Acoustic Soul

Acoustic Soul Artist: India.Arie
Label: Umvd Labels
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 044001377044
EAN: 0044001377044
ASIN: B00005ABND


Release Date: 2001-03-27

Acoustic Soul


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Tracks:

  1. Intro
  2. Video
  3. Promises
  4. Brown Skin
  5. Strength, Courage, & Wisdom
  6. Nature
  7. Back to the Middle
  8. Ready for Love
  9. Interlude
  10. Always in My Head
  11. I See God in You
  12. Simple
  13. Part of My Life
  14. Beautiful
  15. Outro
  16. Wonderful (Stevie Wonder Dedication) [*]

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Amazon.com

India Arie's <I>Acoustic Soul</I> is just as advertised: grooving soul music with an acoustic bent. Arie herself plays guitar, supplemented by strings (instead of synthesizers) and drums (instead of drum machines). The first single, "Video," is a calm, confident ode to self-love, comparing the dreadlocked, petite Arie to the average girl in a video. Arie is indeed anything but average: her debut marks the auspicious return of the black female singer-songwriter, in the vein of Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Tracy Chapman, and Dionne Farris. If you like their music, with thoughtful lyrics and layers of instrumentation, you'll love this album. "Video" is fabulous, but other high points include "Ready for Love," a lament that smolders before slowly building to a crescendo, with tinkling piano, guitar, and cello swelling beneath the vocal. "Strength, Courage, and Wisdom" is an optimistic anthem that'll have you clapping your hands and swaying from side to side, and the best track on the album, "Simple," is a straightforward love song with a pulsating beat. <I>Acoustic Soul</I> may not be full of radio-friendly tracks, but every track is strong, and the disc improves each time you press play. <I>--Courtney Kemp</I>

Album Details

Includes Two Bonus Tracks: "Wonderful" and a Live Track "Strength, Courage and Wisdom" and the Enhanced Video of The"Video" Single.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars FIRST BUT NOT THE LAST.......2007-05-14

THIS IS INDIA'S FIRST CD AND JUST LISTEN TO IT YOU KNOW SHE WILL BE AROUND FOR A LONG TIME

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful.......2007-03-31

Greetings,
What a honor to have been able to see her live. It's just her and the guitar. She brings somthing to the music industry that is undeserving. When you listen to her you feel like you are in a zone somewhere surrounded with nature, close to God.

5 out of 5 stars Simply Beautiful.......2007-03-15

The lyrics, the acoustics, her voice all come together to make a beautiful music experience. I don't care what your musical preferences are, no music collection should go without this cd.

5 out of 5 stars A Rare Musical Gem.......2007-02-10

It's about time that more and more people discover the musical creations of India.Arie. Michael Mann incorporated one of her songs, 'Ready for Love', in his stylish '06 Miami Vice motion picture.
By listening to each song you can tell that a lot of work and art went into its creation. India Arie is not just another pretty voice, but instead there's much more to her as the whole CD has a lot of substance and she puts true soul into each song.
Her sultry voice soothes while she tells a story. Also the instrumentation is very well arranged with taste and applications in all the right places. This CD is a rare musical gem from an artist who comes across as believable and as someone who loves to do what they do.

5 out of 5 stars Absolutely Heavenly!.......2007-02-02

I enjoy all of the songs on this album and think that India Arie is the greatest! Her voice is beautiful, strong and powerful. Every song on this album is just as great as the previous song! Her songs aren't flashy, but down to earth. I think India Arie will be around a long time as a singer!

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