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Soul II Soul: Vol. I: Club Classics (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Label: Ten Records
Released: 1989
Time:
 71:20
Category: R&B, Soul
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.soul2soul.co.uk
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Purchase date: 2000.12.08
Price in €: 12,99



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[1] Keep on Movin' ["Featuring Caron Wheeler"] (Romero) - 6:02
[2] Fairplay ["Featuring Rose Windross"] (Romero/Windross/Hooper) - 3:58
[3] Holdin' On ["Bambelela"] (Romero/Law) - 3:51
[4] Feeling Free ["Live Rap"] (Romero) - 4:16
[5] African Dance (Romero/Law) - 5:07
[6] Dance (Romero/Law) - 3:42
[7] Feel Free ["Featuring Do'reen"] (Romero/Hooper) - 5:04
[8] Happiness [dub] (Romero/Hooper) - 5:33
[9] Back to Life ["Acapella"] (Romero) - 3:39
[10] Jazzie's Groove (Romero/Hooper) - 2:50
[11] Ambition Rap (Romero) - 3:49
[12] Keep on Movin' ["Big Beat A Capella"] (Romero) - 3:36
[13] Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) (Romero/Wheeler/Law/Hooper) - 3:52
[14] Jazzie's Groove [Piano Version] (Romero/Hooper) - 4:04
[15] Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) [One World Remix] (Romero/Wheeler/Law/Hooper) - 6:34
[16] Keep on Movin' ["M Beat Bonus Mix"] (Romero) - 4:23

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Caron Wheeler - Vocals
Jazzie B. - Rap, Producer

Simon "The Funky Ginger" Law - Piano, Keyboards, Harmonies
Andrew Levy - Bass
Graham Silbiger - Bass
Rose Windross - Vocals, Performer
Carol Wheeler - Vocals
Nellee Hooper - Programming, Producer
Gota - Add. Programming
Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra - Strings
Mykaell S. Riley - String Arrangement
Marco - Keyboards
Crispin - Percussion
Shikisha - Zulu Vocals
Aitch B. - Backing Vocals
Massive Attack - Backing Vocals
Kushite - Flute
Zak Ovre - Percussion
Do'reen - Vocals
Graham Silbiger - Bass

Arabella Rodriguez - Engineer
David James - Original Design
Jamie Morgan - Photography
Ian Kay - Repackageing

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This tenth anniversary reissue of Soul II Soul's groundbreaking debut album provides a good opportunity to look back and see how influential it really was - these dark, jazz-inflected grooves still resonate in the deep house, acid jazz and illbient music of the late 1990s. And even if "Keep on Movin'," the album's lead track and centerpiece, is way overrated as a song, Caron Wheeler's voice still cuts through it shiningly; Rose Windross isn't far behind Wheeler on the more substantial "Fairplay." Bandleader Jazzie B, on the other hand, is a great arranger and a passable rapper (at his best on the very fine "Feelin' Free," which features the future members of Massive Attack on background vocals), but his singing sounds pretty sorry in this company. But the vocals are less important than the grooves, of course, and these are consistently excellent, often spiced up with jazz flute or buoyed by the strings of the Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra. The reissue adds an extra 30 minutes of remixes, including a great drum n' bass treatment of "Keep on Movin'" and an equally compelling remix of the Caron Wheeler showcase "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)."

Rick Anderson - All Music Guide



Ganz schön unverfroren, sein erstes Album Club Classics zu nennen! Soul II Soul-Boß Jazzy B. tat es aber zu Recht: Die lässigen Grooves machten Keep On Movin' und Back To Life zu Club-Klassikern.

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Wer vor zehn Jahren gerne in Clubs zum tanzen ging, der erinnert sich ohne Zweifel an die Klassiker "Back To Life" oder "Keep On Movin´", denen Caron Wheeler mit einer vor Charisma geradezu strotzenden Stimme auch heute noch zeitlosen Glanz verleiht. Sehr, sehr funky kommt der Groove daher und so mancher bezeichnet Soul II Soul sogar als Favoriten, wenn es darum geht, die passende Klanguntermalung für die gemütliche Zweisamkeit im Bett auszuwählen. Die Stimme von Caron Wheeler, die später Solo-Erfolge mit "Living in the Light" feiern konnte korrespondiert sehr gut mit den knackigen Soul Grooves von Jazzy B. und Nelle Hooper, den Masterminds der Band. Auch heute bin ich froh, wenn ich ab und zu mal wieder "Back to Life höre.

Rel Classics



When Jazzie B and his Bristol crew released this debut - which was called Keep on Movin' in the U.S., after its first hit - in 1989, at the height of twice-a-second dance beats, it was a landmark event in the club music scene. They slowed down their rhythms and brought in subtle, soulful vocals (mostly from Caron Wheeler); more intriguingly, they structured the disc like a club DJ set. Some songs, such as the giddy "Fairplay," were presented straight, but others appeared only as almost-instrumental dub or as a groove with toasting-influenced spiels by Jazzie or (in the case of the smash "Back to Life") a cappella. This reissue expands the original with some B-sides, alternate versions, and the fully orchestrated single version of "Back to Life," as well as a superfluous drum & bass remix of "Keep on Movin.'"

Douglas Wolk - Amazon.com essential recording



Ten years after releasing one of the greatest modern soul albums ever made, it's still hard to fully comprehend the magnitude of influence UK crew Soul II Soul had on today's music-makers. This record should help. Soul II Soul took a dub-reggae sound-system aesthetic, mixed it with bits of hip-hop-style production and worked in the infallible soul of vocalist Caron Wheeler to plant seeds for dance music ever since - from acid jazz to jungle to the group Massive Attack. This 10th Anniversary Edition of Soul II Soul's debut album (it was re-named Keep On Movin' in the US), reveals the sleek studio work of producers Nellee Hooper and Jazzie B. as timeless jewels, especially on tracks like "Keep On Movin'" and "Jazzie's Groove." Surprisingly, most of the six remixes that accompany this special edition - culled from 12-inch singles - hold up as well. Back in the summer of '89, these songs defined a UK dance revolution. Today, as the album's title suggested all along, they remain classics.

Joseph Patel - May 20, 1999
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