Amos Lee - Amos Lee (2LP, 45RPM, 200g)
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Amos Lee - guitar, vocals; background vocals (B2)
Norah Jones - piano (A1, C2), background vocals (C2), Wurlitzer (C2) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Norah Jones]
Lee Alexander - bass (A2, B1, B3, C3-D20), pulp drum (D1)
Fred Berman - drums (B1, B3, C2, D3), background vocals (B2)
Kevin Breit - acoustic guitar (C3), mandolin (C3), resonator guitar (D1)
Adam Levy - electric guitar (A2, B1, B3, D2), background vocals (B2)
James Gadson - drums (A2), background vocals (B2)
Larry Gold - cello (A1, C1), string arrangements (C1)
Zara Bodé - background vocals (A2)
Devin Greenwood - Hammond B3 (A2, B2, D2), background vocals (A2), Wurlitzer (B1, D3)
Alexandra Leem - viola (C1)
Jaron Olevsky - bass (A1, C2, D3)
Dan Rieser - drums (A1, D2)
Nate Skiltes - mandolin (C2)
Chris Thomas - bass (B2)
2 LP, Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on gatefold jacket
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 200g
Record color : black
Speed : 45 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Quality Record Pressings
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : Blue Note
Recorded July 2004 at The Magic Shop, New York City
Engineered & mixed by Danny Kopelson
Produced by Barrie Maguire (D3), Lee Alexander
Remastered by Bernie Grundman
Originally released in 2004
Reissued in 2020
Tracks:
Side A
- Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight
- Seen It All Before
Side B
- Arms Of A Woman
- Give It Up
- Dreamin’
Side C
- Soul Suckers
- Colors
- Bottom Of The Barrel
Side D
- Black River
- Lies Of A Lonely Friend
- All Of My Friends
Awards:
TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
Reviews:
“With a dusky soul voice and a knack for literate, thoughtful lyrics, singer/songwriter Amos Lee is a throwback to a more organic-sounding pop time period. Calling to mind a mix of Bill Withers, Arthur Lee, and James Taylor, Lee croons through his mellow eponymous debut with a singular sense of his time and place that adds weight to his already heartfelt songs. Much like Taylor's Sweet Baby James and Withers' Still Bill, Amos Lee is an album about an artist's life and loves in a world that often seems at odds with his desires. On "Arms of a Woman," Lee sings "I am at ease in the arms of a woman/Although now most of my days are spent alone/A thousand miles from the place I was born/But when she wakes she takes me back home." Similarly, the darkly evocative "Black River" has Lee in a gospel mood, drawing comparisons between a swift-moving river, God, and whiskey, while the brisk country-rock-inflected "Love in the Lies" finds him proclaiming that "The world ain't no harder than it's ever been/Lookin' for love in the lies of a lonely friend." For all intents and purposes with Lee, Blue Note has found the male Norah Jones. In fact, Jones guests here and, interestingly, on "Colors," Lee sings about getting "lost in the circus" -- one wonders if Blue Note hopes that Jones' "house of fun" is close by. Joining in are other members of the Blue Note extended family, including Jones' longtime bassist Lee Alexander, guitarist Kevin Breit, and others. The result is an album not dissimilar to Jones' multiple Grammy-winning Come Away With Me, as Wurlitzer and Hammond organs pipe softly next to acoustic guitars, allowing Lee to glide on top of a wave of tasteful coffeehouse soul. While the comparison is mostly positive, it does pose one rub in that even Come Away With Me, while unfailingly intimate and classy, was somewhat calculated to be beautifully crafted, deeply emotional wallpaper, and Amos Lee holds to that template. Which basically means that, despite Lee's stellar melodic abilities, the arrangements are often too low-key for their own good. That said, Lee has a phenomenal voice matched by a journeyman's sense of songcraft that is just too good to go unnoticed.” AllMusic Review by Matt Collar
Ratings :
AllMusic : 3,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,35 / 5