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Average User Rating: 80% (50 Reviews) | |
| 2 / 5 | Reconstituted 60s soul
G. E. Harrison (Cheltenham) - 23 June 2008 I got a copy of "Take my love with you" last year after I read a recommendation from Nick Lowe - it's easily the best thing on this record, catchy with a driving, infectious beat. However, I'm afraid that from the first track "Stake your claim" I found most of the fast tracks a bit too frantic, with the brass too harsh. I also found Eli's voice a bit `thin' to carry the slow songs. At first listen everything sounds authentic enough but it just doesn't quite catch that feel of the classic 60s soul that is obviously Eli's inspiration. Indeed the songs and the style are based so closely on the 60s sound that some of the tracks sound like slightly re-arranged soul classics. Whereas Amy Winehouse, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and James Hunter seem to get inspiration from the 1960s that they incorporate into their own sound, I find it hard to hear anything original at all on this CD. "I'll roll with you" starts out quite nice, with the prominent double bass, but I found it got a bit cluttered towards the end. I thought that "I'm gonna getcha back" had a slightly different sound, more like 70s soul/funk which was a nice change from the rest of the record. I didn't particularly like "(Doin' the) Boom Boom", it was played well enough but it just seems a bit pointless to do a pastiche of a 60s dance record. Overall I still think the record is a fairly promising debut from such a young band but I'd like to hear them put much more of themselves into their music in the future. ... Read Full Review » |
| 2 / 5 | It's what??
MightyBoosh - 28 June 2008 No No NO!! This is not, repeat, not good. Loads of 'shouty' stuff. Clearly, a very pretentious commercial excursion from the paperboy.His voice seems strained and raspy,Rod Stewart needn't worry! All in all a very bland take on '60's soul/R&B. If you want to hear the genre done expertly listen to Otis Redding/Sam Cooke/Sam n Dave or more recently even, McAlmont & Butler, if a soulful voice is what you are after. This is simply 'The Inferior Committments' and we all know what happened to them they actually cracked the '60's sound, have a look at the reviews for their CD all the reviews are positive, no confusion, unlike the reviews here.. This does not work for me at all, because, I have heard far superior bands out there doing the circuit. As a musician, myself,I found the playing 'messy' and out of tune in places,ok I was in 'non-punter' critical mode when listening, perhaps they were under rehearsed. All I can say is I'm glad it only lasted 38 minutes!! Perhaps he should go back to his paper round unfortunately he delivers yesterdays newspapers.....chip anyone!!... Read Full Review » |
| 5 / 5 | Record of the year
C. CAMPBELL "tagatha" (UK) - 6 July 2008 I have to disagree wholeheartedly with some of the other reviews on here, unlike a lot of the new wave 'soul' acts seemingly sprouting from every corner of the world so far this year, Eli Reed seems to have got it right. Rather than sounding like he's only doing a soul record because his record company thought it might be a good idea, he seems to have a genuine love of the genre and the treatment is absolutely classic 60's soul. Had he been around about 40 years ago he would not have found himself out of place on the Stax label next to Otis, Sam and Dave, Wilson Picket etc. Yes - his voice and the overall sound isn't anything ground breaking, but the paperboy can definitely deliver (you see what I did there?), he growls, howls and yelps with the best of them...and the brass section is phenomenal! I've been predicting a 'proper soul' come back for some years now, and at last here's a fellah who might just pull it off. If you like your music funky, bursting with passion and with more than a little authenticity then buy this record! Please do it now! Personally - I'll also be keeping an ear out for any live shows this side of the pond, I've got a feeling they're going to be something pretty special! ... Read Full Review » |
| 4 / 5 | Massachusetts Soul Brother
James B. Spink "Jim" (Kent, UK) - 1 July 2008 Brookline, Massachusetts has not been known for its soul sound - until now - as it is the hometown of Eli "Paperboy" Reed. From the outskirts of Boston this southern style music could not come from much farther north and still be from the USA! Unfortunately, although the Paperboy has a good voice he doesn't have the great voice this music cries out for. How I longed to hear Sam Cooke or Otis Redding handling this material! There are echoes of Clarence Carter, Percy Sledge and many other soulful singers of the sixties here too. The musicianship of the True Loves is first class and the songs are mostly strong and all are original - although you could easily think they had been around for years. All the material is written, or co-written, by Reed under his name of Husock - I suppose Reed may sound more authentic for this genre of music! And "Paperboy" is apparently from a newsboy style of hat he wears. This is the second offering from Reed, following 2005sf Eli "Paperboy" Reed Sings Walkin' and Talkin' (For My Baby)" and Other Smash Hits! and is his first for Somerville, Massachusetts Q Division Records. A pretty good offering from someone who has an obvious love for this style of music, and one I'll play in the car for quite a while yet. But I'll still be playing Sam Cooke when the Paperboy is long forgotten! ... Read Full Review » |
| 4 / 5 | Back To The Sixties
David Podlesak "Excessional" (Lincolnshire, UK) - 1 July 2008 When I received this cd, the packaging made me think it was going to be 50's Rock n Roll like Bill Haley & the Comets complete as it is with pics showing the singer in a suit, a double-bass and sax players and the cd itself looking like the middle of an old 45 (78??) single. But when the music started, it was the sixties that I'm hearing with a sound duplicating the soul sound of Sam Cooke or Otis Redding - a couple of tracks sounding in places so close, I first thought they were going to be covers of old songs. This isn't particularly my genre and yet, the songs are played and sung with such passion - I'm sure they'll be fantastic live - that you would have to be almost dead not to tap along and be carried along by their conviction and musicality. Soul purists may sniff but I was really impressed by this batch of songs and, at under forty minutes, it doesn't outstay it's welcome. I will also mention that I share an office at work with a 55-yr old woman who thought this was fantastic when I played it (and would no doubt give it 5 stars!) and she loved sixties soul as a teen - and she got her husband to download the album from i-tunes that evening - but naturally I'm plugging Amazon here :D My only criticism here is actually with the packaging - trying to give an authentic look to the style. Retro is in as with the Amy Winehouses and Duffys but theirs is a successful marriage of comtempory style in a retro setting which is not what Eli Reed and band are offering, and I think that the old-style visuals will distance a younger audience and it needn't as their sound isn't millions of miles away from say the Zutons, but I would never have picked the album up on impulse in a record shop from the cover image and art - shame!... Read Full Review » |
RRP
£13.99
Release Date
23 June 2008
Price Range
£9.99 - £12.93