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Jul 7, 2016It’s all delivered with welcoming warmth and humility, over impeccably buttoned-down soul-funk grooves.
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Jul 21, 2016Bell’s voice and the warm Stax sound are intact. But--as is clear from the first lines of opening track The Three of Me, in which the narrator looks at past, present and future versions of himself--his mastery of the craft of songwriting is also undimmed.
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Jul 20, 2016With a voice as aching as this, William Bell continues to stand out as a Soul Survivor almost 80 years into a life that has seen The House win more times than he might hope.
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UncutJun 28, 2016The septuagenarian may not possess the range he once had, but Bell's voice wears the years gracefully. [Aug 2016, p.71]
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MojoJun 28, 2016William Bell has forgotten nothing, it seems, least of all how to make wonderful, eternal soul music. [Aug 2016, p.88]
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Jun 28, 2016Working with Leventhal has brought out the best in Bell, and 2016's This Is Where I Live is his strongest and most powerful work since the late '70s.
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Jun 28, 2016This is soul music with personality and real instruments; best of all, it’s unflinchingly honest.
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Positive: 5 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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Jul 24, 2016