Space Shift

Steve Spacek | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 4, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sound in Color
• ASIN: B000A9QKYG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,810 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hey There

2. Dollar

3. Thursdays

4. Slave

5. Rapid Rate

6. The Hills

7. Reveribletop

8. 3hrs Of Fun

9. Love Yu Be..

10. Slow Baby Dubb

11. I'm Glad..

12. Smoke

13. Days Of My

14. Callin Yu

15. Look Into

16. My Eyes

Editorial Reviews

Jockey Slut

"The way forward."

"...gives new meaning to the phrase space funk"

"Spacek is the Radiohead of Soul"

Product Description

Steve Spacek, the acclaimed voice behind the ground-breaking genre-pushing group Spacek, who were championed by everyone from Entertainment Weekly to Mos Def, presents his debut solo album with Sound In Color. It's his great American album, produced largely in Los Angeles.

Old partner Morgan from Spacek provided a few beats (check second single "3 Hours of Fun") and J Dilla produced the monster "Dollar", but the bulk of the beats were created by Steve. The legendary song writer Leon Ware also makes a guest appearance in the brilliant duet "Smoke". Future soul just got way sexier.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, the Best Soul Album of this decade, January 17, 2006

By 

B. B. Hawes "DJ: 'White Chocolate' on KSJD" (Mancos, CO United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Space Shift (Audio CD)

This is the type of album you want everyone to hear. Every track is good. If you haven't heard Spacek before, he is an electrosoul multiinstrumentalist, producer and vocalist. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he does all of these things equally well, and he also has something to say. He is heir to both the legacies of Marvin and Curtis: Steve plays it cool. Think "Trouble Man" or "Let's Get it On" with a Mayfield falsetto. Both musically and lyrically, he avoids cliche and keeps things fresh. Richly textured sounds and a beautiful, distinctive voice make this an album just right for slipping between the sheets... but the beats keep heads nodding right along. A jittery, glichy, cut-up style of beatmaking is his trademark, though this album is earthier and less spaced-out (no pun intended) than his previous albums; it is a more satifying listen from start to finish (this is also the first album released under his full name, as opposed to his "group" Spacek). This is the Spacek album we always knew he could make. Flawless.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New Artist, Old Soul, January 25, 2008

By 

C. W. Hall "http://www.chriscospins.com" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Space Shift (Audio CD)

This record sounds so familiar. The reason I swear I've heard it before is that it has moments when it is exactly what I want soul music on the radio to sound like. At its best, Spaceshift recalls a collage of the soul artists we've loved over the years, but gives them bigger more ballsy hip-hop influenced production. "Slave" produced by Mr. French is one of those timeless joints that will have old folks smiling when interest from the next generation of crate-diggers forces some label to re-release it 50 years from now.

The album's not uniformly incredible. Some songs like "Love Yu Better" lose the groove and wander into that dangerous realm of cheesy house. It even has downright corny moments like "3 Hours of Fun."

But for every lapse, there is a song like "Smoke" that you would have paid the entire album's price for all by itself. The song is an incredible collaboration between Steve and Leon Ware, the brilliant songwriter responsible for Marvin Gaye's "I Want You." The blend of old and new could not come off better. That's actually a pretty good way to describe the majority of this record. It's a flawless update of everything you love about classic soul.

5.0 out of 5 stars big!!, June 10, 2006

By 

steph "StRaIgHt No ChAsEr" (united kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Space Shift (Audio CD)

this guy is on a whole other level, when it comes to neo soul music. I absolutely embrace the sheer individuality!! i love how each song sounds different, but still kinda has its jittery, electronic, spaced out sound 2 it.. can i get an AMEN to the tune 'Dollar'... laaaawd have mercy!!! that tune cudnt play the whole way thru with me, cos i kept rewinding it!! BIG TUNE!!!.. the production is splendid!! (RIP Jay Dee. one of many of ur finest)..

this album isnt 4 any and any1.. u have to be READY!.. doesn't hurt to take a listen though. it will b worth it!!