Ben Harper & The Innoncent Criminals / Lifeline – CD (Used)

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Author: Harper, Ben

Release Date: 28-08-2007

Details: Amazon.caEight albums in just over a dozen years: validation that Ben Harper–mind or body–rarely rests, be it on the road with backing jam band the Criminals or buried in a studio, where the gifted singer-songwriter lays down his brand of peace-chanting, love-tilting music. His latest is lighter on the rock, with a greater emphasis on gospel, blues, and deeply burning soul. Harper isn’t concerned about letting listeners inside that soul, confessing in the title track, « I don’t want to wait a lifetime/Yours or mine. » The solo acoustic closer is classic wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve, a trait that seems to drift in and out of songs like the ominous ballad « Younger than Today, » which remembers earlier days being better days, or its mood-opposite « Say You Will, » where the exultance of a flamboyant piano and gospel backing vocals offset cheesy lines such as « love you like a candle loves a flame. » The latter is a standout, along with the bluesy opener « Fight Outta You »; the island-splashed « In the Colors, » which recalls early-’70s Van Morrison; and « Put It on Me, » with its brilliant lyric, « She cuts cherry pie when she looks you in the eye. » All eyes, as his legion builds, are on Ben Harper. All ears, too.–Scott Holter

UPC: 094639338528

EAN: 0094639338528

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood