Of course the Soul Lounge imprint and this second release are a vehicle for UK’s Dome Records to take advantage of their impressive back catalogue of quality soul music. But this isn’t your run-of-the-mill let’s-try-to-make-some-money-with-our-old-records-sampler. Just take a look at the track listing below. For the price of a single CD you not only get three CDs with a few of Dome Records best releases, but you also get three previously unreleased songs (Rahsaan Patterson’s Right Away, Incognito’s All I Want Is You and Full Flava feat. Ce Ce Peniston with You Are The Universe - a cover of the Brand New Heavies song), a song from the just released UK version of Martha Redbone’s album Skintalk (the already classic soul song Atlas) plus songs from other labels like BKO (Bah Samba’s great cover of Teena Marie’s Portuguese Love), One Two Records or Intimate (Cry, maybe the best track from Chris Ballin’s hard to find album Do It Right).
Avid Readers of jazz-not-jazz will be familiar with most artists featured on this compilation because their records have been reviewed on this site over the past years. In fact, this gives me a welcome opportunity to link to my reviews of Donna Gardier’s Home, Rahsaan Patterson’s After Hours, Conya Doss’ Just Because, Rosie Gaines’ You Gave Me Freedom, Don-e’s Try This, George Duke’s Duke, Seek’s Journey Into Day, Full Flava’s Colour Of My Soul, Angela Johnson’s Got To Let It Go, Frank McComb’s The Truth, Bah Samba’s 4 and Carleen Anderson’s Soul Providence. If you’ve missed these artists Soul Lounge 2 is an inexpensive way to discover these artists and to get a few extras. This compilation is certainly the value for money winner this year.
Tracklisting of Soul Lounge 2:
Disc 1:
1. Make You Smile - Brenda Russell/ 2. My Life - Chanel/ 3. Gonna Get Over You - Beverlei Brown/ 4. Heads Up (Soul 101 Remix) - Avani/ 5. Just A Matter Of Time - Hill St. Soul/ 6. Right Away - Rahsaan Patterson/ 7. All I Want Is you - Incognito/ 8. Atlas - Martha Redbone/ 9. Just Because - Conya Doss/ 10. I Can’t Get You Off My Mind - Rosie Gaines/ 11. Bus Stop - Don E/ 12. Moving On Up - Beverley Knight/ 13. Superwoman - George Duke/ 14. Lose My Kool - Donald McCollum/ 15. Cry - Chris Ballin
Disc 2:
1. Betcha Wouldn’t Hurt Me - Full Flava/ 2. Believe Me - Seek/ 3. Hypnotic Love - Maysa/ 4. Too Cool For The Room - Brenda Russell/ 5. All I Need - Angela Johnson/ 6. Whatcha Gonna Do - Frank McComb/ 7. No Reason - Don E & Omar/ 8. Home - Donna Gardier/ 9. Waiting’s Over - Avani/ 10. You Are The Universe - Full Flava feat. Ce Ce Peniston/ 11. This I Promise You - D’Influence & Shola Ama/ 12. Holding On - Intimate Voices & Shaun Escoffery/ 13. When A Woman’s In Love - Jones Girls/ 14. Paradise - Hil St. Soul/ 15. Angel - Dennis Taylor
Disc 3:
1. Portuguese Love - Bah Samba/ 2. Free (Louie Vega Remix) - Stephanie Mills/ 3. My Door Is Open - Carleen Anderson/ 4. U Don’t Want My Love - Donald McCollum/ 5. Don’t Be Afraid - Cooly’s Hot Box/ 6. Whatever It Takes - Angela Johnson/ 7. 25th Chapter - Incognito/ 8. Too Much Too Late - Dee Johnson/ 9. Rescue Me (Taste Of Flava Mix) - Full Flava & Hazel Fernandes/ 10. Love Is Found - Richard Darbyshire
released 2006 Soul Lunge Records
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