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Paula Cole Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

1	I Believe In Love
2	Amen - (with DJ Premier)
3	La Tonya
4	Pearl
5	Be Somebody - (with Tionne Watkins)
6	Rhythm Of Life
7	Free
8	Suwannee Jo
9	God Is Watching

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Finally (!) Paula Cole's 1st album since '96s double platinum This Fire (with the smashes "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone," "I Don't Want to Wait" and "Me") and her latest since her Best New Artist Grammy award. On her sophomore effort, Paula's soaring voice and passion-filled lyrics remain. But, now under the Paula Cole Band moniker, the set sports a heightened contemporary sound, aided by contributions from TLC's T-boz and rapper DJ Premier. Fresh and remarkable. Amen. 1st single/video: "I Believe in Love." [Note: This product is an authorized CD-R and is manufactured on demand]

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Paula Cole's third release is a lesson in sticking to what you know. A trained jazz vocalist, Cole uses this studied vocal styling with great affect. Never overusing her vibrato, she breathes a unique and emotional character into each song with a well-placed whisper, unexpectedly powerful crescendo, or a desperate, aching wail. One moment she portrays a freestyling beat-poet rapper ("Rhythm of Life"), the next a tragically downtrodden blues mamma ("La Tonya"). She also knows how to produce a song. On "Free," sitar uncoils behind a scrim of dark ethereal notions. The title track has bright acoustic-guitar melodies dancing on shimmering synths that resonate like the rim of a crystal water glass caressed by a wet fingertip. Throughout, she builds a foundation of sprawling, blooming musicality adapted from her preceptor Peter Gabriel. But lyrically, Cole slips into her bad habit of harping on the obvious. On "Amen" a DJ's scratch flips a switch in the middle of the song where Cole begins spouting a list of notorious characters in need of repentance, citing Saddam Hussein, Jack Kevorkian, O.J. Simpson, and all Reagan-era republicans. Exhibiting a Jewel-esque naiveté on "Be Somebody," she advises, "In the face of totality, show the other cheek." The lyrics are trite, but after a few listens, they're a minor distraction from the mighty-fine body of music contained in this release. Amen to that. --Beth Massa

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 4.94 x 0.45 inches; 3.62 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Warner Bros.
Item model number ‏ : ‎ MFR093624749028#VG
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 28, 1999
Label ‏ : ‎ Warner Bros.
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00001P4OQ
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Jiordyn C.

Paula Cole Amen

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2023

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Love this CD. It was a bit before it’s time when it came out! People need to go back and relisten. It’s worth a second ear

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Dav id Nazar

Love this album

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2010

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the first time I had this CD, I left it in my car player for days. Very good work. Often the first album of an artist is the best.

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Gareth Davies

Where has all the patience gone?

Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 1999

It saddens me to see some of these reviews, as it is obvious that the critics have only listened to the album once. True enough that is what most critics do, but it's not the right thing to do in this case, as I'm sure all of us at one point or another has thought an album was truly terrible and come to cherish it eventually. This album I must admit I had down as poor value at best at the start with just nine tracks, but when you actually listen to the album the songs are all reasonably long and although some stretch to six or seven minutes, they never seem to be too long, which is strange for tracks of this length. I will admit to hating the album on first listening. The opener gave real hope and little else afterwards, but I made the effort to listen to it again, and pat myself on the back for doing so because the more you listen to it the better it gets, and cliched as it sounds it really is true. The first time the tracks seemed to merge from one into the other, but on further listening the tracks began to space themselves out, and although the "god" references do start to annoy a little, they hardly compare to one of those evangelical type albums. If I had one criticism of this album, it would be that Paula does seem to preach a little at times. Don't get me wrong it was nowhere close to This Fire, but who was misled enough to actually believe it would be. Every artist has their own defining album which they will never better, and although we hope not "This fire" is most probably Paula's as was "Jagged Little Pill" for Alanis Morissette. "This fire" had a raw energy that commanded it to be listened to rather than asking, as "Amen" seems to. Whereas "This fire" had to be concentrated on, "Amen" is a far more relaxing and serenitous experience, and although I have to admit to preferring the "shout my feelings from a mountain top" approach, this was a refreshing difference, as this way Paula is still the only artist I know that you can't categorise, a fact which we all know she revels in. The first album was sweet and flowing, the second loud and commanding, and the third seems to be a mix of both of these in unequal measures and much much more. The standout track has to be "I believe in love", the current single and my favourite Paula song at the moment. There isn't really a single dislikeable song on the album after a few listens. Even the laughable attempt at rap on "Rhythm of life" is endearing. The real beauty of this album though, lies strangely in the actual music, a refreshing change in a world of constant samples and emotionless computer generated beats. It reeks of traditional music making, but has a strangely modern feel to it nevertheless. My second favourite though has to be Pearl, which is again made by the music, which I hope is no disrespect to Paula, whose voice is brilliant as always throughout. Lets not forget that while we criticise this lady for what she puts out onto the market, she writes the lyrics and music and produces it, which is quite a feat for any artist, and while we complain about losing an extra track why not focus on the obvious love and care that has gone into the nine tracks that are present. In conclusion, this album takes a while to "get into" shall we say, but when you get there it's most certainly worth the wait. Not a patch on "This fire" but has better depth, meaning, and altogether more poetic beauty than its unsurpassable predecessor. Well worth a listen.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017

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Love her cd

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ItsMe

Great Cd

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2013

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I am a big fan of Paula Cole. She has such an amazing voice and this cd is very good.

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TrustNoOne

One Step Back

Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 1999

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This Fire opened with the line "I've left Bethlehem." On Amen, Paula returns there. This album has more in common with Harbinger than the superior This Fire.
That doesn't mean that Amen is without its charms. Paula's voice is still a tremendous instrument and musically the addition of some loose R&B grooves makes for some nice mellow listening.
Still, Paula can't really distance herself from her influences on these songs so that Rhythm of Life sounds like an outtake from Diamonds and Pearls era Prince and the first single I Believe in Love sounds like any number of early '70's smooth soul tracks.
Lyrically the album suffers a bit from her recent religious conversion. I'm glad she found God, maybe one day I'll find him myself. But over the course of 9 songs it just grates a little. Even Bob Dylan couldn't put together a consistently good religiously themed album (although he did write one great song "Every Grain of Sand").
In summary, hummable melodies, not much originality and nothing that reaches out and grabs your attention the way that the best moments on This Fire did.

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Feel My Wrath

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2000

Okay, guys. I am about to totally bash one of the reviewers on this page. If you would like a reference, please look at "Paula ---What Happened To You?, A Music Fan From Chicago", submitted on September 29th, 1999. For those of you that are TRULY loyal fans, you will most definitely cheer me on when I say:
First of all, Paula Cole, like any other musician, did not get in this business to write for you. She got into the music industry for HERSELF. Her lyrics are an expression of how SHE feels. If someone understands how she feels or is remotely able to relate to her, that's great. But music is all about SELF-expression, and I do stress the world self. Of course her lyrics are going to sound self-absorbed. They're about her. She's so filled with energy from her newly discovered peace of mind, that she's bursting with emotion. Some people shout out loud, they jump up and down, or they go tell someone how they feel. Turning it into a song and singing it to the world is her own personal way of expressing it. Now, would you bash everyone else for doing this? The reason why it's become the Paula Cole band is because she's giving her musicians the credit they deserve. Without her back-up, she's merely a voice. She's a great voice, but she can't survive in the music industry on her voice alone. Then she'd really be a folkie! And hey, after all, she's got a great band! She's trying to tell everyone, "Give us ALL a hand! They're a large part of this too!" (ex. Dave Matthews, where the hell would that guy be without his band? ) Lastly, there is nothing wrong with her. She's experimenting, as does every artist. Yeah, sure we all grow to like a specific sound, but we're not the ones who have to sing it. And how are they supposed to grow and try to appeal to others if they're always doing the same thing? They're losing money, and they're losing valuable and potential listeners. That's what the music industry is all about. So, before you change your mind about being a die-hard fan, why don't you think about all the reasons why they started in the first place and why they're still there?

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