ARTiST: Ruthie Foster
TiTLE: The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster
LABEL: Blue Corn
GENRE: Soul
TiME: 44:29 min
SiZE: 53,7 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: May-11-2007
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-0000
WEBSiTE: http://www.ruthiefoster.com/
Track List:
01. 'cuz I'm Here 03:06
02. Heal Yourself 04:32
03. Fruits Of My Labor 04:41
04. People Grinnin' In Your Face 03:22
05. Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air) 03:45
06. Harder Than The Fall 03:31
07. Beaver Creek Blues 03:55
08. Mama Said 05:01
09. Phenomenal Woman 04:24
10. A Friend Like You 03:44
11. I Don't Know What To Do With My Heart 04:28
Release Notes:
Ruthie Foster fans, brace yourselves. The longtime
Austin fixture is reinventing herself with The
Phenomenal Ruthie Foster. Needing a creative spark,
Foster gave in to the urgings of producer Malcolm
"Papa Mali" Welbourne, set aside her acoustic guitar
in favor of a Wurlitzer, and recorded a full-blown
blues/soul revival album. While her style has long
blended blues and soul, any edge generally has been
softened by a folk sensibility. But here there's no
relief from the groove. On tracks like "'Cuz I'm
Here," "Mama Said," and the Maya Angelou poem turned
song "Phenomenal Woman," Foster delivers such a
gritty vocal tension and sustained passion that one
can't help but compare her to Aretha Franklin. And
the heartbreaking "I Don't Know What to Do with My
Heart" is a signature song in the making, sure to
pop up in playlists of the lovelorn for years to
come. The results of Foster's metamorphosis are
nothing short of, well, phenomenal. We're just six
weeks into 2007, but it's never too early to crown a
frontrunner for the year's best album.