Track Listing

1. Take Everything In
2. Baby
3. Here We Go Again
4. Make It Last
5. Sometimes
6. Go Back To Your Life
7. Half A Chance
8. These Are The Reasons
9. My People
10. Sit Down
11. Play Wit It
12. Pop Pop
13. Wait For Me
14. Happy Being Me

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26230 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 56 minutes

CD Description
'The Art Of Love And War' is the fourth studio album from nu-soul superstar Angie Stone. An assured album that nods itshead to the past whilst acknowledging the present, this album includes guest appearances from Betty Wright and James Ingram. Includes the tracks 'Baby', 'My People' and 'Sit Down'.

Customer Reviews

Golden Stone
That Ms Stone (nee Brown) has never quite hit the BIG big time is a mystery.

Her 2006 appearance on Celebrity Fit Club would not necessarily have helped matters.

The real reason however is more likely to be a musical one.
Ms Stone's choice of material is just a little too far to the left of the mainstream to
have guaranteed her a place in the pantheon of great soul divas.

Uncompromising quality lays at the heart of her previous three releases and
'The Art Of Love And War' is no exception.

The warm, laid-back, velvety quality of her voice imbues all 14 tracks of this
splendid little album with a soft golden sheen.
Her tone, phrasing and the fluid elegance of her consummate interpretive
ability are never anything less than classy and credible.

Standout tracks include beautiful opening song 'Take Everything In' -
vintage Stone; 'Baby', a softly lilting duet with Betty Wright; 'These
Are The Reasons', with its' gorgeously layered vocal harmony arrangement;
the upbeat, short-but-sweet 'Play Wit It', an R&B barnstormer worthy of
comparison with the estimable Ms Khan; 'Wait For Me', for my money, the
sweet beating heart and soul of this fine new project.

The suberb musicianship and production skills evident on the album
are consistently slick and sympathetic throughout.

Highly recommended.

Angie's Best Album Yet !!
Angie has produced some cracking albums in the past, but this goes straight to the top of the list in my view. Stand outs for me are the sublime "Baby", the awesome "My people" with the much loved vocals of James Ingram and "Pop pop". However, I do feel guilty picking out just these because this is the real deal... all killer no filler. This set works on every level and I think is a must for an soul music fan. Just buy it and look forward to the gigs early in 2008 (as promised at the recent Jazz Cafe shows).

No eargasm!
I was looking forward to the release of this CD, as I'm a huge fan of Angie. Although she's in fine voice as usual (and gets all my points for her singing), I have to say I was disappointed. I've listened to the CD several times, hoping it would turn out to be a slow burner in comparison to her other titles (which immediately hit me between the ears!). But I haven't seen the light; the accompanying music is very unadventurous and 'samey' so that the whole CD sounds to me like one long track, with the exception of 'My People' and 'Baby'.