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Ruth Brown's second LP is a minor masterpiece, built around a handful of hit singles and B-sides from the prior year ("Book of Lies," "Just Too Much," "When I Get You Baby," "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'," "Why Me") and containing a pair of current single sides, "Jack O' Diamonds" and "I Can't Hear a Word You Say." Brown is amazing in her range, from the upbeat, romantic "I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)" to the jaunty shouter "Why Me" -- her timbre ranges from sweetly romantic to hard and raspy, and listening to the transformations, between the smooth, quick tempo "Just Too Much" to the hard, lusty "Somebody Touched Me," one thinks of a distaff Sam Cooke. Brown's accompaniments may have lacked the polish of Cooke's sides, and she wasn't really shooting for pop-crossover success (though she saw some). Her singing even overcomes excessively pop-oriented arrangements on "When I Get You Baby." At various times, in her upper register, Brown recalls Clyde McPhatter's falsetto singing, while in her middle and lower registers, as on "I Can't Hear a Word You Say," she comes up with a power that could melt a microphone stand.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Leeds Music Corporation / Universal-MCA Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1958 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Progressive Music / Hill & Range Southwind Music / Carlin Music Corporation, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1958 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Strengholt Music Publishing Belgium / Copyright Control, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1958 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Progressive Music / Hill & Range Southwind Music / Carlin Music Corporation, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tiger Music Inc / Hill & Range Southwind Music S A / Carlin Music Corporation, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Jerry Leiber, Composer, Lyricist - Mike Stoller, Composer, Lyricist - Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Leiber Music / Sony-ATV Songs LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Purple Starfish Music / Sony-ATV Songs LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jerome Leiber Music / Sony-ATV Songs LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher - Purple Starfish Music / Sony-ATV Songs LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing LLC / Sony-ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc / Sony-ATV Music Publishing LLC / Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Iza Music Corporation / The Clyde Otis Music Group Inc / Third Side Music Inc / TSM UK Publishing / Copyright Control, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Progressive Music / Hill & Range Southwind Music / Carlin Music Corporation, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Ruth Brown, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Monument Music Inc / Hill & Range Songs Inc / Carlin Music Corporation, MusicPublisher
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1957 Marathon Media International, under license to Music Manager
Album review
Ruth Brown's second LP is a minor masterpiece, built around a handful of hit singles and B-sides from the prior year ("Book of Lies," "Just Too Much," "When I Get You Baby," "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'," "Why Me") and containing a pair of current single sides, "Jack O' Diamonds" and "I Can't Hear a Word You Say." Brown is amazing in her range, from the upbeat, romantic "I Hope We Meet (On the Road Someday)" to the jaunty shouter "Why Me" -- her timbre ranges from sweetly romantic to hard and raspy, and listening to the transformations, between the smooth, quick tempo "Just Too Much" to the hard, lusty "Somebody Touched Me," one thinks of a distaff Sam Cooke. Brown's accompaniments may have lacked the polish of Cooke's sides, and she wasn't really shooting for pop-crossover success (though she saw some). Her singing even overcomes excessively pop-oriented arrangements on "When I Get You Baby." At various times, in her upper register, Brown recalls Clyde McPhatter's falsetto singing, while in her middle and lower registers, as on "I Can't Hear a Word You Say," she comes up with a power that could melt a microphone stand.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:48
- Main artists: Ruth Brown
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Music Manager
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
2020 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager 1959 Marathon Media International Ltd., under license to Music Manager
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