Friday, March 05, 2010

Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Colorblind (2006)


Artist: Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Title Of Album: Colorblind
Year Of Release: 2006
Label: Warner Bros.
Genre: Blues / Funk
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 44:17
Total Size: 88,07 Mb (+3%)

Colorblind isn't an adequate title for this album. Randolph's follow-up to 2003's Grammy-nominated Unclassified is bright and energetic as a tie-dye-patterned pinwheel. Mostly its 11 tunes are about grooves plucked from the era of Sly Stone and Stevie Wonder, dappled with brilliant classic rock musicianship (think Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck) and driven by frenetic verve. When things slow down, it's usually to let the young pedal steel virtuoso revisit his roots in the Holiness Church, although the team of pop-world songwriters he collaborates with make the lyrics of Randolph's R&B hymns ambiguous between devotion to a woman or to God. Guests Dave Matthews (singing backup on "Love Is the Only Way") and Eric Clapton (lending second guitar to a hot-but-rote cover of the Doobie Brothers' hit "Jesus Is Just Alright") are oddly subdued, but neo-soul diva Leela James puts sex and smolder into her duet with Randolph on "Stronger." Ultimately, though, this album's all about Randolph himself, who has loosened his grip on the blues and gospel bedrock of his earlier playing to become a master of flashy funk and rock riffs and the owner of a tone so gargantuan it's earned him a place in rock-guitar Olympus--if not Heaven. ~Ted Drozdowski, Amazon.com

Product Description
On Colorblind, the third album from Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, and Leela James join for a jam-packed, emotion-filled, good-time party mix of funk, soul, rock, gospel, and blues.

Tracklist:
01. Ain't Nothing Wrong With That
02. Deliver Me
03. Diane
04. Angels
05. Jesus Is Just Alright (feat. Eric Clapton)
06. Stronger (feat. Leela James)
07. Thrill Of It
08. Blessed
09. Love Is The Only Way (feat. Dave Matthews, Leroi Moore & Rashawn Ross)
10. Thankful 'N Thoughtful
11. Homecoming

Personnel:
Robert Randolph - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar
Danyel Morgan - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar
Jason Crosby - vocals, piano, Hammond b-3 organ, keyboards
Marcus Randolph - vocals, drums

Additional personnel include:
Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews - vocals, guitar
Leela James - vocals


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Please forgive my inability to converse in Portuguese.

Thank you for your upload of great music that I may listen to before I purchase.

Greetings from Snowy Colorado, USA.

O que é bom tem que ser compartilhado!

Anonymous said...

thanks