Paul Cox – Real World + Five Live (Note Records).
Paul Cox’s latest album, his third for highly acclaimed British label Note Records, confirms his status as one of the country’s leading blues/soul vocalists. Al Green’s Are You Lonely is a soulful R&B opener and Cox’s vocal is as good as ever. He has that ability to bend notes and the tonal quality is excellent. Hold On To Your Dreams is a ballad where the power comes through and shows that he is one of the best in the genre. Real World is sung in a Joe Cocker style. This is a classy, blue-eyed soul/rock crossover. Already Gone is a slow piano bar blues. He gives us highs and lows and goes from a lion to a lamb within a few bars. Paper Thin is a rocker and allows Cox to let rip. He shows that he has many facets to his voice on this John Hiatt song. Ain’t Gonna Be The First To Cry is another classy, tight soul/blues and is followed by the funky R&B of Heart Of Stone. You’re Born, You Live, You Die is a barroom blues with the welcome addition of slide guitar.
Walk In The Dark brings us more soulful tones from the big man. Derek Nash’s sax solo is worthy of a mention too. Cox’s passionate vocal comes through loud and clear on Sam Cooke’s Change Is Gonna Come, a soul/gospel effort. Allen Toussaint’s blues rocker, Brickyard Blues (Play Something Sweet), has Chris Farlow-esque tones. Rolling Back The Years has a big sax influence over the shuffling R&B. The live version of Change Is Gonna Come is a big, bold statement of his vocal talent. Three further live tracks, John Mayall’s Walking On Sunset and Van Morrison’s Nation Son and Caravan provide the full gamut of Cox’s style – jaunty party blues, adult rock with incisive guitar fills and blue-eyed soul. He finishes with BB King’s The Thrills Gone, a classic tune given a staccato guitar treatment by John Slaughter. Cox gives it his own personality and surely he has to have one of the best voices in the business.
http://www.note-music.co.uk/
David Blue.
Paul Cox’s latest album, his third for highly acclaimed British label Note Records, confirms his status as one of the country’s leading blues/soul vocalists. Al Green’s Are You Lonely is a soulful R&B opener and Cox’s vocal is as good as ever. He has that ability to bend notes and the tonal quality is excellent. Hold On To Your Dreams is a ballad where the power comes through and shows that he is one of the best in the genre. Real World is sung in a Joe Cocker style. This is a classy, blue-eyed soul/rock crossover. Already Gone is a slow piano bar blues. He gives us highs and lows and goes from a lion to a lamb within a few bars. Paper Thin is a rocker and allows Cox to let rip. He shows that he has many facets to his voice on this John Hiatt song. Ain’t Gonna Be The First To Cry is another classy, tight soul/blues and is followed by the funky R&B of Heart Of Stone. You’re Born, You Live, You Die is a barroom blues with the welcome addition of slide guitar.
Walk In The Dark brings us more soulful tones from the big man. Derek Nash’s sax solo is worthy of a mention too. Cox’s passionate vocal comes through loud and clear on Sam Cooke’s Change Is Gonna Come, a soul/gospel effort. Allen Toussaint’s blues rocker, Brickyard Blues (Play Something Sweet), has Chris Farlow-esque tones. Rolling Back The Years has a big sax influence over the shuffling R&B. The live version of Change Is Gonna Come is a big, bold statement of his vocal talent. Three further live tracks, John Mayall’s Walking On Sunset and Van Morrison’s Nation Son and Caravan provide the full gamut of Cox’s style – jaunty party blues, adult rock with incisive guitar fills and blue-eyed soul. He finishes with BB King’s The Thrills Gone, a classic tune given a staccato guitar treatment by John Slaughter. Cox gives it his own personality and surely he has to have one of the best voices in the business.
http://www.note-music.co.uk/
David Blue.
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