See More Your browser does not support the audio element. All rights reserved.(C) 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company ℗ 2005 Virgin Records Limited, The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. (C) 2006 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. Steve Chrisanthou, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Samples, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Beck, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Hogarth, Producer, Additional Producer - Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sam Dixon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Corinne Bailey Rae, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Cara Robinson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jason Rae, Alto Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Corry, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Malcolm Strachan, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Tatton, Hammond Organ, AssociatedPerformer Adjust your expectations accordingly and Rae's languid debut is very rewarding.

The well-written and direct 'Butterfly' suggests Rae could release a more accomplished full-length someday, but attention to 'feel' often seems like the driving force in this album's creation. Mellowing Style Council or Brand New Heavies fans should dig 'Trouble Sleeping,' while 'Butterfly' beautifully captures the full range of emotions that come with leaving the nest. It's risky to open an album with a lazy ballad, but the great 'Like a Star' paints Rae as Billie Holiday's pop-influenced granddaughter. So if she doesn't make an Alicia Keys-size splash with her debut, she's still a breath of fresh air, and hardly a one-hit wonder. Her self-titled debut sounds a wee rushed and sometimes meanders its way into background music territory, but this comfortable effort is pleasingly homegrown, warm, and poignant in parts, especially when Rae doesn't weaken her strong lyrics with space-filling 'doo de do do do's and 'mmmmmmm's.

One listen to her breakout soft soul anthem and it's easy to hear why, since Rae is a mix of all the above but not a contrived one concocted by some major label's scientist. it was a feel-good adult alternative phenomenon - a kind of Norah Jones, Joss Stone, David Gray, or Macy Gray phenomenon. When songstress Corinne Bailey Rae released her sashaying single 'Put Your Records On' in her native U.K. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

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