Earl Green - Feel The Fire

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:1996/2011
Time:55:16 
Size:127,1 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Blues/Soul/R&B/Funk 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Leaving This Town - 4:33
 2. You'll Never Change Her (feat. Joe Louise Walker) - 5:11
 3. Turn My World Around (feat. Todd Sharpville) - 5:52
 4. Borderline - 3:03
 5. Take My Advice - 2:25
 6. She's Sweet To Me - 5:29
 7. Laughing To Keep From Crying - 3:22
 8. Feel The Fire (feat. Joe Louise Walker) - 3:59
 9. Living My Life Without Her - 4:14
10. Beauty Of The Night - 3:04
11. Turn My World Around (feat. Pete Boss) [Version2] - 5:54
12. Nothing But Heartaches - 4:56
13. Dark Days - 3:06

Earl Green is a true anomaly in music -- a black British blues singer. There have been precious few of them across the decades, mostly thanks to an ironic convergence of twisting cultural currents and historical trails that left the African-descended population of the former empire far more cut off from this black American tradition than the white population of the British Isles. Born in Jamaica, he came to England at age 13 well-versed in American-style R&B, and began his singing career soon after. That was in the 1970s, and in 1986 he became a founding member of Otis Grand & the Dance Kings. In 1994, Green left Otis Grand and formed the Earl Green Band a year later, touring England and Ireland extensively. Green went on to win the British Blues Connection's Male Vocalist Award in 1996 and 1997, and the Blues in Britain Vocalist Award in 2000 and 2002. He remains a very active presence in British blues, coming up on his fourth decade as a musician. ~ Bruce Ede
Earl Green - Feel The Fire Review
 Like, warm, slightly gritty soul and blues that feels lived-in. Earl Green ain't trying to be flashy. His voice? Rough around the edges in the best way - you believe every word he sings about heartbreak and trying to get by. Tracks like "Laughing to Keep from Crying" and "Living My Life Without Her" hit that sweet spot of sad but groovy. You wanna pour a drink, maybe light a smoke, just feel the ache. "She's Sweet To Me" is a total standout. That smooth groove, the little guitar licks... damn. Makes you smile despite everything else being kinda heavy. And the title track "Feel The Fire"? Especially the version with Joe Louise Walker - that one burns slow and hot. Good kind of fire. But yeah, not perfect. Album feels a tad long. Some tracks blend together after a while, especially the different versions of "Turn My World Around" and "You'll Never Change Her". Coulda trimmed it down, kept the absolute cream. Also, production's solid but not super crisp - which fits the mood, sure, but might turn off folks used to that polished radio sound. Biggest surprise? How real it feels. No auto-tune circus, no beats just for hype. Just a dude, his band, and songs about life messing you up and still finding moments of beauty, like in "Beauty of the Night". Makes you wonder why this cat isn't way more known. Maybe that's part of the charm though - feels like a secret almost. Definitely worth digging into if you're tired of the same old thing.

Feel The Fire

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