Hannah Williams & The Affirmations return with their third album for Record Kicks and they just get better with each release. The thunderous title track 50 Foot Woman’ stomps and pounds relentlessly while deep ballad ‘Sinner’ offers contrast and gives space for her powerful voice to totally dominate and flood out. The rapid paced funk of ‘ How Long?’ is a message song that packs a punch, the pulsating blues-funker ‘The Only Way Out Is Through’ drives along menacingly while the slinky jazz tinged blues ballad ‘I Feel It’ is stunning. The deep soul of ‘Please Be Good To Me’ drips with emotion while the sumptuous ‘Hourglass’ emerges from the dark into shimmering passages of light and could well grow to be the best track on the album with Hannah’s voice excelling. ‘Worrying Mind’ comes close to the latter in terms of passion and quality and wraps up this great album in emphatic fashion.
Track listings:
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01 50 Foot Woman by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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02 I Can’t Let This Slip Away by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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03 The Only Way Out Is Through by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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04 Tablecloth by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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05 Sinner by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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06 What Can We Do? by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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07 How Long? by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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08 I Feel It by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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09 Please Be Good To Me by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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10 Hourglass by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
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11 Worrying Mind by Hannah Williams & The Affirmations
Phil Webberley (verified owner) –
At last some Quality Soul Music for 2019.
Absolute Killer Album & along with Carlton Jumel Smith SOUL ALBUM of the year surely.