Author: Jully Black

Format: Remixes included

Release Date: 16-10-2007

Details: Amazon.ca The Great White North has not been able to bestow the title of "Canada’s answer to Mary J. Blige" until now. Jully Black may very well garner that prize thanks to the passion and performance on her sophomore CD, Revival. As the first single, “Seven Day Fool,” makes clear, she deftly and seamlessly handles the Motown sound. The track--once made famous by Etta James--is in fact the only cover song on the disc; every other track features the talented Black as co-writer. With each cut stemming from R&B as a base, sass and soul pervade the disc in enough musical forms to bring forth fans from many genres. “Queen” matches a reggae beat with a melody that India.Arie would love to wrap her larynx around. Elsewhere, Black skates the edges of electronic music, as on “Never Lost My Sight,” which finds her soulful voice wrapping around a rapid-fire drum-and-bass beat. “Temporary Insanity” barely contains Black’s breathy, sexy, rhythmic vocals as they deliver a melody that could fit onto the next Justin Timberlake CD. In that cut and others, the match between Black and producer (and Black Eyed Peas drummer) Keith Harris makes for a dream team, and his sense of rhythmic hooks keeps the disc extra fresh throughout. Never formulaic, never kitschy, Revival knocks out all Canadian R&B competitors and deserves to be noticed on a world scale. --Denise Sheppard

UPC: 602517422902

EAN: 0602517422902

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New