Onabule, Ola / Point Less
| Album: | Point Less | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Onabule, Ola | Added: | Sep 2019 | |
| Label: | Rugged Ram Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2019-10-30 | Pull Date: | 2020-01-01 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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| Week Ending: | Jan 5 | Dec 22 | Nov 17 | Nov 10 | Nov 3 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 14, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
So They Say, And Yet |
4. | Jan 02, 2020: | Brian Canada DEMO #2 (Mellow Fellow)
Conceive It |
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| 2. | Jan 07, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Conceive It |
5. | Jan 02, 2020: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
I Knew Your Father |
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| 3. | Jan 02, 2020: | Old Fart At Play
You Can't Depend On Love |
6. | Dec 31, 2019: | Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
The Old Story |
Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-10-23
Reviewed 2019-10-23
Reviewed: 2019-10-22
Genre: World
FCCs: none
Review: British-Nigerian singer/songwriter Onabulé is the whole package: a powerful, expressive singer and a striking songwriter, with incisive things to say about contemporary society. But always in a poetic way: he is no mere polemicist. His stylistic influences are broad—African, Latin, jazz, funk, soul and pop—and they combine in a completely natural fusion. There is considerable rhythmic variety in these tunes, ably handled by the entire cast of supporting musicians.
If You Like: Stevie Wonder, Yousou N’Dour, Femi Kuti
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Throwaway Notion – drums start> uptempo song> soaring guitar solo> uptempo song> slow fade
***2/ The Old Story – drums start> uptempo song with Latin vibe> chorus joins> vocal soars> piano/percussion duet> midtempo song mellows, then swings up> vocal soars with chorus> quick stop
*3/ Point Less – drums/piano starts> uptempo song slows to midtempo, then swings back up> pause> melody shift to midtempo song, then returns to original> guitar solo> midtempo song soars> slow fade
**4/ And Yet – piano starts> uptempo song> vocal soars with chorus> vocal slows to midtempo & organ solo, then swings back up> fade on vocal
5/ Exit Wound – vocal/percussion stars> uptempo song with hi-life vibe slows to midtempo> guitar solo> uptempo song with high-life vibe> quick stop
*6/ What The Heck – piano/bass start> uptempo song> vocal soars> slow fade
7/ Ballad Of The Star Crossed – piano starts> midtempo song with lovely melody morphs into midtempo song with different melody & soaring vocal> Rhodes solo> uptempo song soars with chorus> slow fade
*8/ I Knew Your Father – full band starts> uptempo song> guitar solo> uptempo song soars> fade on vocal
*9/ Sure Lere – drums start> uptempo song> vocal soars> sax solo> uptempo song> crescendo on vocal> uptempo song> fade on vocal
*10/ Tender Heart – guitar starts quietly> slow song> pause> swings up to midtempo> slow fade
***11/ Conceive It – guitar starts> uptempo song> vocal soars> instrumental break> uptempo song> quick stop
**12/ So They Say – vocal starts> slow song> pause> uptempo song> guitar solo> uptempo song> fade
*13/ Pas Famille – harmonica starts> scat singing> uptempo song> harmonica solo> uptempo song> quick stop
**14/ You Can’t Depend On Love – harmonica starts> midtempo song> vocal soars> harmonica/scat duet to quick stop on vocal
Genre: World
FCCs: none
Review: British-Nigerian singer/songwriter Onabulé is the whole package: a powerful, expressive singer and a striking songwriter, with incisive things to say about contemporary society. But always in a poetic way: he is no mere polemicist. His stylistic influences are broad—African, Latin, jazz, funk, soul and pop—and they combine in a completely natural fusion. There is considerable rhythmic variety in these tunes, ably handled by the entire cast of supporting musicians.
If You Like: Stevie Wonder, Yousou N’Dour, Femi Kuti
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
**1/ Throwaway Notion – drums start> uptempo song> soaring guitar solo> uptempo song> slow fade
***2/ The Old Story – drums start> uptempo song with Latin vibe> chorus joins> vocal soars> piano/percussion duet> midtempo song mellows, then swings up> vocal soars with chorus> quick stop
*3/ Point Less – drums/piano starts> uptempo song slows to midtempo, then swings back up> pause> melody shift to midtempo song, then returns to original> guitar solo> midtempo song soars> slow fade
**4/ And Yet – piano starts> uptempo song> vocal soars with chorus> vocal slows to midtempo & organ solo, then swings back up> fade on vocal
5/ Exit Wound – vocal/percussion stars> uptempo song with hi-life vibe slows to midtempo> guitar solo> uptempo song with high-life vibe> quick stop
*6/ What The Heck – piano/bass start> uptempo song> vocal soars> slow fade
7/ Ballad Of The Star Crossed – piano starts> midtempo song with lovely melody morphs into midtempo song with different melody & soaring vocal> Rhodes solo> uptempo song soars with chorus> slow fade
*8/ I Knew Your Father – full band starts> uptempo song> guitar solo> uptempo song soars> fade on vocal
*9/ Sure Lere – drums start> uptempo song> vocal soars> sax solo> uptempo song> crescendo on vocal> uptempo song> fade on vocal
*10/ Tender Heart – guitar starts quietly> slow song> pause> swings up to midtempo> slow fade
***11/ Conceive It – guitar starts> uptempo song> vocal soars> instrumental break> uptempo song> quick stop
**12/ So They Say – vocal starts> slow song> pause> uptempo song> guitar solo> uptempo song> fade
*13/ Pas Famille – harmonica starts> scat singing> uptempo song> harmonica solo> uptempo song> quick stop
**14/ You Can’t Depend On Love – harmonica starts> midtempo song> vocal soars> harmonica/scat duet to quick stop on vocal
Track Listing
| 1. | Throwaway Notion | 8. | I Knew Your Father | |||
| 2. | The Old Story | 9. | Sure Love | |||
| 3. | Point Less | 10. | Tender Heart | |||
| 4. | And Yet | 11. | Conceive It | |||
| 5. | Exit Wound | 12. | So They Say | |||
| 6. | What The Heck | 13. | Pas Famille | |||
| 7. | Ballad Of The Star Crossed | 14. | You Can't Depend On Love |