Leírás
R&B, Soul, Funk, Northern Soul, Sweet Soul,
Limited edition FEKETE színű bakelit lemez LP kiadvány, 2024-es album.
Distance as a measure of time and place informs Kelly Finnigan’s, „A Lover Was Born” with a grit and grace that turns passion into virtue. The latest solo release from The Monophonics frontman roots itself in the best traditions of midwest soul labels like King, Curtom, Dakar, and the Bodie Recording Company. A Lover Was Born is a testimony that these deep cut grooves are not resigned to nostalgia, instead, they are at the burning heart of longing and hope.
The journey Finnigan takes listeners on over Lover’s eleven tracks echo the state of motion and growth since his solo debut, The Tales People Tell (2019). These two records bookend a prolific period of output, including a pair of Monophonics albums, a Christmas album, a mixtape, and a full slate of producing other artists (The Ironsides, Alanna Royale, the Sextones). “There’s nothing like making records,” – says Finnigan. “It feels like that’s my purpose — the reason I was put on this earth.”
Dramatic influences like Isaac Hayes (check out the piano on “Be Your Own Shelter”) and Jerry Ragovoy are chopped and folded into Northern Soul uptempo numbers to create stompers like “Get a Hold of Yourself” or “Chosen Few”. Finnigan’s take on Deep Soul is captured brilliantly on “Walk Away from Me” and “Love (Your Pain Goes Deep)”, while Boom Bap pervades on hard hitters “His Love Ain’t Real” & “Cold World”. Slower songs such as “Let Me Count the Reasons”, the emotional “All That’s Left”, and the soul-stirring album closer “Count Me Out” show the honest and tender side that has become Finnigan’s calling card. All the while, the voice is raw and earthy — in the best tradition of R&B shouters like Otis Redding, Lee Moses, and David Ruffin.
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Felvételek:
LP:
1. Prove My Love 03:00
2. Be Your Own Shelter 02:51
3. Cold World 03:14
4. His Love Ain’t Real 03:18
5. Get A Hold Of Yourself 02:50
6. All That’s Left 03:23
7. Love (Your Pain Goes Deep) 04:14
8. Let Me Count the Reasons 03:07
9. Chosen Few 03:14
10. Walk Away from Me 03:26
11. Count Me Out 03:46
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