Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0782356070127 Label: Pra Records Manufacturer: Pra Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Pra Records Release Date: April 29, 2008 Sales Rank: 59725 Studio: Pra Records
Amazon.com: 'When Your Life Was Low,' one of this album's four writing collaborations between former Crusaders keyboardist Joe Sample and pop's hack-for-hire Will Jennings, is typical of this CD's low aim and artistic laziness. The vague expression of friendship in 'Life,' voiced listlessly by the technically adept but boring Lalah Hathaway, is perfect for the office-ready smooth-jazz radio format and little else. Hathaway's appearances on 7 of The Song Lives On's 11 cuts are a blessing only in that they break up the monotony of Sample's in-one-ear-and-out-the-other noodlings; her extremely unnecessary version of 'Fever' and a dull-edged remake of the Crusaders/Randy Crawford classic 'Street Life' are résumé fodder and little else. --Rickey Wright
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Rating: - Rickey Wright's Review
In disbelief, I read Rickey Wright's review as I returned to buy yet another 'The Song Lives On' CD for yet another devotee. More than eight years later, this Joe Sample and Lalah Hathaway masterpiece still receives universal praise on jazz websites and various blog entries by people who know good music.
Sometimes it makes one wonder a) how someone could acquire a job based upon having a good ear for music, yet refer to Joe Sample's piano playing as "monotony" and Lalah's singing as "boring."
b) If, eight years later,he could actually stand by and believe that his scathing review is still accurate and that the thousands of other positive reviews are wrong.
Perhaps he was bored that it wasn't Janet Jackson, who I'm sure he would refer to as a masterful vocalist extraordinaire. This is an obvious case of someone who has no knowledge of the genre or artists involved and is told to write ... Read More
Rating: - Who is Rickey Wright?
Apparently, an equestrian rectal region who prefers mindless vocal caterwauling to actual singing and the challenging keyboard stylings of, perhaps, K.C. and the Sunshine Band! How do people without ears get gigs as record reviewers?
Rating: - "Must Have"
If you enjoy GOOD - SMOOTH - jazz...then this is a "MUST HAVE".That is all I can say.....a "MUST HAVE". You won't regret it!!!!
Rating: - The editor for this page must be crazy,lalah is awesome!
I've been listening to this cd as well as other songs from lalah's material she should have gotten those awards last night not the untalented Mary J blige what is really going on in the music industry.when your life was low is beautifully song as well as one day I'll fly away lalah keep making music it's very much appreciated by those of us who know good music!
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