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Track Listings
| 1. Breaking Down Slow |
| 2. Who's Hurting Now? |
| 3. I Feel The Same |
| 4. Mercy Now |
| 5. I Don't Know |
| 6. Lonely Don't |
| 7. Get Your Hands Dirty |
| 8. Dust On My Pillow |
| 9. Cry Baby Cry |
| 10. I Don't Want For Anything |
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Who's Hurting Now by raw-voiced southern soul powerhouse Candi Staton doesn't scale the heights of her FAME Records output of the 60s and 70s. Nonetheless it's a respectable outing that will add its stronger material to her impressive live shows.
Like previous Honest Jon's release, His Hands, it starts with a love-as-endurance ballad, Breaking Down Slow. From Candi's country-ish side, we're transported to more urban and bluesy climes (the phlegmatic funk of Who's Hurting Now, and the lilting, horn peppered I Feel The Same).
Lonely Don't's cool Rhodes, searing slide guitar and ominous lyrics forge a dark companion-piece to the Will Oldham-penned title track from His Hands. For this record Oldham wrote the simple, satisfying Get Your Hands Dirty, whose chords sail rather close to the second half of Eric Clapton's Layla.
The musicians (again under the auspices of Mark Nevers) play looser and dirtier than last time around. There's more of a jam session feel, and despite the bittersweet subject matter, everyone sounds like they're having fun.
Candi Staton cut some of the South's most scorching soul anthems for FAME (blurring the carefully demarcated industry/media lines between country, blues and soul) before achieving crossover fame via the disco classic Young Hearts Run Free and, later, You Got The Love.
She retired from secular music for decades until Honest Jon's revitalised her career with a judiciously compiled retrospective bearing her name. Comeback record His Hands proved she's still got it, and while Who's Hurting Now doesn't represent much of a progression, it shows she's here to stay. --Angus Taylor
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Another soul classic in the making... A new studio album, arguably even better than His Hands, again recorded in Nashville by Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Silver Jews), with a grittier, more live, southern-funk sound. As before, a combination of veterans and newcomers, including Candi's son on drums and her daughter singing back-up, this time the band is led by Mose Davis, fromDetroit funk legends The Fabulous Counts. Again there is amix of original compositions, including anothersong written for Candi by Will Oldham, and country and soulrevives from the likes of Dan Penn, Mary Gauthier,and Dave Crawford (who wrote YoungHearts Run Free).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Candi Staton produced some wonderful Soul in the 70's, without ever really hitting the heights reached by some of her contemporaries. Since then she has stayed close to her Gospel roots, only returning to the secular when releasing "His Hands" in 2006. This is her follow up.
In some senses, this is a well trodden path. Soul greats like Solomon Burke and Al Green have returned to form in recent years using current producers to evoke their prime, and here Candi Staton does the same. The track listing is unlikely to contain too many songs you will have heard before - they have been gathered from far and wide, mostly from obscure sources - but they have all been given the Southern Soul treatment by Candi's plaintive delivery.
Stand out tracks are Mercy Now, which reminds me of "In The Ghetto", "I Don't Want Anything", which has a beautiful melody, the funky "title track and the opener "Breaking Down Slow" which was co written by the great Dan Penn. But although everyone picks favourites, this is a truly superb album that proves that Soul might have gone out of fashion for a while but it never really went away.
Candi Staton will never get the push given to the likes of Amy Winehouse and Duffy, but with this album she shows the young pretenders how it's done. If you have heard and liked the current crop of neo-Soul singers, then get this album and immerse yourself in some real Soul from one of the originators. Recommended for lovers of Soul music.
In some senses, this is a well trodden path. Soul greats like Solomon Burke and Al Green have returned to form in recent years using current producers to evoke their prime, and here Candi Staton does the same. The track listing is unlikely to contain too many songs you will have heard before - they have been gathered from far and wide, mostly from obscure sources - but they have all been given the Southern Soul treatment by Candi's plaintive delivery.
Stand out tracks are Mercy Now, which reminds me of "In The Ghetto", "I Don't Want Anything", which has a beautiful melody, the funky "title track and the opener "Breaking Down Slow" which was co written by the great Dan Penn. But although everyone picks favourites, this is a truly superb album that proves that Soul might have gone out of fashion for a while but it never really went away.
Candi Staton will never get the push given to the likes of Amy Winehouse and Duffy, but with this album she shows the young pretenders how it's done. If you have heard and liked the current crop of neo-Soul singers, then get this album and immerse yourself in some real Soul from one of the originators. Recommended for lovers of Soul music.
7 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album has a different feel to 'His Hands', the previous release, however it is an excellent collection and it's wonderful to hear this amazing voice perform some great songs. 'Get your hands dirty' is a great track, great vocal with the band's reserved playing, perfectly suited to the song.
It will be a pleasure to hear these songs performed live in Feb 2009 in Glasgow and I'm glad that a truly fantastic, gifted soul singer still has the desire to tour. In my opinion, one of the greatest ever.
Des
It will be a pleasure to hear these songs performed live in Feb 2009 in Glasgow and I'm glad that a truly fantastic, gifted soul singer still has the desire to tour. In my opinion, one of the greatest ever.
Des
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Exceptional
14 April 2009
Format:Audio CD
I'm just not sure that it gets any better than this. No silly riffing, no vocal gymnastics just to prove that she can do it, no insincere or forced emotion. Just simple, honest purity from an amazing lady. Highly recommended.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
~SUBLIME MEMPHIS CLASSIC~BRAVO CANDI !
3 May 2009
Format:Audio CD
Candi Staton is a legendary singer who with each new release is something to look forward to and this Memphis Classic features Ms. Staton in peak form and hopefully this tremendous collection will get the attention deserved of such a perfect set of superb and real performances that stay with the listener long after they are over. Magnificent collection could be called "Candi In Memphis" as everything from songs to arrangements is complete perfection...then there is that soulful glorious voice and please pay note Grammy Foundation! Anyone with a love and appreciation of great singers of Jazz, Blues & Soul don't miss this one...Candi really took it home this time out and already looking forward to what is next from this incredibly gifted lady...Bravo Candi!
Candi please come to LA...Wiltern Theater would be awesome!!!
Candi please come to LA...Wiltern Theater would be awesome!!!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Love This Woman - Always have
23 Aug 2009
Format:Audio CD
I discovered her in the 70's with her dance tunes, then found her original southern soul LPs from Memphis. I have always felt her voice and the hurt and hope in it. She spent most of the 80s and 90s recording gospel. Now she is back with another soul CD after "His Hands". Amazing. I dare you to listen to "Mercy Now" or "Get Your Hands Dirty" and not feel the power of music in all its tender glory. She has always been one of my favorites and this CD reminds me why. It will be under a few friends' cChristmas trees this year!
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