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After The Rain (CD)

By: Irma Thomas (Artist)

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Irma Thomas Artist Snapshot:

Irma Thomas was justifiably bestowed with the moniker "Soul Queen of New Orleans," thanks to a string of 1960s classics that included "Time is On My Side" and "Ruler of My Heart." Thomas was never as commercially successful as the better-known women of soul music's golden era, but she is nonetheless a beloved figure among soul music devotees, having recorded with some of the finest songwriters and producers in music history, and she has remained a source of deep pride and inspiration for the Crescent City. In 2006, Thomas released AFTER THE RAIN, an album steeped in both the deep sadness and the gritty resilience of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.

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DISC 1 for After The Rain (CD) Album By Irma Thomas (Artist)
1   In The Middle Of It All
2   Flowers
3   I Count The Tears
4   Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
5   I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
6   If You Knew How Much
7   Another Man Done Gone
8   Till I Can't Take It Anymore
9   These Honey Do's
10   Another Lonely Heart
11   Soul Of A Man
12   Stone Survivor
13   Shelter In The Rain
 

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Review

Living Blues (p.36) - "It's perhaps the most subtle recording of her long career....The use of acoustic bass, in place of the usual electric, also helps give the proceedings a laid-back feel."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The songs] have taken on an added poignancy....Brimming with perspicacity and faith."

Title Note

Personnel: Irma Thomas (vocals); Dirk Powell (electric guitar, fiddle); Sonny Landreth (slide guitar); David Torkanowsky (electric piano, Hammond b-3 organ); James Singleton (acoustic bass); Stanton Moore (drums); Charles "Chucky C" Elam, III, Marc Broussard, Juanita Brooks (background vocals).

Although Irma Thomas reportedly chose the songs for her 2006 album, AFTER THE RAIN, prior to Hurricane Katrina's devastation of her hometown of New Orleans, there is simply no avoiding the specter of that disaster as it looms over the performances on this collection. The very best R&B has always been built around both a response to heartache and a refusal to be defeated by it, and that notion is clearly evident in Thomas's moving, soul-deep renderings of the 13 tracks here. Standouts include her take on Arthur Alexander's aching "In the Middle of it All"; a spare, bluesy reading of Blind Willie Johnson's "Soul of a Man"; and the simple, gospel-tinged piano-driven closer, "Shelter in the Rain."

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