Item Specifics - Music: CDs
Artist: Tony Rich
Release Date: Jan 16, 1996
Format: CD
Record Label: LaFace (USA)
Genre: R&B
UPC: 730082602228
Sub-Genre: Mainstream
Album Type: Full-Length CD
Condition: Used
The Tony Rich Project
Words
Music Cd
Details:
This CD is in excellent shape and plays just fine.
Track listing
1. Hey Blue
2. Nobody Knows
3. Like A Woman
4. Grass Is Green
5. Ghost
6. Leavin'
7. Billy Goat
8. Under Her Spell
9. Little Ones
10. Missin' You
All printed materials are in the jewel case.
Additional Information about Words
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Track listing
1. Hey Blue
2. Nobody Knows
3. Like A Woman
4. Grass Is Green
5. Ghost
6. Leavin'
7. Billy Goat
8. Under Her Spell
9. Little Ones
10. Missin' You
Details
Producer: Tony Rich
Distributor: BMG
Recording type: Studio
Recording mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a
Album notes
The Tony Rich Project: Tony Rich (vocals, various instruments, programming); Nuri (vocals); Peter Moore, John Frye (acoustic guitar); Reggie Griffin (electric guitar); Joe Rich (keyboards); Colin Wolfe (bass).
Engineers include: Neal H. Pogue, Blake Eisman, Shy Boy.
Recorded at Studio LaCoCo and Doppler Studios, Atlanta, Georgia.
WORDS includes a poem written by Tony Rich in memory of his father, Jose B. Jeffries.
WORDS won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. The album earned three additional Grammy nominations: "Nobody Knows" was nominated for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance; "Like A Woman" was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance; and The Tony Rich Project was nominated for Best New Artist.
The grooves are quiet, contemplative. The sound is subdued. The songs are masterful, loosely woven patterns. Call it "stream-of-consciousness soul" (Tony Rich, we are told, doesn't start composing until the tape machine starts running), and the final result is a compelling, potentially groundbreaking debut from this young, Atlanta-based artist. L.A. and Babyface gave Rich his first big break as a writer/producer for their LaFace label, but this gifted musician shines brightest as a performer. Often, his songs break down into simple, strummed acoustic guitar parts, layers of harmonized vocals, and raw, real lyrics--no syrup or false emotions here. Rich, who grew up in Detroit with a father who also sang and wrote music, favors a subtle, almost whispered approach, borne out in songs like "The Grass Is Green," and the single, "Nobody Knows." Add a welcome gospel touch on the hypnotic "Leavin'," and you've got one of 1996's strongest R&B records.
Editorial reviews
...Without deviating from the slick, smooth standards of today's pop, he manages to find his own sound, a mostly acoustic groove topped with laid-back, free-flowing vocals about love, street life and spirituality...
New York Times (02/11/1996)
