Infinite Possibilities

1	Get Up 4:05
2	I N I 3:51
3	Sweet Misery 4:27
4	Searchin' for My Soul 3:46
5	Even If 4:39
6	Infinite Possibilities 4:19
7	Shine 4:43
8	Down 4:58
9	Weather 6:07
10	Make Me Whole 7:02

Barnes & Noble

Vocalist and songwriter Amel Larrieux mined a winning combination as one half of the neo-soul duo Groove Theory: Start with hip-hop and old-school R&B, then throw in a liberal dose of jazz. On her solo debut, INFINITE POSSIBILITIES, Larrieux goes a step further, tucking wordless grooves and hints of world rhythms into the folds of her music. Like 1995's GROOVE THEORY, her new work moves languidly at an easy, danceable pace, subtly seducing as it shifts between quiet storm smokiness and nightclub cool. Larrieux has grown personally as well as musically in the past few years, and her expanded worldview is reflected in her lyrics. "Get Up" encourages action in the face of negativity and frustration, and "Sweet Misery" laments loving despite imminent disaster, while "Even If" and "Makes Me Whole" speak of profound love with words simple and eloquent. Musically, Larrieux breaks no new ground, instead sticking to a midtempo R&B feel while exploring the rhythmic fringes, but she lays a firm foundation for future wanderings, suggesting that the possibilities are indeed infinite. Marie Elsie St. Léger

All Music Guide

Groove Theory may no longer be in existence, but Amel Larrieux, the acts' classy jazz-trained vocalist, is gratefully still in effect. Teaming up with husband Laru Larrieux, who co-produced and wrote most of the songs with Amel, the silky-voiced chanteuse draws from jazz, hip-hop, gospel, and flashes of Middle Eastern influences while never wavering from a laidback, sensuous path. All the while, she calls to mind female jazz greats and contemporary soul eclectics from Billy Holiday to Les Nubians. More concerned with love and spirituality, Amel segues effortlessly from the love themes of "Make Me Whole" and "Even If," to the introspective "I N I" and "Searchin for My Soul," with the jazzy lead single "Get Up" setting the course. "Infinite Possibilities" is definitely the kind of music for which candle-lit dinners were made. As far as Larrieux's future is concerned, the possibilities are indeed, infinite. ~ Derrick Mathis, All Music Guide