St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Half The City
Label: | Single Lock Records – SL 003 |
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Country: | US |
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Genre: | Funk / Soul |
Style: | Rhythm & Blues, Soul |
Tracklist
| A1 | I'm Torn Up | 3:37 | |
| A2 | Don't Mean A Thing | 3:06 | |
| A3 | Call Me | 2:51 | |
| A4 | Like A Mighty River | 3:23 | |
| A5 | That Glow | 3:04 | |
| A6 | Broken Bones & Pocket Change | 3:47 | |
| B1 | Sugar Dyed | 2:28 | |
| B2 | Half The City | 3:17 | |
| B3 | Grass Is Greener | 4:14 | |
| B4 | Let It Be So | 3:19 | |
| B5 | Dixie Rothko | 3:32 | |
| B6 | It's Midnight | 2:31 |
Companies, etc.
- Copyright © – Single Lock Records
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Single Lock Records
- Recorded At – The NuttHouse
- Recorded At – Ol Elegante Studios
- Recorded At – Up And In Studio
- Mixed At – Fame Recording Studios
- Mastered At – Total Sonic Media
- Lacquer Cut At – Well Made Music
Credits
- Bass – Jesse Phillips
- Drums, Percussion – Andrew Lee (12)
- Guitar, Backing Vocals – Browan Lollar
- Lacquer Cut By – AJB*
- Mastered By – Steven Berson*
- Organ – Al Gamble
- Producer, Mixed By, Backing Vocals – Ben Tanner
- Recorded By – Ben Tanner, Les Nuby* (tracks: B1)
- Trombone, Tuba – Ben Griner
- Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Allen Bransetter
- Vocals – Paul Janeway
- Written-By – Jesse Phillips (tracks: A5, A6, B1), Paul Janeway (tracks: A5, A6, B1), St. Paul & The Broken Bones (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B6)
Notes
Includes printed inner sleeve and download coupon for entire album in MP3 format.
Recorded at The Nutthouse except "Sugar Dyed" was recorded at Ol' Elegante Studios. Additional overdubs recorded at Up and In Studio.
Mixed at FAME Studio A
© and ℗ 2014 Single Lock Records
Recorded at The Nutthouse except "Sugar Dyed" was recorded at Ol' Elegante Studios. Additional overdubs recorded at Up and In Studio.
Mixed at FAME Studio A
© and ℗ 2014 Single Lock Records
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 748252904409
- Matrix / Runout (Side A (Etched)): 13-1053X- A S̶L̶0̶0̶3̶-̶A̶ WMM AJB
- Matrix / Runout (Side B (Etched)): 13-1053X- B S̶L̶0̶0̶3̶-̶B̶ AJB WMM
Other Versions (5 of 9)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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New Submission | Half The City (CD, Album) | Single Lock Records | SL 003 | US | 2014 | ||
New Submission | Half The City (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Repress, Pink) | Single Lock Records | SL 003 | US | 2014 | ||
Recently Edited | Half The City (LP, Album) | Single Lock Records | SL 003 | US | 2014 | ||
New Submission | Half The City (CD, Album) | P-Vine Records | PCD-18777 | Japan | 2014 | ||
New Submission | Half The City (LP, Album, Reissue) | Single Lock Records | SL 003 | US | 2019 |
Recommendations
Reviews
This album is fantastic front to back! I have some noticeable surface noise on the last 3 songs of the B-Side but it isn’t too distracted where it pulls you out of the music.
This review is based on my listening experience using a custom built U-Turn Orbit turntable with a built in Pluto amplifier & a Ortofon 2M Red cartridge paired with Edifier R2000db powered speakers.
I’m not an audiophile by any stretch of the imagination but I’m an aspiring one.
The pressing is solid. Very, very quiet. The dynamics are a little less impressive than its silence but overall a good pressing!
As for the music, I think this is the Broken Bones’ most complete album — start to finish. I hate to say that because I’m a fan of all their work. But each time I hear Half the City, it’s simply a cut above. The most soul, the most polished funk, etc. It’s the Broken Bones at their best!
Love this record, definitely a prized possession in my collection.
Pretty good here...perfectly flat and silent wax.
Sound also well mixed, albeit just a tad flat...but the vocals still shine through.
Great experience all in all...of this doesn’t give you goosebumps, you’re dead.
Pick! Excellent record from a rising Birmingham talent. Paul Janeway is the answer to the corners of the music world that find their singers restrained. The devout background Janeway experienced growing up can be felt in his delivery which makes the record sound at times like a big-tent revival.
The Otis Redding influence is strong throughout, and in the best possible way. As a fan that listened to absolutely nothing but Otis for several years, I am not at all turned off by this expansion of the soul sound, which sounds nothing like Redding, and is similar only in approach.
Fans of this could look to Redding protege James Govan, the Capsoul and Prix labels of the seventies to explore other under-appreciated but essential soul documents.
The band is currently on tour, and well worth traveling to see.
Release
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