Carl Thomas - So Much Better
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Artist: Carl ThomasEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-06-05
Music Label: Bungalo Records
Soundtracks:
- If I Could (Intro)
- Another You
- 2 Pieces
- Thought You Should Know
- Somthin' Bout You
- If That Ain't Love
- Late Night Rendezvous
- Get You Back (Interlude)
- So Much Better
- Oh No You Can't Be Serious
- Can't Get Over
- How Can We
- If You Ever
- Say I Do
- I Miss You (Interlude)
- Home
- Late Night Rendezvous
- Oh No You Cant Be Serious
Free Music Notes for So Much Better
Free Music Review: 3-1/2 stars -- Borderline average, and here's why...
Hit: 3 Stars
It's always been hard to say what kind of fanbase Carl Thomas would generate. He's not exactly neo-soul, yet you wouldn't find any of his songs playing in the club either. And he was sort of touted as Bad Boy Records' savior back in 2000 due to the strength of "I Wish" as well as the album Emotional as a whole, but then he disappeared and his second album Let's Talk About It, although good, went away almost as quickly as it emerged. And I can pretty much say the same about his latest album, So Much Better.
I'm not even sure what label this album is on (allmusic.com lists the label as "Indie"), but whatever the case, the album isn't quite as exciting as it could have been. First off, in contrast to his first two albums, he hardly writes anything on here; he only CO-writes two or three tracks. But the main thing is that this doesn't necessarily sound like Carl Thomas; it sounds like ANYone could be singing these songs. Another thing that drives this point home is that the guest vocalists usually only sing background vocals during the chorus, like Lalah Hathaway on "Thought You Should Know" and Dave Hollister on "Can't Get Over".
There are also a few missteps, like the uninteresting dancehall vibe of "Oh No (You Can't Be Serious)", which took the words right out of my mouth. And there's a second version of it at the end of the album that features E-40 rapping about God knows what. But when it gets right down to it, although this album is above-average (well, slightly), it's really another case where it feels like it's made up of songs that didn't make the previous albums. It's still worth playing in the house, but we all know that Carl can do so much better.
Anthony Rupert
So Much Better Poster
As easy as Carl Thomas' So Much Better is to love--the lyrics poke at the heart, and the singing swerves from soft to determined in a way that satisfies consistently--its admirers will fall into a couple of camps. Under one tent you'll find mainstream R&B fanatics, the kind who never heard a skillful handclap and ooh-baby combo they weren't willing to vibe along with, and hanging out under the other will be old-schoolers who never stopped mourning Donny Hathaway. Thomas's knack for delivering both groups the soul-stirring, love-centric songs that thrill them is no small thing--his ability to dig beneath a song's shiny surface and pull out pure emotion would do his iconic predecessors proud. Plus, he makes it all seem easy: midtempo tracks like the reggae-fied "On No (You Can't Be Serious)," on which his voice takes on tinges of John Legend, send out bursts of genuine joy, while straight-up love laments like "2 Pieces" land on the ears with a believability so real it almost burns. --Tammy La GorceBlues Music CDs
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