The most deeply soulful record we’ve ever heard from Shawn Lee — a massive tribute to the soul sounds of the 60s and 70s, served up with help from a host of hip singers who include Darondo, Nicole Willis, Karime Kendra, and Fanny Franklin! Lee’s grooves are as funky as ever, but the instrumentation’s also a bit fuller too — touched with elements of 60s Motown, Memphis, and Muscle Shoals — produced perfectly, and delivered with a depth that we hardly would have expected from Shawn a few short years ago! The album’s a real revelation — one that grabs us with a similar surprise as Jazzanova’s excellent Of All The Things — which is another set that gets a classic soul sound as right as this one. Most tracks are Lee originals, but so well penned, you’d swear they were 60s soul tracks you’d forgotten about — titles that include “Soul In The Hole”, “Land Of Soul”, “Too Tired To Sleep”, “Playboy Bunny”, “Time To Say Goodbye”, “The Stuff”, “Something”, “Whatever Side You’re On”, and “Jigsaw”.
Shawn Lee - Soul in the hole
1. Soul in the Hole
2. Jigshaw
3. Land of Soul
4. Too Tired to Sleep
5. Something
6. Whatever Side You're On
7. Cruel Women
8. Stay Away from Me
9. Playboy Bunny
10. Time to Say Goodbye
11. Stuff
