Lewis Taylor

Artist: Lewis Taylor
Label: Ume Imports
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 632427545729
EAN: 0632427545729
ASIN: B000006TEI

Release Date: 1996-08-15

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Tracks:

Lucky
Bittersweet
Whoever
Track
Song
Betterlove
How
Right
Damn
Spirit

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Customer Reviews:

Lewis Taylor Is A Genius!.......2007-02-28

Lewis is one of my favorite artists. This album is amazing & I plan on recommending it to everyone! It's such a shame that the music industry didn't recognize his talent while they had the chance.

So darn funky.......2007-01-09

I just discovered Lewis in the past month or so, thanks to Yahoo music. As a person who grew up singing, but has let that talent die as "real life" has slowly crept in, Lewis stirs up in me what I've always loved music for. His tight harmonies, complex thumpin bass rifts and complexity of his rhythms are nothing short of amazing. Favorite songs on this CD: Bittersweet and Whoever.

Amazingly gift .......2006-07-16

Lewis Taylor is really an amazing "white guy." I thoroughly enjoy his arrangement of sounds and vocals. His lyrical content is what's missing from a lot of our current talent options on heavy rotation radio. I highly recommend this album for anyone looking for a sound ride.

A Decade Later--A Masterpiece by All Standards.......2006-06-11

This is the first time I have been moved to comment on a product sold on Amazon, let alone a piece of music. I listened to this album for the first time last week: it is hands down the best record I've heard in the past several years, and I live with a fanatical record collector so there's no lack of good music in the house.

Simply put, this album is a masterpiece in every sense: artistic unity, formal virtuosity, universality (the human condition thing). First, to settle the formal question: this is a soul album. Too much has been made of it being "difficult to define" and "ecclectic," rather than giving the artist credit for choosing the perfect genre to traverse the fragile line between love, obsession, and the darker side of sexuality (which here is also the lighter side once you embrace it). It chronicles the discovery of sex as a consuming, disturbing, elevating power; the experience of being wrapped around someone's finger; and the subsequent realization of one's less flattering qualities--jealousy, vindictiveness, desperation. If you're happily past the tumultuous twenties, this album brings you back to the good/bad old days; if you're in the thick, it holds up the looking glass. In a word, this is lyric poetry at its finest.

From what I can tell, "influence criticism" primarily shows how knowledgeable the reviewer is, and can create false expectations. Suffice it to say that LT has a massive record collection and exquisite taste, both of which shine through and lend to personal discoveries upon multiple listenings. I've been listening to this album obsessively for a week and hear it even when it's off, which seems only right. I'm in love with this record.

WHY ISN'T THIS GUY GETTING GRAMMIES EVERY YEAR?.......2006-04-20

This guy is amazing. How come he's completely unkown??? I missed his show in Manhattan - but he was playing at a club where bands play for free. What's wrong with the music industry??? Buy this CD. And buy "Stoned" too.

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