Customer Reviews

Faith Evans

5 star:		(59)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This is the debut album from Faith Evans. Hailed as the First Lady of Sean Combs' Bad Boy label, Evans is blessed with a voice that elevates her above much of her cookie-cutter, hip hop soul peers. It'd be easy to dismiss her debut as a collection of flash-in-the-pan, trendy r&b, but the album is far better--and deeper--than you think. From start to finish, the album soars as a solid album of street-savvy soul, and remains surprisingly consistent. Evans pulls it off well in the mid-tempo "No Other Love;" she holds her own against Mary J. Blige in their cover of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," and she shines in the funked-up "You Used to Love Me." But the song that helps "Faith" earn its 5 stars is the killer ballad "Reasons," a sap-free love song in which Evans gives nothing less than her 100%. Some female singers have the looks; others wear the clothes, and some have the right producers. But Evans has the voice, which is good enough to help make "Faith" a solid, winning debut.

This album is so amazing from beginning to end. Like another reviewer stated, this album is almost 10 years old and you can pick up this cd and play it like it was just released. It is rare that an album is so strong all the way down to the last song on the cd. My favorites are Love Don't Live Here ANymore, Reasons, Don't Be Afraid, YOu DOn't Understand, Used to Love Me, and Come Over. There is nothing I would change about this album. If you don't have this cd in your collection please pick it up!

Faith Evans' debut is not only one of my most prized albums, but one of the very best I have ever purchased. Anyone sleeping on this joint needs to wake up; Five years (an eternity in music) after its release it's still excellent and extremly listenable. Chock full of ballads, power ballads and mid-tempo jams, anyone who considers themselves an R&B fan and doesn't have this album needs to get with it. While I would consider "Come Over," "Soon As I Get Home," "No Other Love," and "Give It To Me" to be highlights, they aren't the only jems, and to be sure this is an album you can play start to finish. Simply put, anyone who wants to invest in a quality R&B album needs to check this out.

Faith's debut album changed my life and is the sole reason I was inspired enough to become a singer. Her voice is just BEAUTIFUL, and the fact that she wrote all the lyrics on this album make it all the more personal. When I first heard 'You used to love me' back in '95 i fell in love with Ms.Evans vocals and beautifully crafted songs. Personal faves include 'give it to me' 'all this love' 'don't be afraid'and reasons. In fact i'm lying - personal faves include THE WHOLE DAMN ALBUM! This album is a classic. And her new one is too! God bless ya Faith! 'I never knew there was a love like this before' when it came to music. Faith showed me that there can be.

I've over estimated this is album is good as the others! I love all the slow cuts, "all this love" list goes on.

And "Reasons", girl has some slow cuts on here... This cd defintely gets the mood right.

Oh, if you haven't already pick up her new album "First Lady," it's on fiyah.

Other than Mary's My Life, this is the standard by which other R&B diva CDs should be judged by. Her vocals are better than Mary's, even the production work by Puffy rivals My Life. Puffy and team out did themselves here and Faith took full advantage of it to may an outstanding album. No Other Love, I Remember...just awesome, inspriring music. This CD stays in my CD changer at all times. Should be part of your CD collection.

Faith Evans is easily one of the top five solo singers of our era. She, along with Mary J. Blige, revolutionized R&B songs adding the slight hip hop touch to their songs. Being First Lady to the Bad Boy Empire which already housed the Notorious BIG, Craig Mack, and the then known as Puff Daddy, the expectations for Ms. Faith Evans were extremely high.

She delivers on the album with nearly flawless singing and relaxing, grooving, and soothing backdrops. Solo Debut Albums like these don't necessarily come around too much these days (save for Jill Scott & Amerie's debut albums). All the hits are here though; the sensational `Soon As I Get Home', `Fallin In Love' with its bouncy soundtrack, the sexy `Come Over', the jazzy `Give It To Me', the single `You Used To Love Me', the Mary J. Blige duet "Love Don't live Here', I mean the hits never cease. Faith Evans is blessed with an ever soulful, powerful, and clear voice. She can sing you song that's for sure. If you looking for some music to play when you chillin with your lady, than this is sho nuff the ticket. Never disappoints.

This for me has to be one of my favorite Mid 90's/ Hip-Hop Soul Albums, not to mention what I consider an excellent debut. I'm not too familiar with Faith Evans' albums but if you're looking for a 90's R&B album filled with smooth beats, and great vocals, you may want to give this a shot. When I first got this album I was only purchasing it for a few songs, I had some spare time on my hands, so I went in order, listening to the other songs on the album, and I found myself liking each song on the album. As you know most the time when you buy an album you usually get it for the single(s), but in my opinion, I feel just about every song could've had single possibilities. If you take time to listen to a lot of the songs you'll see that unlike most artists out now, Faith Evans can actually sing, and has vocal range. Whenever I hear this album it keeps me longing for many 90's artists to come back, because we need the variety right now, and that's what I think the 90's R&B scene offered. If you had talent, you had talent, meaning it wasn't easy to get away with not being able to sing well, but now it just seems like its image over talent, it seems like the industry doesn't care about skills anymore, just if you meet their standards of what can sell.

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Tracks*

No Other Love - 9/10 *She has real good vocal range in this one

Fallin' In Love - 10/10 *I think this had single potential

Ain't Nobody - 10/10 *I love this single, it reminds me of the goods days of music

Love Don't Live Here Anymore - 8/10 *I thought this was a pretty good remake

Come Over - 9/10 *Another good one! I hear this get played on XM occasionally.

Soon As I Get Home - 10/10 *this is the one that first made me want to buy the album; the remix with Aaron Hall is real good also.

All This Love - 10/10 *this was real good for a non single

You Used to Love Me - 10/10 *this was another single that made me want to buy the album;

Give It To Me - 10/10 *I love this song! Smooth Tyrone Davis sample.

You Don't Understand - 10/10 *really smooth, relaxing song; Good for rainy days.

Don't Be Afraid - 10/10 *I first heard this when watching an episode of The Wayans bros. from 1995, and I've loved it since!

Reasons - 10/10 *this should have been a single also, at least in my opinion.

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As you can see this is a good album if you're a fan of 90's music, but if you're crazy about today's music, you might not like this.


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I love this album! I still listen to it years later. If you love slow, meaningful, love songs, this is the album for you. She's the best in the r and b. I love your music Faith! Listen to 13, 14, and 15! They're just a few of the c.d's best!

Bad Boy's debut first lady Faith released a self-titled classic that sort of mirrored Mary J. Blige whom was featured on the remake of "Love Don't Live Here Anymore". This album is mellow with love songs to lead to the bedroom as the inviting "Come Over". It's hard to doubt any album when even the interludes are strong enough to capture some emotion as the dedication "You Are My Joy (Interlude)". Held down by the same producers that made Mary a standout, Herb Middleton and Chucky Thompson created a formula that did Faith well. By the time you get to the closing of this album Faith will have you making that late night phone call to your lover. "Don't Be Afraid", a personal favoriate, has everything you need to set the mood on any given evening. After all that has happened by the time you get to "Reasons", you'll now have a reason to repeat the whole thing including your night.