Product Description

Alice Russell's second solo album has been highly anticipated. Having slowly but surely build up her reputation as one of the UK's finest soul singers, through her recordings with a number of artists and live appearances, she is now concentrating on her solo career. My Favourite Letters has been produced and co-written by TM Jukes who has added his magic musical touch to Alice's gifted vocals. The album could be described as a kaleidoscope of soul music history with influences from Gospel, Hip-hop, Jazz, Northern Soul, Broken Beat, Electronica and Funk

Track Listing

1. All Else Can Wait
2. What We Want!
3. Humankind
4. Mean To Me
5. A Fly In The Hand
6. To Know This
7. I’m Just Here
8. Munkaroo
9. All Over Now
10. High Up On The Hook
11. Mirror Mirror On The Wolf – Tell The Story Right
12. Remember To Forget

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9187 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-26
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Alice Russell has worked hard to become one of Britain's finest soul voices. Recording with a number of artists (everyone from The Quantic Soul Orchestra and Max Sedgley to Nostalgia 77 and Bah Samba), she has recently been focusing on her solo career. My Favourite Letters is her second solo album, and is produced by label-mate TM Jukes, who has concocted a relevantly retro soundscape of modern soul and electronica, drawing on genres such as gospel, hip hop, jazz, neo-soul, broken beat and funk. Russell's versatile voice soars and dips along with the soundtrack's peaks and troughs, drawing us in with intimate whispers one minute, and launching us onto the dancefloor with heavyweight Diva hooks the next. From the introspective "All Else Can Wait", the garage riddims of "What We Want" and the intriguing single "Humankind", this project highlights the formidable skills of not one, but two, very talented individuals. --Paul Sullivan

Customer Reviews

a national treasure already!
I've just bought this CD over the last month and it is a fabulous thing. Alice has a truly remarkable voice with a gift for writing so well and choosing god artists to collaborate with. There is not a weak track here to my mind and my favorite tracks change daily at the moment but To Know This and High on a Hook are right out of the top drawer.
If Alice keeps up with her track record so far we are all in for a great ride in years to come.
Buy this CD if you know whats good for you and restore your faith that there is some really good stuff going on out there.

flawless
If God were a woman, she would be Alice Russell. I'd never heard of her until a friend introduced us, and since then I haven't put this cd down. There is not a duff track on here, my personal highlights including 'All Over Now' for it's sheer overwhelming driving enthusiasm and 70's inspired funk, and Humankind, the greatest number one single that never was. I cannot rate this album highly enough, I feel like I've searched for this album for years and finally someone has delivered it. Buy it. Buy it for your friends. Tell your friends to buy it for their friends. This is truely the sound of summer 2006.

* * * * *stars!
I found out about Alice Russell when somebody suggested I listen to her because she is similar to Nikka Costa (Everybody Got Their Something).
Alice Russell's voice is deep, soulful and just a little husky now and then. The music is really catchy, just after a few listens of the funky 'A Fly In The Hand' you'll soon be humming and tapping in time with the beat. There's also a really nice jazzy piece 'To Know This'. I've given 5 stars, though it would've been 4.5 if this were allowed, because it seems all the catchier, more momorable tunes are together on the first half of the album. From 6 onwards the songs seem to go down a notch in the upbeat style of the ones before (excluding Munkaroo) leaving the album with a more mellower sound. It doesn't matter really, and of course it's not just this CD that's arranged like this, but I think it's nicer and more memorable when albums end on a happier note.

Overall if you're looking for something that's upbeat, easy going and fun you couldn't go wrong in picking up Alice Russell's 'My Favourite Letters'.