Surrender to Love

Kindred the Family Soul | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hidden Beach
• ASIN: B00008BXJL
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (125 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KINDRED ARE AWESOME - just stop calling them Nick and Val, April 5, 2003

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Karl Miller "kemspeaks" (Phoenixville, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surrender to Love (Audio CD)

Living in Philly, I knew of Kindred long before this CD dropped this week - their live shows are legendary, their band is tight as it gets, and their vocals are awesome.
"Surrender To Love" is everything fans of Kindred have been waiting for. Incedibly loving vocals - solid instrumentation. And songs about love, trust and spirituality that sound like nothing else on the radio today.
If you've allready heard "Far Away", you have an idea of how good this CD is. Currently getting huge radio play, "Far Away" is every struggling couple's theme song, with its too busy with the world style lyrics, and hope for downtime with the one you love (just make sure the baby is asleep!). But "Far Away" is only a small sampling of Kindred. They get 70's style funky on the title track, take you straight to heaven on "Weather The Storm" (a beautiful song, expressing the hopes for success, even if it means leaving the one you love behind), and sing the best "praise" music since Kirk Franklin took the stage on "Spread the Word".
What makes Kindred special is that everything works. You haven't heard a band like their's since Rufus, with REAL guitars, keyboards, percussion and horns. What an oasis in today's environment.
BUT PLEASE - ignore all the comparisons to Nick and Val. While A&S always wrote great music, I never thought their voices blended perfectly, like Rene and Angela or Womack and womack, two acts that are much closer to where Kindred comes from. Even better, don't accept any comparisons, and go into this music expecting to hear something original, soulful and beautiful.
So far, this is the best soul album released ths year. Kindred The Family soul is simply awesome, and "Surrender To Love" does them mighty proud.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4-1/2 stars -- Surrender to Kindred, June 28, 2003

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Anthony Rupert "shut up, Shut Up, SHUT UP!!!" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surrender to Love (Audio CD)

Jill Scott went to a local club one night and saw a performance by Aquil Diya and Aja Fatin, a husband-and-wife duo. She was so impressed with them that she immediately signed them to her record label, Hidden Beach, under the name Kindred the Family Soul. I'm not sure whether or not they had that name to begin with, but regardless, Surrender To Love is definitely worth your time.

What's the best song? Pick one: "Stars", "Meant To Be", "What Happens Now", and the list goes on. The music is great, and the lyrics ain't bad either. There's the woman's anthem "I Am", the creative title track, and, of course, "Far Away". And although I love "Rhythm Of Life", the remix blows the original out the water, particularly because of the extra flava (and I didn't say flavor, I said FLAVA). Even guest raps work well on this album, as evidenced by "Party's Over".

If only this album weren't so long (74 minutes), I could give it five stars. Oh well, Surrender To Love is still classic in every sense of the word.

Anthony Rupert

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kindred....Don't Let The Name Fool You!!!!, July 8, 2003

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Tawana Hawkins (Akron, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Surrender to Love (Audio CD)

There is nothing else out there even remotely like it. I looked up the word Kindred in the dictionary one of the words was similar. They are Kindred but they are beyond compare and virtually in a class all by themselves because there's no one else like them ANYWHERE. What a welcome change and breath of fresh air they are. It's hard to pick a favorite song because as soon as I think I have one...there's another one I find I like equally as much. I was able to here an advanced copy, but that didn't stop me from going and buying it as soon as it hit the stores. Actually I could hardly wait for the rest of the world to hear, feel and understand what I really couldn't find words to express. I love them. You hear the love and how well they compliment each other on this project. Kind of a new millenium version of Ashford and Simpson. Here's hoping they emulate them in the longevity of their contributions to music as well as the success they have enjoyed over the years. Kindred....family and the universal language of love. I can hardly wait for them to come to the Northeast Ohio area...hint,hint. Continued success and love to last a lifetime.