Paula Cole - Courage
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Free Music Review: A new, elegant and more mature departure.
Hit: 4 Stars
Paula Cole, who grew up in Rockport, Mass. and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, hit big with her second album This Fire which came out in 1996. She was among a wave of female singer-songwriters that flourished in the mid-'90s and graced the stages of Lilith Fair, and in 1997 Cole won the Grammy for Best New Artist.
Amen followed in 1999 -- a soul-inflected album that dealt unabashedly with Cole's deepening spirituality.
Paula's new album "Courage" is her first for Decca in eight years and is totally different from everything else she has ever sung.
In doing so, Paula reminds me a lot of one her contemporary peers, Joan Osborne who is currently beating almost the same path.
With tracks such as the melancholy "Lonely Town", and the heartfelt "Coming Down"', this is an album you will want to listen to again and again.
With lyrics that tell a story, you'll want to keep the story going for ever.
Stylish and sophisticated, her soulful voice sounds very relaxed and soothing.
The album shows a jazzy, adult oriented flavour all throuout and has the support of some great music guests such as the Brazilian singer/songwriter Ivan Lins on "Hard To Soft", the jazz legend Herbie Hancock on "Lonely Town", Paul Buchanan of Blue Nile on " Until I Met You" and the famed producer (turned into pianist for the occasion) David Foster on "In Our Dreams".
Quite simply brilliant, ALL the tracks are really good, well crafted and produced.
Kudos go to Bobby Colomby, that Paula calls gratefully "her steward", since he took her back, after so long, to songwriting and into a recording studio.
His elegant production, which provides a tasteful but adventurous palette, gives her room to explore and express herself at her best.
I am so glad for her, she deserves to be back on the map as one of the top American singer/songwriters.
I can't speak highly enough about her new songs.
The lovely "Lovelight" won my heart.
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Free Music Review: Love this album
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the first Paula Cole album I've purchased. I heard the first song on a Rate The Music project and was so taken with it that I wanted to check out more. In addition to that track, I love I Wanna Kiss You. This album is a definite keeper. I will probably check out her older music now.Free Music Review: Not as Firely as her first two Cd's
Hit: 2 Stars
After getting 'This Fire' many years ago
I must have played it a dozen times with-in the first
week of getting it. I then got 'Harbinger'
which again was very enjoyable. Her last two CD's
'Amen & Courage' don't hold up to the same tough, angry,
intense FIRE that the first two CD's Hold.
Free Music Review: Not the same Paula
Hit: 3 Stars
Paula Cole is happy in this album. I want to be happy that she is but, for me, I seek out music of lost, bitter soles. The type of sole that Paula once was but no longer is. It seems that she has gone through a profound change.
I don't think I can properly review this album -- it is just so unexpected. The mood is pleasant and she still has a wonderful voice. But gone is the angst and the questions that comes from it.
If you have never heard Paula Cole, this is probably a good place to start. If you loved her old work, then be prepared for something completely different.
Free Music Review: The Rebirth of Paula Cole
Hit: 5 Stars
Awesome album, by a woman who seemed to be giving up on a career in music, went back for one last shot at it, and struck gold. This CD is light years better than "This Fire," which clunked along without any cohesiveness in style or feeling. "Courage" is knit together by a theme of strength and self confidence; the lyrics are powerful and beautiful. Cole's voice has never been better - she is like an actress, putting her heart and soul into her singing. Great production, and it shows. Welcome back, Paula, this is the best album of 2007.