From The Bottom Up Music Cd

Kut Klose - From The Bottom Up

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From the Bottom Up      Artist : Brownstone      List Price : $9.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1995-01-10      Studio : Sony      Label : Sony      Avg. Customer Rating : (30 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for From The Bottom Up      Brownstone -- From The Bottom Up.      Rating:      Party Wit Me - Nice vamp/bridge. 8/10 Grapevyne - Classic composition. 10/10 If You Love Me - Nice harmonies. Classic composition. 10/10 Sometimes Dancin' - Great Jamaican vibe. 8.5/10 I Can't Tell You Why - Slow, mid-tempo groove. 8/10 Don't Cry For Me - Down-tempo. Kinda boring and goes nowhere really. 6.5/10 Pass The Lovin' - A mid-tempo. Bouncy. 7.5/10 Fruit Of Life - Laid-back track. 8/10 True To Me - Fast-talking in the beginning. 7.5/10 Wipe It Up - Boring filler. 6/10 Deeper Feelings (Ooh La La) - Ooh La La. 8/10 Half Of You - A nice, quiet piano ballad. Nice ending. 8/10 96 ÷ 12 = 8 8/10 ÷ 2 = 4 4 stars.     Customer Reviews for From The Bottom Up Cd      This album really brings me back!      Rating:      All I can say is that this album definitely brings back some great memories of my early to mid-teenage years way back in the mid-90s. I was recently going through my old CD collection and came across this album that I have had for nearly 13 years now. I dusted it off and put it in my computer and all I can says is holy nostalgia. I can't believe that I had almost totally forgotten about this group as the years went on. This is an amazing R&B/soul album that anyone who is into this genre of music should love. I love how mellow it is and like to listen to it when I just want to kick back and chill. It definitely has a mid-90s sound to it, which is one of the main reasons why I am drawn to it. I can remember my friends and I listening to this album back in middle school and high school (I'm 26, almost 27 now). It definitely brings me right back to those carefree days! Editorial Reviews for From The Bottom Up Audio Cd      Amazon.com      As long as there are stairwells in American high schools and lamps on American street corners, teenagers will get together to harmonize. With the multiplatinum success of Boyz II Men and En Vogue as inspiration, more young vocal groups than ever are moving from stairwells to recording studios. Almost all these singers have put in the long hours to turn good voices into precision parts in a harmony machine, but polished soul harmony singers still far outnumber gifted songwriters in this genre. For all the activity in the field, the genuinely satisfying soul harmony album is still a rare event. One such triumph is From the Bottom Up, the debut release by Brownstone, three women whose strong, versatile voices and tall, striking looks remind one immediately of En Vogue. What saves this project from the assemblyline anonymity of so many committee-produced R&B albums is the personal involvement of singer Nichole "Nicci" Gilbert, who cowrote 11 of the 12 songs and coproduced four of them. The result is the best of both worlds: the craft of seasoned professionals and the distinctive personality of a young woman with her own story to tell. Their first hit, "If You Love Me," which sets the pattern for an album celebrating the intoxication of romance but demanding respect as well. The three women's ability to fashion harmonies out of full-throated gospel parts rather than easier-to-blend soft singing is one of the album's chief pleasures. And they are versatile enough to handle everything from the reggae dancehall tracks of "Sometimes Dancin'" and the wah-wah funk tracks of "True to Me" to the Eagles' "I Can't Tell You Why." Soundbite cut: "If You Love Me." --Geoffrey Himes