Amos Lee - Mission Bell
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Artist: Amos LeeEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2011-01-25
Music Label: Blue Note Records
Soundtracks:
- El Camino
- Windows Are Rolled Down
- Violin (featuring Sam Beam)
- Flower
- Stay With Me (featuring Priscilla Ahn)
- Out Of The Cold (featuring Pieta Brown)
- Jesus (featuring James Gadson)
- Hello Again
- Learned A Lot
- Cup Of Sorrow
- Clear Blue Eyes (featuring Lucinda Williams)
- Behind Me Now
- El Camino Reprise (featuring Willie Nelson)
Music reviews of Mission Bell
Music Review: Amos Lee - A man on a mission
Rating: 4 Stars
Perhaps having this album burned for me today is not the best way to advise on its value for money but having listened to it a number of times it comes as a very decent set of songs with a guest list to die for. Amos Lee has somewhat unfortunately since the release of his debut become tagged as the male "Norah Jones". Let me explain this further since since Ms Jones is in every respect an admirable artist who has taken a good few chances since her eponymous debut "Come away with me" propelled her to world domination. The problem is that despite her best efforts she has become synonymous with a sort of tasteful jazz/blues standard that can feel a little middle of the road. Amos Lee has suffered a similar fate and his albums particularly on the American Amazon site started with hundreds of reviews when he was heavily linked to Jones on the Blue Note label but have faded as he has cut out on his own. A shame really since he has a classic blue eyed soul voice and in his previous songs like "Arms of woman" and "Baby I want you" his debt to artist like Otis Redding and Bill Withers was both respectful and very well done.
His new and fourth album "Mission bell" takes a few more chances and while not a work of massive originality it is packed with songs that impress. The added value however comes in the form of excellent production from Calexico mastro Joey Burns who builds an expansive sound. In addition any album which includes in its guest list "Iron and Wine's" Sam Beam, the wonderful John Convertino of Calexico, country chanteuse Lucinda Williams and that craggy old rogue Wille Nelson is fine by this reviewer. Beam's influence on the stunning and almost sonic song "Violin" is a joy. Other highlights include "Stay with me" a slow acoustic soul ballad which could grow to be a classic torch song, the lovely slow opener "El Camino" which is brilliantly reprised later with the old outlaw Willie Nelson and an excellent duet with Williams "Clear blue eyes". Both artists also manage to give the album a rougher edge which it needs.
Overall "Mission Bell" tends to place Lee in a trajectory which starts with Otis Redding and is currently inhabited by artists like Ray LaMontagne. Frankly I dont think this album is quite as good as the latter's recent "God willin the creek dont rise" not least since it drew more explicitly on some of the darker undercurrents of Neil Young. Yet as stated this reviewer is not looking a gift horse in the mouth and "Mission Bell" is an album with real charm and depth.
Description of Mission Bell
Amos Lee has announced the January 25, 2011 release of Mission Bell, his fourth album for EMI's Blue Note Records, and his richest and most fully formed album to date. Mission Bell, which was produced by Joey Burns of the acclaimed band Calexico, displays both range and cohesion, an array of emotions unified by Lee's eclectic taste and distinctive vocals. With a remarkable set of guests--including Lucinda Williams, Willie Nelson, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Priscilla Ahn, Pieta Brown, and James Gadson--and the musical backing of Calexico, the album marks the arrival of Amos Lee as a mature artist who continues to explore his musical and thematic interests."There's a real searching element to a lot of these songs," says Lee, who has evolved into one of the most important and prolific songwriters of our time, a point that's driven home by the 12 new originals on Mission Bell, and the presence of legends such as Williams and Nelson, who were eager to interpret Lee's songs.
The most obvious change on Mission Bell is the album's intimate yet expansive sound, which Lee credits to Joey Burns and John Convertino of Calexico. After a chance meeting, the idea came up for Lee to go out to the band's Wavelab studio in Tucson and try some recording. "The musicality that those guys bring is just amazing," Lee says. "It was especially nice to work with John and get a very different texture rhythmically. They're great at creating atmosphere--sonically, they brought a beautiful dimension into a lot of the songs, and helped them to expand and breathe more."
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