75 year old Aaron Neville still sounds like a man 40 years younger on this vibrant, old school album. His voice is unmistakable and instantly recognisable and the blaxploitation styled ‘Be Your Man’ could have been lifted straight from the 70s. Produced by Eric Krasno of Brooklyn’s Lettuce and Soulive and with horns borrowed from the Daptone house of soul, the album is musically and vocally on point. ‘All Of The Above’ is a classy, stripped back early soul styled number, while ‘Hard To Believe’ takes its tempo and groove from his classic ‘Hercules’. ‘I Wanna Love You’ is a tender southern gem, ‘Make Your Momma Cry’ is a superb slice of downtempo sunset soul and has Neville’s musical DNA running right through it while ‘Fragile World’ is a mainly spoken socio-political message song. Strong album.
Track listings:
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01 Be Your Man by Aaron Neville
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02 All of the Above by Aaron Neville
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03 Orchid in the Storm by Aaron Neville
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04 Stompin Ground by Aaron Neville
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05 Heaven by Aaron Neville
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06 Hard to Believe by Aaron Neville
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07 Ain’t Gonna Judge You by Aaron Neville
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08 I Wanna Love You by Aaron Neville
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09 Sarah Ann by Aaron Neville
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10 Make Your Momma Cry by Aaron Neville
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11 Fragile World by Aaron Neville
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