Genobia Jeter - Genobia (Album Of Week 24)

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Genobia Jeter Genobia (2012) ( FUNKYTOWNGROOVES Records / FTG-296 )
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1) Sunshine
2) Peace Of Mind
3) Together
4) Blessing In Disguise
5) I Just Want What's Mine
6) We Got Love
7) All My Love
8) Take A Look
9) Together (edited Lp Version)
10) Together (remix)
11) Together (dub Version)
12) All My Love (instrumental)
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The gospel lady lends her impassioned vocals to some solid secular material and the results are excellent. Never one, in any case, to shy away from 'street' sounds, she has, however, really embraced them this time and if there had been any doubt about how she would handle the style, that worry has dissapeared with the first few beats of the set. Genobia has utilised some really strong talent to ensure consistency and the work of all the star names — Wayne Braithwaite, James 'D-Train' "Williams and Hubert Eaves (who recently left RCA themselves) and Meli'sa Morgan and Lessette Wilson — is right up to scratch, providing the songs and production that intertwine perfectly with Genobia's expansive style. Meli'sa and Lessette's contribution, the supreme "All Of My Love", will be known from the single but the best of the two 'D-Train' numbers, "Just Want What's Mine", should come as a powerful surprise, while Braithwaite's "Sunshine" is typical of the man's downbeat but dramatic style — and it suits Genobia down to the ground. Her duet with Glenn Jones, "Together", is dissapointingly trite, another ballad, the jazzy "Blessing In Disguise", is gorgeous slowness while perhaps her showcase track, the classic "Take A Look", is a humdinger of a way to finish the album with its fiddling Hammond licks and bluesy Gospel reading.

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