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: #13046 in Music
• Released on: 2005-09-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .16 pounds

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

It's a damn fine album!
My flatmates and I all went to the Wardrobe in Leeds expecting some band that we had seen before to come on. But we were mistaken and saw Alice Russell. It was such a good performance that one of my flatmates bought this CD. On comparison of the live performance and the CD, it's clear how talented she and her band are. The arrangement of the songs was so different that I almost didn't recoginse them, and there's not many people who do this any more. So hats off. It's a brilliant album and you should go buy it, then go out and check out her live act!

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'.