The City Boys Allstars - When You Needed Me

Bitrate:320K/s
Year:2012
Time:61:02 
Size:140,4 MB 
Label:Self-Released 
Styles:Funk/Jazz/Blues/R&B 
Art:Front 

Tracks Listing:
 1. Funky Peaches - 4:53
 2. When You Needed Me - 5:55
 3. Casanova - 4:10
 4. The Snows of July - 5:03
 5. The Vow - 4:57
 6. Last Night the Bottle Let Me Down - 4:47
 7. More Where That Came From - 3:54
 8. The Stumble-Hide Away - 6:08
 9. God Bless the Child - 5:19
10. Drift Away - 4:46
11. Testimony - 5:11
12. The Whole Story - 5:55

One of the cool things about my job is that I get to listen to a lot of great music to which I wouldn’t otherwise be exposed. One more recent example of this is The City Boys Allstars’ When You Needed Me, a double album of music that to my ears is a sort of fusion between jazz-funk blues and R’n’B. However you want to categorise it, When You Needed Me was clearly recorded by a group of talented musicians who were obviously have a great time doing their thing! The opening track on Side 1, Funky Peaches, is a fun, upbeat number that serves as an introduction to the band (it is also one of my favourite tracks on the album) before the sombre title track starts. A thoughtful piece, When You Needed Me is a song about the regret one feels after letting down a loved one when it’s too late to make amends. The other ten tracks (mostly originals, but including some covers) on the album have the same sort of feel to them. Another track I particularly liked was the cover of Mentor Williams’ Drift Away.

When You Needed Me