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A belated American issue of the Brand New Heavies' 2004 album Allabouthefunk was already fundamentally outdated by the time it hit U.S. shores. This is the sole Brand New Heavies album to feature singer Nicole Russo (the great N'Dea Davenport came back to the fold for 2006's Get Used to It), and likely due to Russo's comparatively lightweight voice, this is easily the fluffiest and most pop-oriented album of the band's career. Russo looks like Keira Knightley (a good thing) but sounds like Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas (a considerably less good thing), and as if to compensate for Russo's vocal shortcomings, stalwart producers Simon Bartholomew, Andrew Love Levy, and Jan Kincaid went equally flaccid on the beats and hooks. The results are limp lite-R&B singles like the vaguely Latin-sounding "Surrender" and '70s disco throwbacks like "Boogie," along with a distressing amount of sound-alike filler. Only glimmers of the Brand New Heavies' trademark dancefloor suss peek through soulless, over-produced pop songs like "Need Some More," and the weak-tea ballad cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" was simply a bad idea. American labels had the right idea in the first place.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist - Alan Simpson, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - M. Ralph, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist - Jimmy Cliff, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist - E.White, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
The Brand New Heavies, Performer - Simon Bartholomew, Composer, Lyricist - Jan Kincaid, Composer, Lyricist - Andrew Love Levy, Composer, Lyricist - Nicole Russo, Composer, Lyricist
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2011 TBNH Ltd. under exclusive license to Edel Germany GmbH. earMUSIC is a project of Edel.
Album review
A belated American issue of the Brand New Heavies' 2004 album Allabouthefunk was already fundamentally outdated by the time it hit U.S. shores. This is the sole Brand New Heavies album to feature singer Nicole Russo (the great N'Dea Davenport came back to the fold for 2006's Get Used to It), and likely due to Russo's comparatively lightweight voice, this is easily the fluffiest and most pop-oriented album of the band's career. Russo looks like Keira Knightley (a good thing) but sounds like Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas (a considerably less good thing), and as if to compensate for Russo's vocal shortcomings, stalwart producers Simon Bartholomew, Andrew Love Levy, and Jan Kincaid went equally flaccid on the beats and hooks. The results are limp lite-R&B singles like the vaguely Latin-sounding "Surrender" and '70s disco throwbacks like "Boogie," along with a distressing amount of sound-alike filler. Only glimmers of the Brand New Heavies' trademark dancefloor suss peek through soulless, over-produced pop songs like "Need Some More," and the weak-tea ballad cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers to Cross" was simply a bad idea. American labels had the right idea in the first place.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:22
- Main artists: The Brand New Heavies
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: earMUSIC
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Acid Jazz
2004 OneTwo Records/edel records 2004 OneTwo Records/edel records
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