Shelter, The Brand New Heavies, Music CD

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Shelter


1	I Like It 4:02
2	Sometimes 4:45
3	Shelter 5:01
4	Crying Water 4:21
5	Day by Day 4:41
6	Feels Like Right 4:21
7	Highest High 4:30
8	You Are the Universe 4:12
9	Stay Gone 4:56
10	Once Is Twice Enough 3:58
11	You Can Do It 4:01
12	After Forever 5:23
13	Last to Know 4:24

Biography

Editorial Reviews

By the time the Brand New Heavies released Shelter in 1997, urban R&B was shifting toward the more organic grooves that they helped pioneer in the early '90s. Although the Heavies were into acid jazz as well, they smoothed over many of the experimental elements of their music in the mid-'90s, leaving behind a seductive, earthy, and jazzy variation of urban soul. That provided the foundation for Shelter, their first album featuring Siedah Garrett as lead singer. Garrett's smooth voice helps push the band toward more conventional territory, yet their songwriting is stronger than most of the contemporaries, and their sound is funkier and more convincing. While there are no standout singles on Shelter, it's a uniformly engaging listen, illustrating that the Brand New Heavies are one of the great underrated urban R&B bands of the '90s. Leo Stanley, All Music Guide

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Shelter


1	I Like It 4:02
2	Sometimes 4:45
3	Shelter 5:01
4	Crying Water 4:21
5	Day by Day 4:41
6	Feels Like Right 4:21
7	Highest High 4:30
8	You Are the Universe 4:12
9	Stay Gone 4:56
10	Once Is Twice Enough 3:58
11	You Can Do It 4:01
12	After Forever 5:23
13	Last to Know 4:24

All Music Guide

By the time the Brand New Heavies released Shelter in 1997, urban R&B was shifting toward the more organic grooves that they helped pioneer in the early '90s. Although the Heavies were into acid jazz as well, they smoothed over many of the experimental elements of their music in the mid-'90s, leaving behind a seductive, earthy, and jazzy variation of urban soul. That provided the foundation for Shelter, their first album featuring Siedah Garrett as lead singer. Garrett's smooth voice helps push the band toward more conventional territory, yet their songwriting is stronger than most of the contemporaries, and their sound is funkier and more convincing. While there are no standout singles on Shelter, it's a uniformly engaging listen, illustrating that the Brand New Heavies are one of the great underrated urban R&B bands of the '90s. Leo Stanley

Product Details

Format: CD
Original Release: 1997
Release Date: 02/20/2001
Label: DELICIOUS VINYL
Catalog No.: 76768
UPC: 081227676827
Sales Rank: 59,624

Album Credits
Performance Credits
The Brand New Heavies		Primary Artist, Primary Artist
Yo-Yo		Background Vocals, Noise
Michael Smith		Saxophone
Siedah Garrett		Vocals, Background Vocals, Noise
Simon Bartholomew		Guitar, Background Vocals, Noise
Mike Brittain		Bass
Beverly Brown		Background Vocals
Wilfred Gibson		Violin
Garfield Jackson		Viola
Paul Kegg		Celli
Jan Kincaid		Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Background Vocals, Noise
Noel Langley		Trumpet
Chris Laurence		Bass
Andrew Levy		Bass, Percussion, Tambourine, Background Vocals, Noise
Jim McLeod		Violin
David Nolan		Violin
Dennis Rollins		Trombone
Jeff Scantlebury		Percussion, Conga
Paul "Shilts" Weimar		Saxophone
Gavyn Wright		Violin
Henry Binns		Background Vocals, Noise
Peter Lale		Viola
Tony Pleeth		Celli
Fatlip		Rap
Isabelle Dunn		Strings
Antonia Paget		Strings
Richard Wayler		Background Vocals

Technical Credits
Siedah Garrett		Arranger, Producer
Simon Bartholomew		Arranger, Producer
Jan Kincaid		Arranger, Producer
Andrew Levy		Arranger, Programming, Producer, String Arrangements
Kevin Metcalfe		Mastering