Jimmy Needham - Not Without Love
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Not Without Love
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Album
Released:
19 Aug 2008 (US), 01 Sep 2008 (UK)
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I could review this album very easily and use a few lines to sum up the sound, but that would make me a poor, yet honest, reviewer. If you're as busy as me and only checking out this review because you've never seen a Christian album cover with a man wearing a cool funky hat before(above), then here it is. Are you into American pop/rock/funk which sounds a bit like Maroon 5 or James Morrison? If yes, then Jimmy Needham's "Not Without Love" album is for you! (Obviously if I left the review like that, you'd all agree with me....
Read More I could review this album very easily and use a few lines to sum up the sound, but that would make me a poor, yet honest, reviewer. If you're as busy as me and only checking out this review because you've never seen a Christian album cover with a man wearing a cool funky hat before(above), then here it is. Are you into American pop/rock/funk which sounds a bit like Maroon 5 or James Morrison? If yes, then Jimmy Needham's "Not Without Love" album is for you! (Obviously if I left the review like that, you'd all agree with me. So let's dig a bit deeper...)
The first track "Come Around" is a great funky (I think that word will come up more than once in this review) sounding tune, with creative lyrics and a beautiful guitar playing funky blues. The second track "A Breath Or Two" has a much faster moving lyrical feel. You really do have to listen to get all the lyrics. The only negative on this track I thought, is that the verse and chorus are very similar.
The more and more I hear this album, the more I think it sounds like a James Morrison album. (I know I always do this in reviews, compare albums to another sound. I try not to put them into a certain box, but sadly we all do it)."Not Without Love" is definitely a summer album with a summer feel, so go and buy it and stick it away for a few months. Then when you're having a party in the garden, getting onto a plane to somewhere hot or laying by the pool, have this album with you. The best song on it for the summer has got to be "Firefly". Such a funky song! (I told you that word would come up again!)
I do think that at times the album is very similar between tracks, but to sum it all up, it's got it's creative moments and it's 'summery' feel, so when you're on your way to a festival with all your mates in the car, make sure this is the album pumpin' out of your stereo while the sun's beating down on you.If I had to describe this album in one word...surprise surprise...it would be 'FUNKY'.
Review by Jono Davies
Jono's rating 4 out of 5 stars
Stand out tracks
Firefly
The Author
Come Around
