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Sharecropper's Son

Robert Finley

Blues - Released May 21, 2021 | Easy Eye Sound

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Listening to his first two albums, one might imagine Robert Finlay to be a son of Solomon Burke, Al Green or Otis Redding. Or their little brother at least: maybe about fifteen years younger, but with an exceptional, old-fashioned soul voice. Like many others before him (like Charles Bradley, for example), Finlay has come to the music scene late in life, releasing his first album in 2016 at the age of 62, after a whole life spent as a part-time amateur singer. Robert Finley is the son of the sharecropper referred to in the title of this third album, which recalls his rural, modest origins as eloquently as an old cowboy hat or a shirt tucked into jeans. He's a son of the old south, the south of segregation and poverty, a place whose pain stays lodged in the throat and only escapes in song. Now 67, Finley continues to sing like a chiselled old angel, accompanied by Dan Auerbach. The guitarist and singer from the Black Keys, who produced the 2017 album, Goin' Platinum!, also helped create Sharecropper's Son and brought its musicians together. This album is a solid, rooted, hearty slice of life. Like soul food, it settles the stomach and soothes away anxieties. Robert Finley sings of only two things: his story, and his hopes. The end result works and holds together: the music is made in the style of Memphis '68, with brass, bluesy guitars, bass that's as deep as the bayou and lascivious mid-tempos. Played alongside albums like Al Green's Call Me and Solomon Burke's Proud Mary, Sharecropper's Son is totally entrancing, timeless and eternal. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
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Solace

RÜFÜS DU SOL

Dance - Released October 19, 2018 | Rose Avenue - Reprise

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Crimes Of Passion

Pat Benatar

Rock - Released August 5, 1980 | CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)

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With Crimes of Passion, Pat Benatar escaped the dreaded sophomore slump, thanks in no small part to the song that would become the most well-known song of her career, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot." The rest of the album is mildly hit or miss, with a few moments of filler. Thankfully, Benatar avoids the synth-happy trends of the early '80s and delivers a hard rocking ten-song session of power pop tempered with a few ballads for balance. And while "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" was one of her most praised moments, her version of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" is probably one of the most underrated songs of her entire catalog.© Rob Theakston /TiVo
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Illuminate

Shawn Mendes

Pop - Released September 23, 2016 | Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)

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Shawn Mendes translated his Vine superstardom into genuine pop stardom in 2015 thanks to "Stitches," a lively piece of pop with a slightly soulful undercurrent. Wisely, Mendes and his team decide to play off these soulful inclinations on Illuminate, the album released almost 18 months after his 2015 debut Handwritten. This isn't to say that Mendes is a crooner, nor is he riding anything resembling a funky groove. Instead, Illuminate uses light R&B rhythms as a way to give a bit of grace and warmth, the airiness of "Ruin" and "Three Empty Words" spinning heartbreak into seduction. As it turns out, this wide-eyed puppy dog routine is the key to Mendes' appeal. He's not forceful, and whenever he slides into a loverman routine, there's never a sense that he's a player: his voice is so small and sweet, it feels as if he's whispering sweet nothings to his high school sweetheart. On Handwritten, such quivering sensitivity seemed tentative, but on Illuminate, it has gelled into his pop persona; he's charming because he embraces his ordinariness. Sometimes on Illuminate the songs are a bit too diffuse to benefit from these qualities -- whenever they lack a hook or pronounced melody, the tracks tend to drift -- but a lot of the record provides a good showcase for his tenderness. And these aren't necessarily ballads, either. Certainly, he feels at home on a nice slow-burning torch number like "Don't Be a Fool" -- an old-fashioned slice of swaying '60s soul -- but on the insistent pop of "Treat You Better" and sunny seaside vibes of "Honest," this boyishness is equally appealing, and those sly shifts in tone are why Mendes comes into his own on Illuminate.© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Rachael & Vilray

Rachael & Vilray

Jazz - Released October 4, 2019 | Nonesuch

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Crimes Of Passion

Pat Benatar

Rock - Released August 5, 1980 | CAPITOL CATALOG MKT (C92)

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With Crimes of Passion, Pat Benatar escaped the dreaded sophomore slump, thanks in no small part to the song that would become the most well-known song of her career, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot." The rest of the album is mildly hit or miss, with a few moments of filler. Thankfully, Benatar avoids the synth-happy trends of the early '80s and delivers a hard rocking ten-song session of power pop tempered with a few ballads for balance. And while "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" was one of her most praised moments, her version of Kate Bush's "Wuthering Heights" is probably one of the most underrated songs of her entire catalog.© Rob Theakston /TiVo
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SOLACE REMIXED

RÜFÜS DU SOL

Electronic - Released September 6, 2019 | Rose Avenue - Reprise

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MTV Unplugged

Shawn Mendes

Pop - Released November 3, 2017 | Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)

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Following the success of his second number one album, 2016's Illuminate, Shawn Mendes, returned with MTV Unplugged. This is the first session of the long-running music channel's planned reboot of the classic '90s performance series. Recorded live in September 2017 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, the intimate acoustic session finds Mendes running through a handful of his most-loved songs. Included are such cuts as "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back," "Stitches," and "Three Empty Words."© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Midnight Essentials

Stella Starlight Trio

Lounge - Released April 21, 2017 | Music Brokers

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I Thought I Was an Alien

Soko

Alternative & Indie - Released February 17, 2012 | Babycat Records

Following a five-year hiatus in which she picked up a César Award nomination for her role in A l'Origine and declared that her musical career was "dead," 26-year-old Bordeaux chanteuse Stephanie Sokolinski, aka Soko, emerged "reborn" in 2012 with this debut full-length album, I Thought I Was an Alien. Produced by Fritz Michaud (Elliott Smith), the belated follow-up to her 2007 Not Sokute EP features 15 woozy lo-fi alt-pop songs inspired by the likes of Daniel Johnston and Leonard Cohen, including the singles "No More Home, No More Love," "First Love Never Die," and the title track, best known for its Spike Jonze-directed video.© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
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Live At Madison Square Garden

Shawn Mendes

Pop - Released December 23, 2016 | Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)

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Released three months after Illuminate, Live at Madison Square Garden is a digital-only document of Shawn Mendes' September 10, 2016 concert in New York City. Illuminate was still on the horizon -- it'd show up on September 23 -- but the crowd was primed for Mendes, who delivered earnest renditions of his hits, a couple of medleys, and teasers from the new record. If the record isn't especially kinetic, it's nevertheless sincere and Mendes relies on the same increasing sense of craft that made his sophomore record stronger than his debut, which helps make this a nice little souvenir for fans.© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Sharecropper's Son

Robert Finley

Blues - Released May 21, 2021 | Easy Eye Sound

Listening to his first two albums, one might imagine Robert Finlay to be a son of Solomon Burke, Al Green or Otis Redding. Or their little brother at least: maybe about fifteen years younger, but with an exceptional, old-fashioned soul voice. Like many others before him (like Charles Bradley, for example), Finlay has come to the music scene late in life, releasing his first album in 2016 at the age of 62, after a whole life spent as a part-time amateur singer. Robert Finley is the son of the sharecropper referred to in the title of this third album, which recalls his rural, modest origins as eloquently as an old cowboy hat or a shirt tucked into jeans. He's a son of the old south, the south of segregation and poverty, a place whose pain stays lodged in the throat and only escapes in song. Now 67, Finley continues to sing like a chiselled old angel, accompanied by Dan Auerbach. The guitarist and singer from the Black Keys, who produced the 2017 album, Goin' Platinum!, also helped create Sharecropper's Son and brought its musicians together. This album is a solid, rooted, hearty slice of life. Like soul food, it settles the stomach and soothes away anxieties. Robert Finley sings of only two things: his story, and his hopes. The end result works and holds together: the music is made in the style of Memphis '68, with brass, bluesy guitars, bass that's as deep as the bayou and lascivious mid-tempos. Played alongside albums like Al Green's Call Me and Solomon Burke's Proud Mary, Sharecropper's Son is totally entrancing, timeless and eternal. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
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Treat You Better

Shawn Mendes

Pop - Released June 3, 2016 | Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)

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Illuminate

Shawn Mendes

Pop - Released September 23, 2016 | Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)

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Shawn Mendes translated his Vine superstardom into genuine pop stardom in 2015 thanks to "Stitches," a lively piece of pop with a slightly soulful undercurrent. Wisely, Mendes and his team decide to play off these soulful inclinations on Illuminate, the album released almost 18 months after his 2015 debut Handwritten. This isn't to say that Mendes is a crooner, nor is he riding anything resembling a funky groove. Instead, Illuminate uses light R&B rhythms as a way to give a bit of grace and warmth, the airiness of "Ruin" and "Three Empty Words" spinning heartbreak into seduction. As it turns out, this wide-eyed puppy dog routine is the key to Mendes' appeal. He's not forceful, and whenever he slides into a loverman routine, there's never a sense that he's a player: his voice is so small and sweet, it feels as if he's whispering sweet nothings to his high school sweetheart. On Handwritten, such quivering sensitivity seemed tentative, but on Illuminate, it has gelled into his pop persona; he's charming because he embraces his ordinariness. Sometimes on Illuminate the songs are a bit too diffuse to benefit from these qualities -- whenever they lack a hook or pronounced melody, the tracks tend to drift -- but a lot of the record provides a good showcase for his tenderness. And these aren't necessarily ballads, either. Certainly, he feels at home on a nice slow-burning torch number like "Don't Be a Fool" -- an old-fashioned slice of swaying '60s soul -- but on the insistent pop of "Treat You Better" and sunny seaside vibes of "Honest," this boyishness is equally appealing, and those sly shifts in tone are why Mendes comes into his own on Illuminate.© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Musique Pour S'entrainer & Courir

Motivation Sport Fitness

Dance - Released April 6, 2018 | Workout Kz

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Sara Farell

Pop - Released March 31, 2018 | QLR Recordings

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SOLACE

RÜFÜS DU SOL

Dance - Released October 19, 2018 | Rose Avenue - Reprise

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Illuminate

Shawn Mendes

Pop - Released September 23, 2016 | Island Records (The Island Def Jam Music Group / Universal Music)

Shawn Mendes translated his Vine superstardom into genuine pop stardom in 2015 thanks to "Stitches," a lively piece of pop with a slightly soulful undercurrent. Wisely, Mendes and his team decide to play off these soulful inclinations on Illuminate, the album released almost 18 months after his 2015 debut Handwritten. This isn't to say that Mendes is a crooner, nor is he riding anything resembling a funky groove. Instead, Illuminate uses light R&B rhythms as a way to give a bit of grace and warmth, the airiness of "Ruin" and "Three Empty Words" spinning heartbreak into seduction. As it turns out, this wide-eyed puppy dog routine is the key to Mendes' appeal. He's not forceful, and whenever he slides into a loverman routine, there's never a sense that he's a player: his voice is so small and sweet, it feels as if he's whispering sweet nothings to his high school sweetheart. On Handwritten, such quivering sensitivity seemed tentative, but on Illuminate, it has gelled into his pop persona; he's charming because he embraces his ordinariness. Sometimes on Illuminate the songs are a bit too diffuse to benefit from these qualities -- whenever they lack a hook or pronounced melody, the tracks tend to drift -- but a lot of the record provides a good showcase for his tenderness. And these aren't necessarily ballads, either. Certainly, he feels at home on a nice slow-burning torch number like "Don't Be a Fool" -- an old-fashioned slice of swaying '60s soul -- but on the insistent pop of "Treat You Better" and sunny seaside vibes of "Honest," this boyishness is equally appealing, and those sly shifts in tone are why Mendes comes into his own on Illuminate.© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

The Shawn Mendes Foundation Playlist

Shawn Mendes

Pop - Released September 3, 2020 | UME - Global Clearing House

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