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- Genre: Blues
- Style: Soul/R&B
- Label: Hear Music / Concord
The British soul man finally finds his soul.
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With his fourth solo album, British soul singer/writer/guitarist James Hunter finally seems to have found an identity amid all his beloved ‘50s inspirations.
Leading a brilliant horn and string ensemble — boosted on three songs by Allen Toussaint’s refulgent piano — he rides riffs with such rugged ease that melody and slick rhyme feel like conversation; take Class Act’s snarl at a two-timing lover, “You wrote me that you’d love me till the day you die/ You changed your mind before the ink was dry.”
Although Sam Cooke could have been quietly pleased with that one, 40-something Hunter’s hard-edged singing and a handful of his short, acidic guitar breaks — check "Don’t Do Me No Favours" — lift him well clear of grand old genre conventions.
His lyrics bespeak a fiery imagination, too. The opening two songs stumble because, while musically neat, they lack story and character. Hunter supplies both aplenty thereafter, reaching beyond the fundamentals of raunchy sex and sweet romance — most remarkably in "Til the End," which tough-loves a depressive friend away from suicide with “You ain’t halfway through the story/ You’ve got your whole life to die.” Soul food any way you slice it.
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| 01. |  |
The Hard Way |
2:29 |
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| 02. | |
Tell Her |
3:24 |
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| 03. | |
Don’t Do Me No Favours |
4:18 |
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| 04. | |
Carina |
4:10 |
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| 05. | |
She’s Got A Way |
2:41 |
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| 06. | |
‘Til The End |
4:19 |
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| 07. | |
Hand It Over |
3:27 |
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| 08. | |
Jacqueline |
2:28 |
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| 09. | |
Class Act |
3:00 |
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| 10. | |
Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere |
2:19 |
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| 11. | |
Believe Me Baby |
2:44 |
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| 12. | |
Strange But True |
3:16 |
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12 Total Tracks, 38:35 Total Length
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