Revival [Import]

Jully Black | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 16, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Int'l
• ASIN: B000VT6G3K
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #308,016 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The Great White North has not been able to bestow the title of "Canada’s answer to Mary J. Blige" until now. Jully Black may very well garner that prize thanks to the passion and performance on her sophomore CD, Revival. As the first single, "Seven Day Fool," makes clear, she deftly and seamlessly handles the Motown sound. The track--once made famous by Etta James--is in fact the only cover song on the disc; every other track features the talented Black as co-writer. With each cut stemming from R&B as a base, sass and soul pervade the disc in enough musical forms to bring forth fans from many genres. "Queen" matches a reggae beat with a melody that India.Arie would love to wrap her larynx around. Elsewhere, Black skates the edges of electronic music, as on "Never Lost My Sight," which finds her soulful voice wrapping around a rapid-fire drum-and-bass beat. "Temporary Insanity" barely contains Black’s breathy, sexy, rhythmic vocals as they deliver a melody that could fit onto the next Justin Timberlake CD. In that cut and others, the match between Black and producer (and Black Eyed Peas drummer) Keith Harris makes for a dream team, and his sense of rhythmic hooks keeps the disc extra fresh throughout. Never formulaic, never kitschy, Revival knocks out all Canadian R&B competitors and deserves to be noticed on a world scale. --Denise Sheppard

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding sophomore release for Jully Black, January 13, 2008

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D. TARVIN "critique" (Langley, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revival (Audio CD)

I'm not exactly sure what the previous reviewer was listening to, but it couldn't be the same cd I had the pleasure of hearing.

While I will admit to buying the cd on the strength of Miss Black's infectious and respectful remake of the seldom heard Billy Davis song "Seven day fool", I found that upon listening to the rest of the tracks on "Revival" I was very pleasantly surprised with what I heard.

Jully Black shows great promise as a writer and as a singer she excels, with such rythmic tracks as "Queen" and "Temporary Insanity", and shows her softer tones well on "Just a moment".

I found that the more I listened, the more I found to enjoy on this cd, and if the rest of the world doesn't take notice of Canada's leading contender fo the R&B crown with this effort, then sadly they will be missing out on something really wonderful.

Buy it, you won't be dissapointed.

2 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Jully Black, October 25, 2007

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D. rollins (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Revival (Audio CD)

Amazing what a PR or record company can do to promote an artist. I don't want to think that Ms. Black wanted to decieve her audience, but this CD lacks any imagination, and aside from her Seven Day Fool (Promo song) there is nothing worth listeninmg to here. Just download Seven day Fooll and save yourself some money.