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The First Cut

P.P. ArnoldMP3 Download
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  Song Title Time Price    
Play   1. Everything Is Gonna Be Alright 2:58 £0.69
Play   2. Life Is But Nothing 3:48 £0.69
Play   3. The First Cut Is The Deepest 3:14 £0.89
Play   4. Speak To Me 2:13 £0.69
Play   5. The Time Has Come 2:46 £0.69
Play   6. If You See What I Mean 2:12 £0.69
Play   7. (If You Think You're) Groovy 3:19 £0.69
Play   8. Though It Hurts Me Badly 3:35 £0.69
Play   9. Something Beautiful Happened 2:33 £0.69
Play 10. Born To Be Together 3:06 £0.69
Play 11. Am I Still Dreaming? 4:34 £0.69
Play 12. Treat Me Like A Lady 2:55 £0.69
Play 13. Would You Believe 3:00 £0.69
Play 14. Angel Of The Morning 3:14 £0.69
Play 15. Letter To Bill 3:56 £0.69
Play 16. Kafunta One 0:26 £0.69
Play 17. God Only Knows 3:25 £0.69
Play 18. Eleanor Rigby 3:33 £0.69
Play 19. Yesterday 3:36 £0.69
Play 20. It'll Never Happen Again 3:32 £0.69
Play 21. Kafunta Two 0:20 £0.69
Play 22. As Tears Go By 2:58 £0.69
Play 23. Kafunta Three 0:13 £0.69
Play 24. To Love Somebody 2:43 £0.69
Play 25. Dreamin' 2:19 £0.69
Play 26. Kafunta Four 0:28 £0.69
Play 27. Welcome Home 3:06 £0.69
Play 28. Is This What I Get For Loving You? 3:50 £0.69
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Criminally under-rated 26 July 2003
By Simon F
Format:Audio CD
Imagine Aretha Franklin jamming with Brian Jones-era Rolling Stones while Phil Spector puts on the finishing touches behind the mixing desk - you've just caught a glimpse of how good this collection is. From the stomping Speak To Me to to the gorgeous Dreaming via wonderful covers of Beach Boys, Beatles and Stones staples, this is simply some of the most magical soul music I have heard in a long long time. There's something about the production on these songs, as well as Pat's fantastic vocals, that seems to give them a timeless quality, and I would recommend it not just for soul fans but fans of good music in general - with the haunting acoustic refrain of Life Is But Nothing, I find no surprise that Pat went on to sing back-up for Nick Drake, while other moments recall the simple beauty of some Beth Gibbons songs. Looking for something beyond Tina, Marvin, Stevie et al? Look no further.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By SMc
Format:Audio CD
First things first, P.P (Pat) Arnold is one hell of a vocalist, such a big, big voice and I have always been an admirer of her dynamic style and delivery. But, within that big, big voice, comes a big, big problem, that of coming up with good, suitable material and ensuring that material has at least good production values and here is where I differ from other reviewers.

Too often the big voice is too "over the top" and a good producer would or should have reined this in. It doesn't always auger well either if the big voice is blasting out all the way through an album and especially so if there's some material which is of less than a good quality.

Extensive notes from Paulo Hewitt inform the listener of the many tracks recorded by PP during her long career and one of these songs, (a duet with the then unknown Rod Stewart) Goffin & King's "Come Home Baby" from 1966 isn't included (for whatever reason), which is a pity as his surprisingly 'soft' vocals act as a counterbalance to PP's stunning big voice and superb delivery.

Moreover, too often the arrangements act against the vocals either because they are as big as her voice, or do not counterweight that voice, which again is a great pity.

Perhaps this combination of production values and material is the real reason why the hits dried up in the very late 60's which again is an absolute shame and travesty, because here, the predominantly UK-based PP Arnold is one hell of a singer and she deserved much better. Not that her career could ever have been considered a failure mind, but one does think about what might have been.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By Peter Durward Harris #1 HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
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PP began her professional career as an Ikette, backing Ike and Tina Turner. They supported the Rolling Stones on a UK tour in 1966, during which time PP quit the Ikettes and went solo. This compilation contains her sixties music. Originally released with 23 tracks, this revised edition contains 28 tracks including all original 23, though the running order is completely different.

PP had her first and biggest hit with First cut is the deepest, a Cat Stevens song that just failed to make the UK top ten. Her other UK hits were Angel of the morning (yes, that song) and If you think you're groovy. PP was encouraged to write her own songs and several good ones are included here, although none of them are well-known.

The collection includes covers of songs written by the Beatles (Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday), the Beach boys (God only knows), the Rolling Stones (As tears go by - a hit for Marianne Faithfull) and the Bee Gees (To love somebody - a UK hit for Nina Simone).

PP had a style somewhere between Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin. She should have been more successful than she was, but such is life. If you are a discerning fan of sixties soul music, give PP a chance.
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