Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is
Though not as carefully compiled or lovingly packaged as one might like (perfunctory liner notes, no musician credits, no information about the songs' original releases, etc.), this is a pretty good and attractively priced collection of songs from the great Aaron Neville's early and middle career.
You won't find any of his hits from the last decade or two -- no Linda Ronstadt collaborations -- but you'll find the legendary title track and his appealingly bare-bones arrangement of "Cry Me a River," and you'll marvel at his ability to make you listen all the way through to such sappy 1970s fare as "Baby I'm a Want You" and even the dread "Feelings."
The bottom line remains what it always is: there are few musical pleasures as great as listening to Aaron Neville sing a love song -- or sing an R&B song, or a sacred hymn, or a random page from the phone book for that matter.
The sound quality on this cheapo two-fer runs the gamut from dodgy to acceptable, but that angelic voice cuts through the lackluster production without a scratch -- note in particular how the fuzzy, saturated, poorly balanced instrumental intro to "Waiting for a Bus" suddenly loses its ability to annoy when Neville's sweet tenor comes in on the first verse.
There are much better Aaron Neville compilations out there, but this one's not a bad place for the budget-minded to start.
CD Info
CD1
01. Hercules
02. Strutting On Sunday
03. Tell It Like It Is
04. Make Me Strong
05. Love Letters
06. Cry Me A River
07. Greatest Love, The
08. Where Is My Baby
09. Honey
10. Performance
11. She's On My Mind
12. You Can Give
CD2
01. Mojo Hannah
02. You Don't Love Me
03. All These Things
04. Wild Flower
05. My Greatest Gift
06. Been So Wrong
07. Feelings
08. For The Good Times
09. One Fine Day
10. Baby I'm A Want You
11. Waiting For A Bus
12. Speak To Me
13. Nadine
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