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Headline News: The Roots of Soul are alive and kicking. Amos Lee - Amos Lee
Label: Blue Note
Sharing the same record label as Norah Jones, Amos Lee's self titled debut album is quite frankly a breath of fresh air. In todays over produced almost non-human market Amos retains all of the qualities that make music remembered. Picture the scene! Chilling out with your feet upon the sofa. Your eyes close and then you are taken away upon every note and by the end of the journey you feel wholesome. That is how this Album made me feel.
To categorise Amos is not as easy as one may suggest. The opening track "Keep it loose, keep it tight" is a gentle rollercoaster of a ride. From the start his voice comes through in waves so soulful and pure, carried along upon a bluesy acoustic tide. The second track "Seen it all before" has a vintage soulfulness that slightly resembles Al Green's classic "How can you mend a broken heart?". The next track "Arms of a woman" shows yearning and the heartfelt trembles of the wonderful Otis Redding and encapsulates the same feel of Otis's "These arms of mine" but with a distinct Amos touch. Other highlights on what is a wonderful album, include "Bottom of the barrel" a foot tapping acoustic blues track, that makes you feel like you are transported to some southern state tapping your feet drinking Jack Daniels, as Amos sits upon a rocking chair playing and singing for you only. A more melancholic blues vibe is captured in the wonderful "Dreamin" so lazy you can almost imagine yourself on a long dusty road alone, but rambling on. And one of the albums highlights is the superb and heart endearing "Colours" Norah Jones on piano creates a bold and evocative back drop for Amos Lee's laid back guitar work in a song that somehow you know means so much to Amos that it moves you deeply as it rises and falls with such grace.
If I was to recommend an album for the easy listener then in my humble opinion this is a real gem. Perfect for relaxing or curling up on the sofa with a loved one. If you are a fan of Al Green, Otis Redding, Van Morrison and even Norah Jones you will truly fall in love with this album. My biggest testament is relationships of now will connect to Amos and in ten years time lovers will call his songs there own.
10/10 Fantastic!
Reviewed by David Cannon
Customer Review 1
Smooth. Accidentally discovered this album - and what luck! It is very relaxing - and has really grown on me. Lovely smooth and good lyrics.
Customer Review 2
Soulful genius. I first heard part of one of his tracks "Seen it All Before" on ER recently and thought I had to find the track. Oh so glad i bought the cd. Your plunged into the soulful blues-like of his rich voice from the start with "Keep it loose Keep it tight" and you end with "All my Friends" feeling chilled and relaxed and wondering to yourself 'why didn't I get this earlier'. If you are a fan of Norah Jones and that type of 'easy listening' music then this is right up your street
Customer Review 3
Destined for big things. I first heard this in a record store while I was waiting for someone. It was a great stroke of luck because I wouldn´t usually buy something like this, but I fell in love with it. Amos Lee has a beautifully clear, pure voice, his simplistic trembling voice on the romantic,"Arms of a women," really does it for me. I like the musical range on this. Although you could classify his voice as soul, the guitar sounds very bluesy on this record and,"Black River," is a fine example of the roots of his music "Give it up," is a funkier upbeat number that shows the versatility of his voice."Dreamin," is a another fine track with a soulful Stevie Wonder style organ. "Love in the lies," is another one of my favourites, for the sensitivity of his voice and the bare honesty of the lyrics. I´m really glad I stumbled upon this and I´ve become a big fan.
Customer Review 4
Needs more than just 5 stars!!!!!. Wow is this a good album!!!!! I've never seen this guy perform live (would so love to though) but heard a couple of his songs through some friends so thought I'd get the album just to see if he was as good as their reviews!! This is the most amazing collection of soulful songs I've ever owned, it hasn't left my cd player since I got it and I've lost count of the amount of times I've played it over!!! I can't say enough good about this cd, so just take my word for it that you NEED to own this!!! You will not regret it, and I hope you enjoy listening to such wonderful music!
