Maysa - All My Life (2000) CD Rip

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Artist: Maysa
Title: All My Life
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Rice Records [NC-4209-2]
Genre: Soul, Funk, Acid Jazz
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 60:15
Total Size: 386 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

1 Got To Be Strong 4:14
2 Mirrors 4:12
3 The Bottle 7:25
4 Aria De Le Mia Vita 0:29
5 All My Life 4:02
6 Pressure 4:47
7 Sunshine 3:46
8 Blue Light 4:17
9 Shadows And The Light 3:57
10 Hooked On Your Love 3:59
11 Earth Child 5:06
12 Complimants 4:10
13 Closure 3:53
14 The Bottle (Remix) 7:59

Track 14 is a remix of "The Bottle" although it is not listed in the artwork.

personnel :

Maysa Leak - Vocals
Chris DeMargary - Flute, Saxophone
Dominic Glover - Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Ed Jones - Saxophone
Graham Harvey - Harpsichord
Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick - Guitar
Jim Mullen - Guitar
Julian Crampton - Bass
Matt Coleman - Trombone
Thomas Dyani - Percussion
Thomas Dyani-Akuru - Percussion
Tim Cansfield - Guitar
Winston Rollins - Trombone

Five years passed between Maysa's self-titled debut album of 1995 and her next solo effort, All My Life. While Maysa ranged from decent to excellent, this consistently excellent CD is even stronger: more focused and more confident, yet more chance taking, more diverse, and totally unpredictable. All My Life gets off to a jazzy, Sade-ish start with "Got to Be Strong," which should please quiet storm enthusiasts. But Maysa, much to her credit, turns the album into a real R&B roller coaster by providing everything from club-friendly deep house on "Pressure" and "Hooked on Your Love" to hypnotic, British-sounding acid jazz on "Sunshine" and "Mirrors." And the singer really soars on an irresistible house interpretation of "The Bottle," Gil Scott-Heron's 1970s commentary on alcoholism in the inner city. So is the big-voiced Maysa really a dance diva at heart? A jazzy quiet storm/smooth jazz singer? A retro-soul belter? All My Life gives the impression that she's all of those things and more, and it's clearly among the finest, most exciting R&B releases of 2000.~Alex Henderson

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