Track Listing
1. I Believe
2. Let Me Be the One
3. All Along
4. Oh Virginia
5. Nora
6. Would You Be There
7. Home
8. End of the World
9. Heaven
10. Forever For Tonight
11. Lucky to Be Here
12. (Untitled) - (hidden track)
| Details | | Producer: | Emosia | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Blessid Union Of Souls: Eliot Sloan (vocals, piano); Jeff Pence (guitar, programming, samples, background vocals); C.P. "Charly" Roth (keyboards, bass, drums, programming, samples); Eddie Hedges (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel includes: Curt Benton (guitar, harmonica); Ted Karras (guitar); Paul Patterson (violin); Kevin Hupp (drums, percussion); Mike Starr, Matt Senatore (background vocals).
Recorded at Ligosa Sound, Cincinnati, Ohio. Includes liner notes by Eliot Sloan.
Blessid Union Of Souls is a multi-cultural quartet that plays acoustic-based, rural-flavored soul. Spiritual but not preachy, the Souls' music presents a strong social consciousness with a genre-busting style that incorporates gospel, hip-hop, psychedelia and folk. Think of Arrested Development with blistering rock guitars, strings and R&B harp.
These are mostly love songs--to women, for humanity, and even, in the blues-drenched "Oh Virginia," to a state. But they're love songs with a social conscience and an inspirational point of view. "I Believe" deals with interracial love. "Nora," which carries a musical hint of early Elton John, eulogizes singer Eliot Sloan's grandmother.
With rich, whole harmonies, the group's vocals suit a great range of styles, never sounding forced. On HOME, the Souls' sincerity runs from every zealous note they sing right down to their very personal liner notes.
Editorial Reviews
3 Stars - Good - ...An earnestness recalling Hootie and the Blowfish and the sunnier Lenny Kravitz stamps this fresh Cincinnati foursome. They're emphatic good-news guys wielding wicked chops...
Rolling Stone (06/01/1995)
...This Cincinnati quartet shares an evolved sense of self with Des'ree, a psychedelic vision with P.M. Dawn, and the unplugged feel of Hootie & the Blowfish. Among the meditative songs are a few foot-stompers that actually make twangy guitars and bluesy harmonicas seem cool again... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (04/21/1995)
...This Cincinnati quartet shares an evolved sense of self with Des'ree, a psychedelic vision with P.M. Dawn, and the unplugged feel of Hootie & the Blowfish. Among the meditative songs are a few foot-stompers that actually make twangy guitars and bluesy harmonicas seem cool again... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (04/21/1995)
3 Stars - Good - ...An earnestness recalling Hootie and the Blowfish and the sunnier Lenny Kravitz stamps this fresh Cincinnati foursome. They're emphatic good-news guys wielding wicked chops...
Rolling Stone (06/01/1995)
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