Black Is Soul Vol.1 & 2 - Various Artists

Advantages: Soulful, genuine, funky, rare
Disadvantages: None

...Knight). But don’t let this hitherto anonymity of the artists put you off. With no reputation to cement or live up to, there are fourteen women here who are singing for their supper. 1968-1974 was, for soul music, a golden age when ideas were in abundance and the merest groan or howl of a black female on vinyl had the artist tagged as a diva. Everything here is impossibly funky. With some of the beats and the rhythms, you can see how the sampling culture of late 80s hip-hop artists caught on so rapidly: there is much booty here for those crate diggers. So what of the individual tracks? Well with so much attitude going on here, I’ve marked the tracks out of five and, due to the constant message of these tracks, I have given a YKSMIWSS (You Know She Means It When She Sings) reference too. Hold onto your afros, we... Read review

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Advantages: A good mix of songs
Disadvantages: Doesnt help you get through the housework

...A cd thats a couple of years old now but still fun to listen to. I mean this cd says its meant to help you through the housework but I personally dont think it really does,if anything it distracts you,because you just start singing along to all the great tracks this album has to offer, you get caught up in the music and completely lose track of what you were doing - maybe a good thing in a way :-) Housework vol 1 is a double album that has some cracking songs that you just dont seem to hear on the radio anymore such as The Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda and Don McLeans - American Pie. The songs on this album just make you feel good and really help to lift your spirits,but I honestly think its marketed wrong,this is a feel good album for anyone just not people doing the housework.I dont think the title of the album really represents... Read review

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Advantages: Contains classic artists such as Odyssey, Brothers Johnson and Diana Ross
Disadvantages: Is a populist take on the disco era.

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Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful