Quantic & Russell Alice - Look Around the Corner
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Article name: Look Around the CornerGenre: Disco / Dance Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: TRU THOUGHTS Number of tracks: 28
Tracklist LP - 1
1. Quantic / Alice Russell - Look Around the Corner 2. Quantic / Alice Russell - Here Again 3. Quantic / Alice Russell - Travelling Song 4. Quantic / Alice Russell - Magdalena 5. Quantic / Alice Russell - I'll Keep My Light In My Window 6. Quantic / Alice Russell - Una Tarde En Mariquita 7. Quantic / Alice Russell - InterludeTracklist LP - 2
8. Quantic / Alice Russell - Su Suzy 9. Quantic / Alice Russell - Boogaloo 33 10. Quantic / Alice Russell - Road To Islay 11. Quantic / Alice Russell - Similau 12. Quantic / Alice Russell - I'd Cry 13. Quantic / Alice Russell - Magdalena (Reprise) 14. Quantic / Alice Russell - Look Around the Corner (Reprise)Tracklist CD - 3
15. Quantic / Alice Russell - Look Around the Corner 16. Quantic / Alice Russell - Here Again 17. Quantic / Alice Russell - Travelling Song 18. Quantic / Alice Russell - Magdalena 19. Quantic / Alice Russell - I'll Keep My Light In My Window 20. Quantic / Alice Russell - Una Tarde En Mariquita 21. Quantic / Alice Russell - Interlude 22. Quantic / Alice Russell - Su Suzy 23. Quantic / Alice Russell - Boogaloo 33 24. Quantic / Alice Russell - Road To Islay 25. Quantic / Alice Russell - Similau 26. Quantic / Alice Russell - I'd Cry 27. Quantic / Alice Russell - Magdalena (Reprise) 28. Quantic / Alice Russell - Look Around the Corner (Reprise)Description
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On paper, it's an amazing idea: get British retro-soul diva Alice Russell into the studio with her compatriot and fellow legend of old-school grooves Quantic, and see what happens. To some degree, the results are delightfully predictable: Quantic is great at putting together vintage funk and Latin musical concepts and recording them in such a way that you have to double-check to make sure the tracks weren't laid down 40 years ago. And at its best, this album draws on classic sounds and arrangements but creates something new and wonderful with them. The horns (and flute) on "Magdalena" perfectly complement Russell's powerful voice, "Travelling Song" is a gorgeous piece of minor-key soul, and "I'd Cry" is a similarly lovely romantic plea in a Latin-soul style. When the album isn't at its best, though, it falls prey to the temptation of sonic verisimilitude, as if what made 1960s soul music great was the fact that drums tended to be poorly miked ("Look Around the Corner") and pianos not always perfectly tuned ("I'll Keep My Light in My Window"). More serious, though, is the fundamental artistic mismatch that gradually becomes clear: Russell's powerhouse voice is not used to best advantage on the lightly dancing Latin-soul grooves that are Quantic's strength, and so on a number of tracks it sounds as if she's a racehorse being kept to a trot. That's not enough to keep this from being a very good album, but it prevents it from being a great one. ~ Rick Anderson
Rick Anderson
Contributors
- Artist: Quantic & Russell Alice
- Artist: QUANTIC & ALICE RUSSELL WITH THE COMBO BARBARO
- Artist: Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro
- Record Label: Tru Thoughts
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