Product Description

Canadian chanteuse Tamia got a taste for the spotlight in her early teens, singing for Quincy Jones on his 1995 album Q'S JOOK JOINT, so it's no surprise that her third album, MORE, finds the vocalist refined and at top form nearly a decade later. Tamia's greatest strength is her understatement; she knows how to convey power during a song without resorting to overstated vocal acrobatics. Even when she bounds over three or more octaves in a single phrase, as on the alluring and sensual title track, she does so with a subtle agility.
Tamia also shows an equal skill with pop ballads and dancenumbers. MORE opens with the bouncy, imperious "On My Way",which glides into the aforementioned title track before drifting into a collection of the sweetest of ballads, including the mournful, gentle guitar-pop of "Officially Missing You" and the insistent "Still". Fabolous drapes a gritty rap over the soft touch of "I'm Yours", while Gerald Levert joins her to dip "(They Long to Be) Close to You" in molasses and somehow discover a new angle on the well-covered tune. As these songs prove, Tamia is a powerful soul singer at the top of her game on MORE.

Track Listing

1. On My Way
2. More
3. Officially Missing You
4. Still
5. Questions
6. Whispers
7. I’m Yours Lately
8. Into You
9. Smile
10. Poetry
11. Mr Cool feat. Mario Winans
12. (They Long To Be) Close To You
13. Why Ask Why
14. Tomorrow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43798 in Music
• Released on: 2004-04-05
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Bit Of A Slump But I Still Love Her
This album was delayed for quite sometime title changes and tracklisting switches.
The album "More" (originally titled Still) was finally released in 2004 with much anticipation i for one was a little disapointed with the end result some of the better tracks from the original album was left off and replaced with shoddy lacklustre "commercial" songs.
Lets start off with the bad
"On My Way" & "More" must be the worst songs shes ever released into the public it just doesn't feel like Tamia shes too classy for this commercial rent-a-rapper trash."Mr Cool" is a song i just hated even from the original tracklisting i hated it Mario Winans cannot sing considering being from a talented family.Finally the worst of them all is the cover of the Carpenters classic "(They Long To Be)Close To You" with Gerald Levert now both singers can "sang" but i think NO ONE should attempt to cover this it was a one off.
There are more good that bad though.
"Officially Missing You" is one of her best songs up there with "Stranger In My House".It was the lead single and did well on the charts the beautiful acoustic number was produced by 7Aurelius who works extenstively with Ashanti.One of my favourites."Still" is the beautiful ballad that was the 3rd & last single a reminiscent song about after all these years she and her partner are still in love."Questions" flips it a little co-produced by R.Kelly it seems like "Stranger In My House Part II" a wonderful song with a raindrop kinda beat Tamia is just wondering why her mans been acting funny she wants answers so shes asking "Questions".The remake of her own classic hit "So Into You" which was a big hit for Fabolous who is on the track is a highlight along with the gospel-tinged "Tomorrow" the quiet-storm deliciousness of "Whispers".

The original tracklisting was
1.Mr Cool
2.Still
3.It's A Party - Scrapped from the album and used on the "Honey" Soundtrack
4.Questions
5.Why Ask Why
6.No Way - Scrapped and doesnt appear on any format only if you can get the promo or advanced copy of "Still"
7.Hold Up - Scrapped and doesnt appear on any format only if you can get the promo or advanced copy of "Still"
8.Don't Think - Scrapped and doesnt appear on any format only if you can get the promo or advanced copy of "Still"
9.Whispers
10.Officially Missing You
11.Poetry
12.Me - Scrapped and doesnt appear on any format only if you can get the promo or advanced copy of "Still" if you can get hold of this song get it its fantastic!!!
13.Tomorrow

If the album was released like this it would have been a 5 star album but sadly it's not

Top 5
1.Officially Missing You
2.Questions
3.Whispers
4.Still
5.Tomorrow

Get this album is you love Tamia it's a great album but with a few duds like any album but a definate addition to her collection...and yours.

More, More, More!!
This is the first album i bought by Tamia which led to me buying all her others. More is packed with excellent, smooth R&B tunes which go perfectly with Tamia's amazing voice!!

Top Tracks:
1. More
2. Whispers
3. Still
4. Officially Missing You
5. Why ask Why

TAMIA
MORE is a fantastic, well put together album.Listening to the songs, you're not forced to skip forward hoping to find a "song".All the production gels harmoniously with Tamia making for great listening. Not just for the ladies, More is an album for the fellaz as well ("Boy I wanna make make u breakfast...All Im wearing is my necklace" to a thumping beat). Well done Tamia, we want More.