Seal - Soul (2008)

Posted By: popsakov

Date: Nov. 18, 2024

Soul is the sixth studio album by British singer Seal, which was released on 10 November 2008. The album was produced by David Foster, and co-produced, engineered and mixed by Jochem van der Saag. It is made up of cover versions of eleven soul music classics. The album charted within the top 10 in twelve countries. In the United Kingdom, the album charted at number twelve. The album peaked at number thirteen in the United States on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Although he worked in funk and blues bands early in his career, Seal is by no means a classic soul singer. He's been virtually everything else, starting with house music in his native London, and later turning to various flavors of adult contemporary and pop music. But the power and sincerity of his voice is indisputably great, which makes him a natural to sing soul music – where passion and conviction are prerequisites. Soul, his tribute album to the great soul songs of all time, is a sincere, well-considered affair, which comes as a small surprise considering the usual type of tribute album (with an easy-to-market concept and an easy-to-digest list of songs). It's the height of ambition not only to cover "A Change Is Gonna Come," Sam Cooke's landmark of hopeful triumphalism, but to place it as the opening song. Seal's version isn't exactly innovative, but he carries it over well. His other choices fall into either of two slots: the inspirational ballad or the sensual love song. Examples of the former come with Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready" (another civil rights anthem to place alongside "A Change Is Gonna Come"), James Brown's turgid "It's a Man's Man's Man's World," and Ben E. King's "Stand by Me." (The last is the only unwise song selection; it's practically impossible to wring anything new out of that standard.) The other category, the sensual love song, includes Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long," two of Al Green's hits, and one from the Philly soul canon ("If You Don't Know Me by Now"). What makes Soul an overall success isn't just Seal's caressing vocals and obvious knowledge of how to interpret these songs faithfully without drifting away; it's the subtle yet effective production work of 15-time Grammy-winning producer David Foster. Although his work of the 2000s for Michael Bublé and Josh Groban wasn't going to instill hope in the hearts of listeners, he does plenty of good work here, with earthy, organic arrangements and funky beats that are slightly clipped for a contemporary feel. Wisely, he fills in just a few of the portions of each song, relying on most listeners' familiarity with these classics to fill in the gaps.

~ John Bush, All Music

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Track List:

01. A Change Is Gonna Come [0:03:54.47]
02. I Can't Stand The Rain [0:03:34.48]
03. It's A Man's Man's Man's World [0:03:53.12]
04. Here I Am (Come And Take Me) [0:04:09.68]
05. I've Been Loving You Too Long [0:03:08.09]
06. It's Alright [0:03:46.46]
07. If You Don't Know Me By Now [0:03:50.30]
08. Knock On Wood [0:03:22.12]
09. I'm Still In Love With You [0:04:36.56]
10. Free [0:03:26.57]
11. Stand By Me [0:04:06.19]
12. People Get Ready [0:03:35.19]

Personnel:
Seal - vocals, backing vocals
Dean Parks, Michael Thompson - guitar
Marcus Brown, Nathan East - bass
David Foster - acoustic piano, string and horn arrangements
Jochem Van Der Saag - organ, synthesizer, drum programming
Teddy Campbell - drums on "Knock on Wood"
John Robinson - drums on "Stand by Me"
Jerry Hey - string and horn arrangements
Don Sebesky - string and horn arrangement on "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" and "Knock on Wood"
Brad Dechter - string and horn arrangement on "I'm Still in Love with You"

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