone," "I Don't Want to Wait" and "Me") and her latest since her Best New Artist Grammy award. On her sophomore effort, Paula's soaring voice and passion-filled lyrics remain. But, now under the Paula Cole Band moniker, the set sports a heightened contemporary sound, aided by contributions from TLC's T-boz and rapper DJ Premier. Fresh and remarkable. Amen. 1st single/video: "I Believe in Love." 
 
 

Tracklist:

1 I Believe In Love      
5:49
2 Amen 5:59
3 La Tonya 6:13
4 Pearl 6:06
5 Be Somebody 5:15
6 Rhythm Of Life 7:51
7 Free 3:55
8 Suwannee Jo 5:24
9  
God Is Watching 4:47

 

Review:

Paula Cole's third release is a lesson in sticking to what you know. A trained jazz vocalist, Cole uses this studied vocal styling with great affect. Never overusing her vibrato, she breathes a unique and emotional character into each song with a well-placed whisper, unexpectedly powerful crescendo, or a desperate, aching wail. One moment she portrays a freestyling beat-poet rapper ("Rhythm of Life"), the next a tragically downtrodden blues mamma ("La Tonya"). She also knows how to produce a song. On "Free," sitar uncoils behind a scrim of dark ethereal notions. The title track has bright acoustic-guitar melodies dancing on shimmering synths that resonate like the rim of a crystal water glass caressed by a wet fingertip. Throughout, she builds a foundation of sprawling, blooming musicality adapted from her preceptor Peter Gabriel. But lyrically, Cole slips into her bad habit of harping on the obvious. On "Amen" a DJ's scratch flips a switch in the middle of the song where Cole begins spouting a list of notorious characters in need of repentance, citing Saddam Hussein, Jack Kevorkian, O.J. Simpson, and all Reagan-era republicans. Exhibiting a Jewel-esque naiveté on "Be Somebody," she advises, "In the face of totality, show the other cheek." The lyrics are trite, but after a few listens, they're a minor distraction from the mighty-fine body of music contained in this release. Amen to that. --Beth Massa

 

 

More Details: 

  • Arranged By – Jamshied Sharifi (tracks: 1, 6, 7, 9), Paula Cole (tracks: 6)
  • Backing Vocals – Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins* (tracks: 5)
  • Bass – Tony Levin (tracks: 1, 4 to 6, 8, 9)
  • Bongos – Alfredo Hidrovo (tracks: 1)
  • Chapman Stick – Tony Levin (tracks: 9)
  • Conductor – Jamshied Sharifi (tracks: 1, 7, 9)
  • Drums – Jay Bellerose
  • Electric Upright Bass – Tony Levin (tracks: 3)
  • Electronic Wind Instrument – Jamshied Sharifi (tracks: 7)
  • Engineer – Roger Moutenot
  • Engineer [Moutenot Assistant] – Ryan Smith (2)
  • Guitar – Kevin Barry
  • Mixed By – Roger Moutenot, Ryan Smith (2)
  • Mixed By [Mix Assistant] – Brian Garten
  • Piano – Paula Cole
  • Producer – Paula Cole
  • Scratches – DJ Premier
  • Shaker – Alfredo Hidrovo (tracks: 1)
  • Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz (tracks: 4)
  • Vocals – Paula Cole
  • Written-By – Paula Cole

 

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