Track Listing 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
| 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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