Bradley, Charles / Victim Of Love
| Album: | Victim Of Love | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Bradley, Charles | Added: | Mar 2013 | |
| Label: | Daptone Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2013-04-21 | Pull Date: | 2013-06-23 |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 23 | Jun 16 | Jun 2 | May 19 | May 12 | May 5 | Apr 28 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 22, 2020: | Some Songs Without Words
Confusion |
4. | Jun 12, 2013: | Pumping Iron
Strictly Reserved For You |
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| 2. | May 17, 2016: | does radio suck?
Victim Of Love |
5. | Jun 10, 2013: | no way to say
You Put The Flame On It |
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| 3. | Jun 22, 2013: | Training the Fixities of the Balance Beam, by Nanchester Rutt
Victim Of Love |
6. | May 30, 2013: | The Sunset Life
Where Do We Go From Here |
Album Review
DJ Away
Reviewed 2013-04-16
Reviewed 2013-04-16
Soul
Charles Bradley is 64, and this is his second album. Here the “Screaming Eagle of Soul” focuses on love songs, mostly moving away from the social and personal themes that gave his debut much of its cathartic gravity. Still, the backing of the Menahan Street Band and Bradley’s devastating vocal delivery make this a powerful set of performances. Favorites: 1, 3, 4, 7. No FCCs.
1. *(3:43)—Slow, funky, sunny, longing. “Let’s go somewhere / where I don’t care.”
2. (3:49)—Mid-tempo, bouncy, swinging, joyful. “All I need is you.”
3. *(3:59)—Really slow, nocturnal, sad, overflowing with reverb.
4. *(3:29)—Slow acoustic guitar, shaker, reverb-heavy background group vocals. Bradley’s in pain. Some real screaming here.
5. (3:00)—Slow, funky, spy movie sound. Sort of silly but fun.
6. (3:21)—Medium-slow instrumental. What a fantastically melancholy funk (in both senses of the word).
7. *(3:45)—Mid-tempo. Really trippy intro. Gnarly bass, lots of echo. Kind of a space-noir feel.
8. (3:11)—Medium-slow. Retains a bit of the spaced-out sound from the previous track.
9. (3:55)—Medium-slow, lush, bluesy, bombastic, tear-jerking ballad.
10. (3:32)—Slow, funky, and crisp. Handclaps and prominent backing vocals.
11. (4:42)—Slow, driving. Shimmering electric guitar and fingerpicked acoustic.
Charles Bradley is 64, and this is his second album. Here the “Screaming Eagle of Soul” focuses on love songs, mostly moving away from the social and personal themes that gave his debut much of its cathartic gravity. Still, the backing of the Menahan Street Band and Bradley’s devastating vocal delivery make this a powerful set of performances. Favorites: 1, 3, 4, 7. No FCCs.
1. *(3:43)—Slow, funky, sunny, longing. “Let’s go somewhere / where I don’t care.”
2. (3:49)—Mid-tempo, bouncy, swinging, joyful. “All I need is you.”
3. *(3:59)—Really slow, nocturnal, sad, overflowing with reverb.
4. *(3:29)—Slow acoustic guitar, shaker, reverb-heavy background group vocals. Bradley’s in pain. Some real screaming here.
5. (3:00)—Slow, funky, spy movie sound. Sort of silly but fun.
6. (3:21)—Medium-slow instrumental. What a fantastically melancholy funk (in both senses of the word).
7. *(3:45)—Mid-tempo. Really trippy intro. Gnarly bass, lots of echo. Kind of a space-noir feel.
8. (3:11)—Medium-slow. Retains a bit of the spaced-out sound from the previous track.
9. (3:55)—Medium-slow, lush, bluesy, bombastic, tear-jerking ballad.
10. (3:32)—Slow, funky, and crisp. Handclaps and prominent backing vocals.
11. (4:42)—Slow, driving. Shimmering electric guitar and fingerpicked acoustic.
Track Listing
| 1. | Strictly Reserved For You | 7. | Confusion | |||
| 2. | You Put The Flame On It | 8. | Where Do We Go From Here | |||
| 3. | Let Love Stand A Chance | 9. | Crying In The Chapel | |||
| 4. | Victim Of Love | 10. | Hurricane | |||
| 5. | Love Bug Blues | 11. | Through The Storm | |||
| 6. | Dusty Blue | . |