WILL DOWNING – CLASSIQUE CD £15.95
Will confirms that when it comes to romantic soul he has few peers. His rich deep voice oozes soul throughout this great album on a mixture of original tracks and good covers. 'Ride' , 'More Time', 'Just think about it', 'I Won't Stop' , 'Love Suggestions' and 'Let's Take It Now'are jazz tinged soulful ballads or mid tempo songs to really get you in the mood. The covers of 'I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little more' and 'Baby I'm For Real' really work , but it is the more uptempo 'Something Special ' that will be popular with the modern soul dancers. Great album from a great artist now thankfully recovered from his illness.

Teena Marie – Congo Square CD £15.95
Teena joins the legendary Stax label and the fine selection traverses many Soul styles, but has less of a contemporary feel than ‘LA Dona’ and will appeal to her loyal fans.  This is quality check ‘Congo Square’, ‘Harlem Blues’ and ‘Marry Me’.

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ELLIS PHELPS AND WILLIAM SWANN – I'M STILL HERE CD £15.95
Excellent inspirational and uplifting gospel soul album featuring mainly mid tempo tracks with a very 'Maze' feel to it. It features the fantastic soulful voice of William Swann who even sounds like Frankie Beverley. 'Best Friends' is a brilliant slowish mid tempo track with great harmonies. 'Everybody' has more of a groove to it and a nice B-line. 'I'm Still Here is another good mid tempo groover. 'Time ft the vocals of Natalie Woodson and 'Back2U' will also keep the feet tapping amd there's an interestingly different cover of Bobby Caldwell's 'Do4Love' . Refreshingly different and more old school Soul with a capital S.

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JONAS –WAITT (WE ARE IN THIS THING TOGETHER) CD/DVD £16.95
Danish soul singer Jonas scored with his last album, but 'Waitt' takes him to the next level and will really put him on the soul map. It is an excellent album with real instrumentation throughout, good songs and lyrics and featuring his great soulful voice. The mid tempo 'Two Time Love Is One' was co-written with the late David Lynden Hall has a really great feel to it. The melodic 'Electric', 'Time Is Working For You' and 'Not What You Want' are really nice, and 'crash Or Burn' , 'Hopes Are High', 'My Trust In You' and 'Too Close Too far' have good grooves. The killer track though is 'Sensational' a mid tempo groover co-written with Omar, which is a really beauty with a great hook and strings and all. Really good listening album.

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CHOKLATE – TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN CD £14.95
Contemporary Soul/R&B album filled with groove ridden tracks like 'Suns Out', 'Call It Good', 'Honeys Runnin' and the up tempo soul track 'The Tea'. The best tracks are the organic mid tempo 'The Blues' and the mellow mid tempo 'Grown Folks' and 'One Y'All'.

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HIL ST SOUL – RELEASE CD £13.95
This is basically a best of from one of the UK's finest contemporary soul singers of the past decade, with the addition of a new track the shuffling organic dancer 'Release'. The mid tempo groovers 'Hey Boy' 'Don't Forget The Ghetto', 'For Your Love', 'Wash Away' , 'Its Ok' and the more uptempo 'All That'
will keep the feet moving. The slower 'We Don't Talk' , 'Smile' and 'Broke Again' are also god but the killers are her hit cover of 'Until You Come Back To Me' and the beautiful duet with Dwele 'Baby Come Over'. Good overview of Hilary's career to date.

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45 AKA SWING-O – REVENGE OF SOUL CD £29.95
This is an interesting album , a mixture of soul, hip hop and instrumentals but it does feature some great tracks. The best of the vocal tracks are 'Nothing Feels Better Than You' ft Jimmy Abney , the modern soul dancer 'I Believe' ft Stephanie Mc Kay, and the mid tempo 'The Dawn' ft Ryan Shaw. There's some good instrumentals incl the soul dancer 'Sweet Sweat (pt 2)', 'Soul 2 Sole' , the latinish 'Que Chevere' and the more laid back keyboard led 'Mysteries Journey', 'Another Place' and 'Revenge Of Soul'.


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SPEEDOMETER – SOUL GROOVIN LIVE AT THE SOUL CELLAR CD £13.95
One of the best if not the best UK Funk group possess a rhythm and horn section that are almost as tight as the 70's Funk groups they base their sound on – JBs, Kool And TheGang, Mandrill etc. This live set captures the energy of their live sets, but sounds so strong that it could have been recorded in the studio. Ria Currie adds a female vocal (a la Alice Russell) on gems like 'What Am I Gonna Do' and the driving 'No Man Worries' as well as the cover of Vicki Anderson's 'Answer To Mother Popcorn'. It is the instrumentals where the band's quality shines with cuts like the Latin tinged scorcher 'Four Flights Up' the version of 'Kool & The Gang/ Let The Music Take Your Mind' and 'At The Speakeasy'. Excellent and as close to authentic 70's Funk as you can get.


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FOUR 80 EAST – ROLL ON CD £16.95
Canadian Jazz Funk band release as et with an early 80's feel to many of the tracks. Check 'Roll On' and 'One Night Only'. Though not as full-on, these tracks have a not dissimilar feel to the recent Down To The Bone set.. The Hammond led Funk of 'Loosey Goosey' has a wicked sax solo and more like Four 80 East's earlier work. 'Race The Moon' has a more spaced out feel. The catchy 'Never The Same Way Twice' has a compulsive groove – wicked bass and melodic lead guitar.


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