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Bitter
Me'Shell Ndegéocello
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 1999-08-24
Manufacturer: Maverick
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's Best of 1999
Me'Shell Ndegeocello's music is the most sublime of the new school of American funk and soul. In a marked departure from her previous offerings, Bitter is a dark, moody, and soulful album that displays Ndegeocello's creative evolution as she explores new depths of emotion in her music. --Michael Wells

2) Amazon.com
The angular, sensual funk-rock blend of Me'Shell Ndegeocello's 1996 Peace Beyond Passion here gives way to a hushed confessional mood that recalls classics by Joni Mitchell and Rosanne Cash. Ndegeocello puts her formidable bass skills far off to the side here--there's rarely even an electric guitar to be heard on these tracks--in favor of a mix often dominated by a small string section. Occasionally overripe, as on a cover of Hendrix's "May This Be Love," Bitter is nonetheless an intriguing take on one woman's love, confusion, and ultimately, hope. --Rickey Wright

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

1) a timeless jewel   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I usually have to go on line to locate this CD, but it's a must have. This is my 3rd time purchasing it. This CD really touches the heart when you need it most.

2) can't get enuff of me'shell   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
if you haven't heard her before, I'm telling you once you do you'll be hooked.

3) An Absolute Masterpiece   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I just recently discovered the music of MeShell NdegeOcello and this album has been on continuous rotation in my cd player. Bitter is a masterpiece in every sense of the word, from start to finish this album is flawless as MeShell bares all and sings about issues that haunt relationsips such as temptation, cheating, breakups, and the emotions that result from them. I recommed this album to those who love honest, soulful, good music. Bitter is by far one of the most "real" albums I have ever heard.

4) Song from "Lost and Delirious" movie   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I saw this movie and had to find out what song was in it. I was surprised that it was Me'Shell. This song fit perfectly with the movie.FYI

5) Dark Mood Music - Approach With Caution!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I was going through a very dark period in my life when this album came out in 1999 and the songs on it spoke more directly to me than any other album I've ever owned or heard. Ndegeocello changed producers (her previous album "Peace Beyond Passion" was produced by David Gamson, this one by Craig Street) and went for a dark and moody sound with lots of acoustic guitar and strings, to tell her stories of betrayal, unrequited love and bitterness. I revelled in it. Interesting though, that the album didn't tip me over the edge like some of my friends thought it would; it actually gave me hope. Silly though it may sound, the album enabled me to realise that what I was going through was just a part of life, that I wasn't the only one to ever go through it and that there was a light at the end of the tunnel. After all the ups and downs of songs like "Fool of Me" ('And I have allowed you to make me feel... (I feel so dumb)/ What kind of fool am I that you so easily set me aside/ You made a fool of me/ Tell me why'), "Sincerity" ('Gives his entire self/ But it's all in vain/ His love for her drowns him/ In a sea of denial/ Her fear of being alone/ Will it keep her there?/ He loves with sweetness and sincerity/ While she, may only, pretend') and "Wasted Time" ('You rarely notice but I hang on your every word/ Everything you say/ You are much too busy to notice me/You turn and walk away'), the album ends on a positive note with "Grace" ('Your love's my only saving grace/ You caress my heart/ Kiss my face') and somehow I just knew everything was going to be okay. That was quite a number of years ago of course and though I still play the album these days and still love listening to it, it doesn't have that same resonance. I just don't feel it the same way I did back then. I guess I have to wait for the next big depression? (I'm not saying you need to be depressed to really enjoy this album, to truly experience it, I'm just saying that it definitely helped me). Thanks, Meshell, for seeing me through the last big one. You are the queen of my heart!