Track Listing
1. Door
2. Loola Loo
3. It Hurts Me Too
4. Come On Back
5. Stand Up And Be Strong
6. Anyway
7. Don't You Know
8. It's All Coming Back To Me Now
9. Gimme Watcha Got
10. Mommy Can I Come Home
11. Change
12. Beginning
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Russ Titelman | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Keb' Mo' (vocals, guitar); Scarlet Rivera (violin); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards); Reggie McBride (bass); Steve Jordan, Jim Keltner (drums).Engineers: Mark Johnson, Hans Leibert, Dave O'Donnell.Recorded at Groove Masters, Santa Monica, California; Stu Stu Studio, Marina Del Rey, California; The Secret Studio and Right Track Recording, New York, New York.THE DOOR was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.For his fourth album, California native Keb' Mo' continues down his same creative path, weaving traditional country blues with more contemporary pop sounds. Content to leave guitar histrionics to young bucks like Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the former Kevin Moore instead uses his skill with a National Steel guitar to give his material a texture like smooth sippin' whiskey.Keb' Mo's most endearing quality is a laid-back persona that fits comfortably like a worn pair of jeans. This molasses-slow delivery works particularly well on the uplifting title track of spiritual renewal, and the laconic "It's All Coming Back," which features jazzy guitar chords and George Benson-like scatting. He demonstrates a sure hand in covering a wide range of human emotion and social situations, including the sad scenarios of class barriers ("Anyway") and poignant heartbreak ("Come On Back"). Elsewhere, he shows off his sassy side with the slyly ribald "Gimme What You Got," complete with funky licks buoyed by bouncy brass and string arrangements, in addition to a weird, Eurodisco-like cover of Elmore James' "It Hurts Me Too," dripping with slide guitar.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...His 4th and best album....he displays the uncommon naturalness that is central to his appeal as both a singer and 6-string guitarist...
Down Beat (12/01/2000)
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