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Acoustic Soul

Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2001-03-27
Manufacturer: Motown
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
India Arie's Acoustic Soul is just as advertised: grooving soul music with an acoustic bent. Arie herself plays guitar, supplemented by strings (instead of synthesizers) and drums (instead of drum machines). The first single, "Video," is a calm, confident ode to self-love, comparing the dreadlocked, petite Arie to the average girl in a video. Arie is indeed anything but average: her debut marks the auspicious return of the black female singer-songwriter, in the vein of Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Tracy Chapman, and Dionne Farris. If you like their music, with thoughtful lyrics and layers of instrumentation, you'll love this album. "Video" is fabulous, but other high points include "Ready for Love," a lament that smolders before slowly building to a crescendo, with tinkling piano, guitar, and cello swelling beneath the vocal. "Strength, Courage, and Wisdom" is an optimistic anthem that'll have you clapping your hands and swaying from side to side, and the best track on the album, "Simple," is a straightforward love song with a pulsating beat. Acoustic Soul may not be full of radio-friendly tracks, but every track is strong, and the disc improves each time you press play. --Courtney Kemp

2) Product Description
Excellent Condition

3) Album Details
Includes Two Bonus Tracks: "Wonderful" and a Live Track "Strength, Courage and Wisdom" and the Enhanced Video of The"Video" Single.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

1) Magical and engulfing. Take us there, India.Arie.   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Soulful. Gritty. Humble. Longing. Energy. Faith. Spirit. Likes. Music. Blessings. Wisdom. Confusion. Hurt. Love. Dislikes. Honest. Heart-warming. Acceptance. Growth. Stubbornness. God. Stars. World. In-perfections. Stripped. Jewel. Flavor. Blues. Night. Day. Wondering. Searching. Prayer. Writing. Exploring. Giving. Receiving. Light. Dark. Night. Day. Frenzy. Irrelevance. Acoustic. Soul. Brown. Skin. Classic.I think I summed the album up pretty well with my numerous one-word descriptions (LOL!).Standouts are:VideoBrown SkinNatureStrength, Courage & WisdomReady for LoveBack to the Middle4.4375= 4.444.44 stars.

2) Our generation's Nina Simone.   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I'm a big fan of Nina Simone's but didn't really make an effort to seek out Arie's music until I heard a clip of "I am ready for love". I was instantly sold and knew that I had to have the cd and boy, does she deliver! It's soulful, intelligent, and just plain groovy. This is a musical artist who will always deliver whether or not the results are 'pop' catchy. Enjoy!

3) A good start.....ok cd.....   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
...you can tell that she is a good artist in the making from this cd, and unlike some, she proves it.. in her albums after this one. Sorry, this cd has some good songs.. but it is not her best.If You like India check out Raul Mildon's State Of Mind...He is very good also with the same positive lyrics...I gess If you know India you know of Donnie, if not check him out also....album, The Colored Section.

4) Great CD   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
You gotta love India Arie. She has such a smooth and beautiful voice. This cd is soothing and pleasant. Would definitely recommend.

5) Flawless!!!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
India.Arie"showed-out"creatively on this landmark album!!No one (besides Lamya and Siloam Pool)delivers this kind of consistant quality THROUGHOUT an album!!As a matter of fact:If Lamya,Siloam and India ever went on tour together,they could charge $200 a head,and I would be the FIRST person in line,to drop the cash!!Actually,I'd be willing to pay $400,just so I could stretch out across TWO seats,and really enjoy these three talent-laden ladies!!! Back to "Acoustic"though...The tribute to Stevie was the thing that REALLY separated India from the"pack"in my eyes..Talk about RESPECT(for your forebearers) and CLASS(a rarity in these times)!!! "Strength,Courage and Wisdom"and "Simple"are great songs,with excellent morals,and musically are "Ear-candy!!"Part of My Life"carries' an excellent point:"Yeah you may LOOK Gorgeous honey,but can you do something MORE,than cause "fireworks" in BED for me?!? India REALLY drove this point home,when she said:"And it probably even TASTE good,BUT can you be apart of my LIFE?!?Trust me,this is not a song that ONLY the ladies can identify with,but "ladies'-lusts",such as myself,encounter this situation on a daily(usually hourly)basis(I dont use the attachment:"Envys'favorite target"for nothing,folks)'I AM one good-looking dude!!(To put it LIGHTLY) Dudes'HATE me on SIGHT!!Most,of my "friends"(and apparently,some family)secretly despised me!!){to use a line,of my ONLY,friend:"Jealousy..I LOSE,more "friends" that way!!"}Which brings me to another beloved track on this SUPERB disc:"Back To The Middle" Lemme explain...I grew up with VERY low self-esteem(stemming from RELENTLESS negative barbs from an older brother who I(gullibly)looked up to,and thought the WORLD of)but now,with the aid of retrospect,hindsight and focused,SOBER thought processes,I NOW realize,that,ladies ALWAYS found me(extremely)attractive(even,BEFORE I "got out of" my action-figures and "kiddie-books" and started pursuing them)and that my"GLARING"flaws"(big nose,gumpy walk,"lame"appearance,skinny legs,"peasy"hair,racoon"eye-rings" and,all)was all(being driven)in the MIND,So now,that I have essentially,PURGED these(malicious)lies from my mind,gained confidence in my appearance(As India cited on this track)it quickly turned into arrogance!!!Like they say on the streets of Detroit:I'm "on one"(matter o'fact,i'm on TWO!!)I now see that I'm "all that",AND,a pound of uranium!!!A SOLID 9.6 on a 10-point scale!!!Lyrics from the disco classic:"Greatest Dancer"by Sister Sledge describe me,to a tee:"He had the kind of body(I'm BUFF)that could SHAME Adonis,and a face,that would make,any man proud!" I've gone from thinking:"I'm just"through",to thinking:"I'm an"8+2"So,now I'm gonna take Indias' advice and go back to the"MIDDLE"(My mother always told me,that I needed some moderation in my life) The song "Beautiful" makes me think of my imminent arrival into Heaven(as a born-again Christian)and how beautiful an ETERNITY there is going to be!!!(My FOUR(and counting)alcohol,party and sex-free years will have been(WELL)worth it!! And the few bucks,I paid for THIS album was definitely worth it!!"Nature"is an ingenius song.."Lets sit and watch the STARS put on a show!! India is the TRUTH!!!and "Acoustic is as brilliant as a SUPERNOVA!!