Aloe Blacc - Good Things

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Feb 28, 2016 Sold Date

Aug 27, 2015 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Good Things
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Pop UM-Germany Titelanzahl: 13

Trackliste LP - 1

Blacc, Aloe - I Need A Dollar 4:06 Blacc, Aloe - Green Lights 2:58 Blacc, Aloe - Hey Brother 2:40 Blacc, Aloe - Miss Fortune 4:22 Blacc, Aloe - Life So Hard 4:13 Blacc, Aloe - Take Me Back 3:47 Blacc, Aloe - Femme Fatale 3:56

Trackliste - 2

Blacc, Aloe - Loving You Is Killing Me 3:26 Blacc, Aloe - Good Things 4:04 Blacc, Aloe - You Make Me Smile 3:28 Blacc, Aloe - If I 4:09 Blacc, Aloe - Mama Hold My Hand 5:11 Blacc, Aloe - Politician (Reprise) 1:39

Beschreibung

All the promise of his debut comes true on Aloe Blacc’s sophomore release, Good Things, a vintage sound meets modern problems release with a way too modest title. Right from the opening “I Need a Dollar” -- which could be passed off as unreleased Bill Withers, no problem -- the album offers grand things, providing listeners with that solid, but not polarizing, style of social commentary Withers perfected. On the following cut, positivity is pushed (“Something special happened today/I got green lights all the way”) in a manner that’s far from sugary, but this singer who offers such warmth and humility on his smooth soul tracks is well aware of sin, and can get slinky in a Al Green style when warning against loose women on “Hey Brother.” An even better example of this is his cover of the Velvet Underground’s “Femme Fatale,” which becomes much more than a clever choice, thanks to a convincing performance that suggests he’s been there. The organic production, real horns and all, is left up entirely to the Truth & Soul Productions crew (Jeff Dynamite and Leon Michels) but Blacc’s delivery is less traditional with phrasing and some slang left over from when he was a 24-7 rapper. Anyone with a taste for neo-soul should try Good Things unique flavor. It comes on familiar and comfortable and becomes more rich and rewarding with every return visit. ~ David Jeffries

David Jeffries