Track Listing

1. Mama Knew Love
2. Cornbread, Fish & Collard Greens
3. Since I Seen’t You
4. Charlene
5. I’m A Mess
6. Coming From Where I’m From
7. Better Days
8. Lucille
9. Float
10. My First Love featuring Latoiya Williams
11. Chyna Black
12. I Tried

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39089 in Music
• Released on: 2004-01-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Customer Reviews

Not Bad
came across Anthony Hamilton after getting a sampler Cd from HMV which featured' Better days'. I must have rewinded that one song more times than I care to remember. Based on that excellent song, I was chomping at the bits for the CD to be released. Well my Little Sister beat me to the punch, so I was able to borrow her copy. To be honest, my view upon hearing it then, is the same as now. Whilst I'd admit the Mr. Hamilton can sing, and there are some nice moments on board, to my mind it's not a must have 5 star release. I don't know if this says more about the R&B scene nowadays that an OK release that hankers back to the Southern Soul sound of yester year is treated as the next best thing. Oh, I still love 'better days'.

I Love This Album
Anthony Hamilton is a tremendous talent and this album is a testament to that the vocals the writing and the slick production all work together to make a very good album. as far as Anthony Hamiltons voice is concerned I was a huge H-Town so I'm as big a fan of Anthony's vocals as I am of his writing skills and to me he sounds a lot like Keven 'Dino' Conner except for AH's frequent use of his falsetto. Yet the album has to be one of the strongest debuts I can remember in modern R&B...Man I miss the mid 90's pure swing and texturizer, ahh remeniscing....

Doesn't Get Better Than This
Anthony Hamilton's now 4th studio album for most will be his debut. Either way this is album stands out among a sea of neo-soul artists. His rootsy, gospel approach to neo-soul/r&b gives him a sense of genuiness (he writes and produces most tracks) that is unparalleled among male artists for the most part by capturing that essence of soulful urban music. It's true, its real sounding. It emmulates the proverbial elephant: you know it when you see it (or hear it) but can't describe it. If you didnt know where you're bones were before, you feel this album to them now.

His slightly gravely voice is yet so silky and seduces you through this 12 track album. 12 is the magic number to give you just enough and yet makes you hit repeat each and everytime. His sound is southern, no doubt. "Cornbread, Fish, and Collard Greens" epitomises that. While "Charlene" is the most popular song off the album it, unlike other albums of today, does not a pariah to the rest of the album.

This is what music should be like now and makes you think of Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, and Bobby Womack. On a more modern tip, he sits comfortably with his better contemporaries like Leela James, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, and D'Angelo. I thoroughly look forward to his future work.

BEST TRACKS (really hard pushed here): 1) Cornbread, Fish, and Collard Greens 2) Charlene 3) I'm A Mess, 4) Mama Knew Love, 5) general tie with the other tracks.