Faith Evans - Keep The Faith
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Artist: Faith EvansEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2012-02-28
Music Label: Bad Boy
Soundtracks:
- Faith (intro)(Album Version)
- Love Like This(Album Version)
- All Night Long (Album Version)
- Sunny Days(Album Version)
- Tears Away (interlude)(Album Version)
- My First Love (Album Version)
- Anything You Need (Album Version)
- No Way (Album Version)
- Life Will Pass You By (Album Version)
- Keep The Faith (Album Version)
- Special Place (interlude)(Album Version)
- Never Gonna Let You Go (Album Version)
- Stay (interlude)(Album Version)
- Caramel Kisses (Album Version)
- Lately I (Album Version)
Music reviews of Keep The Faith
Music Review: The Sweetest Voice In R&B
Rating: 3 Stars
Faith Evans returned in 1998 with her sophomore disc entitled "Keep the Faith". It produced three smash singles including the Grammy nominated "Love Like This" but the truth be told, it's not her best work. I love Faith Evans, (see my reviews for her first and third albums) but this album is lacking in many areas. It doesn't allow Faith to show all of her talents. But the blame is not hers alone. I blame it on the fact that Bad Boy records wanted to portray a somber R&B diva after the death of her notorious husband and that's why Faith didn't shine as resplendently on this album as on her others.The album starts off in grand style. "Love Like This" was arguably the best uptempo R&B song of the year. Using a sample of Chic's "Cheer", Faith's vocals glide over the track and her harmonies are so tight. This song is still played at clubs and roller rinks (Faith provided inspiration for skating in the video). It is easily the albums best track. The follow up track "All Night Long" also burned up the charts and received mass cross over. The third and final single from "Keep the Faith" was "Never Gonna Let You Go". An unlikely hit, it amazingly bounded 40 chart positions from number 57 to number 17 on the strength of a cd single release. It also became Faith's first SOLO number 1 R&B single. With lush production by Babyface and Faith's soothing soprano, it became THE wedding song of 1999.
The rest of the album is surprisingly dull. Songs like "No Way" and "Anything You Need" never seem to hit home. However, there are some hidden gems here. "My First Love" is completely believeable as Faith's sorrow is palpable as she laments over a lost love. Equally moving is the gospel tinged "Keep the Faith" which really proves that Faith grew up in the church. Also noteworthy is the Diane Warren penned "Lately I" which should have seen a commercial release. Note- there is a promo version available with a PDiddy remix. But with the additions of lackluster songs such as "Sunny Days" and the far too saccharine "Caramel Kisses" which never show Faith's true emotional heft, "Keep the Faith" now seems somewhat dated and incomplete.
In all, this disc is not one of the best by Faith Evans. She righted herself with 2001's stellar "Faithfully". She is truly the best R&B singer to surface in the past decade and with the right material Faith can truly claim her place as R&B royalty.
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If Faith Evans's self-titled debut was inexplicably entwined in the rise of the Bad Boy empire, her eagerly anticipated follow-up, Keep the Faith, has been further steeped in the history of hip-hop--before anyone heard a note. There are plenty of ballads here ("No Way" and "Lately I" being the best), and Evans doesn't hesitate to mine her emotional turmoil for lyrical material, but it's the welcome inclusion of sublime mid-tempo grooves ("Sunny Days," "Life Will Pass You By") and party jams like "All Night Long" that make this album a sure-fire classic. Forget the hype and enjoy the sound of Evans's gospel-trained voice riding the old-school beats in the addictive "Love Like This." The most interesting thing about this album is not Evans's personal trials but that despite them, her voice is still as sweet as the caramel kisses she sings about. --Rebecca Wallwork
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