India.Arie – Acoustic Soul… (Now Available)

indiRelease Date: 22 Oct 2001
Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Copyright: (C) 2001 Motown Record Company L.P.
Genres: Pop
Price: Rp. 125,000.00

Release Date: 22 Oct 2001
Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Copyright: (C) 2001 Motown Record Company L.P.
Genres: Pop
Price: Rp. 125,000.00

Track Listings
1. Intro
2. Video
3. Promises
4. Brown Skin
5. Strength, Courage, & Wisdom
6. Nature
7. Back to the Middle
8. Ready for Love
9. Interlude
10. Always in My Head
11. I See God in You
12. Simple
13. Part of My Life
14. Beautiful
15. Outro
16. Wonderful (Stevie Wonder Dedication) [*]

Product DescriptionIndia.Arie’s Acoustic Soul is just as advertised: grooving soul music with an acoustic bent. Arie herself plays guitar, supplemented by strings (instead of synthesizers) and drums (instead of drum machines). The first single, “Video”, is a calm, confident ode to self-love, comparing the dreadlocked, petite Arie to the average girl in a video. Arie is indeed anything but average: her debut marks the auspicious return of the black female singer-songwriter, in the vein of Me’Shell Ndegeocello, Tracy Chapman and Dionne Farris. If you like their music, with thoughtful lyrics and layers of instrumentation, you’ll love this album. “Video” is fabulous, but other high points include “Ready for Love”, a lament that smoulders before slowly building to a crescendo, with tinkling piano, guitar and cello swelling beneath the vocal. “Strength, Courage And Wisdom” is an optimistic anthem that’ll have you clapping your hands and swaying from side to side, and the best track on the album, “Simple”, is a straightforward love song with a pulsating beat. Acoustic Soul may not be full of radio-friendly tracks, but every track is strong, and the disc improves each time you press play. -

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