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One word describes the CD Acoustic Soul from IndiaArie… AWESOME!

This CD literally grabs your attention right from the very first note with Video and doesn’t let go until the very last note of the very last song Wonderful, which by the way is another great track.

These days it’s a very rare CD on which every single song is good or better than the one before it. This CD is certainly one of those rare CDs.

Overall Acoustic Soul is excellent from beginning to end. One of those CDs that after a few listens the songs are just etched into your memory. A must have for the Pop fan. Really sensational from beginning to end.

While this entire CD is really very good some of my favorites are track 4 – Brown Skin, track 7 Fender CD 280SCE Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar. Natural – Back To The Middle, and track 16 – Wonderful

My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 2 – Video. Great track!

Acoustic Soul Release Notes:

IndiaArie originally released Acoustic Soul on March 27, 2001 on the Motown Records label.

CD Track List Follows:

1. Intro 2. Video 3. Promises 4. Brown Skin 5. Strength, Courage & Wisdom 6. Nature 7. Back To The Middle 8. Ready For Love 9. Interlude 10. Always In My Head 11. I See God In You 12. Simple 13. Part Of My Life 14. Beautiful 15. Outro 16. Wonderful (Stevie Wonder Dedication) – (bonus track)

Acoustic Soul Album Notes Personnel includes: India Arie (vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion); Bob Power (conductor); Blue Miller (acoustic & electrc guitars, programming); Marlene Rice, Kelly Hall-Tompkins (violin); Judeth Insel-Stack (viola); John Catchings, Nioka Workman (cello); Mark Batson (celeste, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming); Larry Goldings (Wurlitzer piano, organ); Tony Harrell (keyboards); Avery Johnson, Doug Kahan (bass); Steve Grossman (drums, percussion); Abe Fogle, Ralph Rolle (drums); Dave Spak, Terry MacMillan, Bashiri Johnson (percussion); Carlos Broady (programming); Kerisha Hicks, Tony Harrington, Joyce Simpson, Duane Covert (background vocals).

Producers: India Arie, Kevin Haywood, Blue Miller, Bob Power, Mark Batson.

Engineers: Mike Tocci, Kevin Haywood, Avery Johnson.