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Al Green: I Can't Stop.


Al Green: I Can't Stop (Blue Note Records 7243 5 93556 2)

One of my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band.  CDs has long been the DCC (1) (Direct Cable Connection) A Windows 95/98 feature that allows PCs to be cabled together for data transfer. DCC actually sets up a network connection between the two machines.  remastering of Al Green's Greatest Hits. The man is an incredible singer. Every time I put on that CD, I am uplifted and amazed, and I can't help but sing along. Al Green is my favorite male vocalist ever.

As much as I enjoyed hearing his greatest hits, I would always think how wonderful it would be to hear the man make this kind of music again. With the release of I Can't Stop, my fondest hopes have been realized. Brother Al returned to his old producer, Willie Mitchell Willie Mitchell is a common name that can refer to different people:
  • Willie Mitchell (music), a musician and record producer
  • Willie Mitchell (baseball), a MLB player
  • Willie Mitchell (ice hockey), a NHL player
  • Willie Mitchell (football player), a former NFL player
, and has made a 21st-century recording that brings back that old '70s feeling once again. What was old is new again.

The highlight of the album is the longest cut, "My Problem Is You," a blues that smolders with passionate intensity over its six-and-a-half minutes. Soulful soul·ful  
adj.
Full of or expressing deep feeling; profoundly emotional.



soulful·ly adv.
 guitar, soulful organ, soulful bass, soulful drums, soulful background singers, soulful brass, soulful strings, and the soulful, smoldering smol·der also smoul·der  
intr.v. smol·dered, smol·der·ing, smol·ders
1. To burn with little smoke and no flame.

2.
 voice of Al Green. My, my, my ...

As much as I would like to be able to sing like Al Green, I will never come close, no matter ho many times I sing with his as I drive in my car late at night with one of his CDs playing. Likewise, as much as I would like to be able to convince you with this review that this is a wonderful CD, I know my writing skills are woefully woe·ful also wo·ful  
adj.
1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful.

2. Causing or involving woe.

3. Deplorably bad or wretched:
 inadequate. You'll just have to listen for yourself. Enjoy ...
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Date:Apr 1, 2004
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