Mary Ann Redmond - Here I Am (2000)
BAND/ARTIST: Mary Ann Redmond
- Title: Here I Am
- Year Of Release: 2000
- Label: Spellbound Music
- Genre: Rock, Blues
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
- Total Time: 00:59:55
- Total Size: 370 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Cry Love
02. Because I Told You So
03. Enemy Lines
04. Stop in the Name of Love
05. Time Will Do the Talking
06. Man I Wanted
07. Man On a Mission
08. Here I Am
09. Alone but Not Lonely
10. (I Know) I'm Losing You
11. Out On a Limb
12. I've Been Loving You Too Long
13. You Don't Wanna Be With Me
When Mary Ann Redmond recorded Here I Am in 2000, she was a hot local attraction in the Washington, D.C., area. The expressive, whiskey-voiced singer wasn't well known nationally, but in and around D.C., people really swore by her. And listening to Here I Am, it isn't hard to understand why; this CD is an enriching example of what can happen when soul and rock intersect. All of Redmond's albums have some type of rock influence -- like Tina Turner, Redmond is a soulstress with rock leanings -- but Here I Am is especially rock-minded. Had this release come out in 1970 instead of 2000, it's quite possible that black radio would have responded to Redmond in much the same way that it responded to Ike and Tina Turner back then; in other words, some tracks would have enjoyed airplay on black radio, and some would have been considered "too rock." It's easy to envision the black radio of the late '60s and early '70s playing "Out on a Limb" or Redmond's version of the Supremes' "Stop in the Name of Love" (which she transforms into a slow, moody ballad). However, "Man on a Mission," the title track, and John Hiatt's "Cry Love" probably would have been considered "too rock" for black stations (just like some of Ike and Tina Turner's work). Regardless, Redmond is consistently soulful and funky. And while it is interesting to speculate on how Here I Am would have been received 25 or 30 years earlier, the fact is that Redmond isn't dealing with the '60s or '70s market -- she's dealing with the 21st century market. In 2000, this excellent album was well received in the D.C. area, although one hoped that Redmond would become as well known nationally as she was locally.
01. Cry Love
02. Because I Told You So
03. Enemy Lines
04. Stop in the Name of Love
05. Time Will Do the Talking
06. Man I Wanted
07. Man On a Mission
08. Here I Am
09. Alone but Not Lonely
10. (I Know) I'm Losing You
11. Out On a Limb
12. I've Been Loving You Too Long
13. You Don't Wanna Be With Me
When Mary Ann Redmond recorded Here I Am in 2000, she was a hot local attraction in the Washington, D.C., area. The expressive, whiskey-voiced singer wasn't well known nationally, but in and around D.C., people really swore by her. And listening to Here I Am, it isn't hard to understand why; this CD is an enriching example of what can happen when soul and rock intersect. All of Redmond's albums have some type of rock influence -- like Tina Turner, Redmond is a soulstress with rock leanings -- but Here I Am is especially rock-minded. Had this release come out in 1970 instead of 2000, it's quite possible that black radio would have responded to Redmond in much the same way that it responded to Ike and Tina Turner back then; in other words, some tracks would have enjoyed airplay on black radio, and some would have been considered "too rock." It's easy to envision the black radio of the late '60s and early '70s playing "Out on a Limb" or Redmond's version of the Supremes' "Stop in the Name of Love" (which she transforms into a slow, moody ballad). However, "Man on a Mission," the title track, and John Hiatt's "Cry Love" probably would have been considered "too rock" for black stations (just like some of Ike and Tina Turner's work). Regardless, Redmond is consistently soulful and funky. And while it is interesting to speculate on how Here I Am would have been received 25 or 30 years earlier, the fact is that Redmond isn't dealing with the '60s or '70s market -- she's dealing with the 21st century market. In 2000, this excellent album was well received in the D.C. area, although one hoped that Redmond would become as well known nationally as she was locally.
Blues | Rock | FLAC / APE
As a ISRA.CLOUD's PREMIUM member you will have the following benefits:
- Unlimited high speed downloads
- Download directly without waiting time
- Unlimited parallel downloads
- Support for download accelerators
- No advertising
- Resume broken downloads