Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Runnin' 2. Everything Changes 3. Turn Me Loose 4. Higher Than This 5. Alone 6. Love Never Changes 7. Please Stay 8. Knockin' 9. Say No 10. Goin' Thru Changes 11. I Need Love 12. Trippin' 13. Answer To Why, The 14. Them Changes
DISC 2: 1. Bonus Material
| Details | | Producer: | Jimmy Jam, Ledisi, Raphael Saadiq, Terry Lewis | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Following LOST & FOUND, an album that earned Ledisi a pair of Grammy nominations, TURN ME LOOSE partially roots itself in the singer's past work and otherwise branches out from it. The album's title, as well as its cover, indicates a new, brash direction--one that makes up only a portion of the set. Throughout the opening "Runnin," "Knockin'," and stretches of a couple other songs--not to mention a charging, howling cover of Buddy Miles' "Them Changes"--Ledisi and her band deliver rocking funk that cooks as hot as Labelle's "Messin' with My Mind" and "What Can I Do for You," or anything by Van Hunt. Here, Ledisi wails and belts with a kind of power previously untapped--in recorded form, at least--all the while maintaining remarkable finesse. "I Need Love," one of the collaborations with Ivan Barias and Carvin Haggins, is another highlight, seductively melancholy over a slick and slippery rhythm, while the title track's bluesy Southern soul backdrop seems just as ideal for Ledisi's voice. Verve Forecast might be a little sheepish about their artist straying from the style that brought them success; on the sticker affixed to the album, the label singles out three songs, none of which break a sweat. It would bid them well to help expose her versatility as much as possible.
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