2:35 PM

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:48:29
Personnel includes: Calvin Richardson (vocals); Raphael Saadiq (guitar, bass); Patrick Park (guitar); Kevin Wooten (keyboards); Jake & The Phatman (drums, percussion); Erik Walls (programming). Producers include: Slum Village, Raphael Saadiq, Mike City. Personnel: Slum Village (rap vocals); Spanky, Patrick Park, Raphael Saadiq (guitar); Charles Veal, The South Central Chamber Orchestra (strings); Kelvin Wooten (keyboards); Jake & the Phatman (drums); Jake And Trev, Mike City (programming). Audio Mixers: Gerry Brown ; Jake And Trev; Charles "Prince Charles" Alexander ; "You Can Ask" Giz; Peter Mokran. Photographer: Anthony Mandler. Arranger: Jake And Trev. With tinges of gospel, Calvin Richardson channels the ghost of soulsters past on 2:35 P.M., his second solo record. While his vocal style--with its lilting turns, sensual grooves, and underlying quiet desperation--is hauntingly akin to Jodeci, his lifelong friends from North Carolina, there's a certain anachronistic flair, a subtle sincerity giving Richardson originality, saving him from drowning in the sea of soul mediocrity. Furthermore, Richardson proves himself a stalwart songwriter. The album opens with "Keep on Pushin'," a charmingly pleading, organ-soaked number that wouldn't feel out of place in the Otis Redding catalogue, and injects a bit of 1990s harmonies into a basic Motown ballad on the following track, "Falling Out." The crooner shifts to more conventional modern R&B later on the album, but he retains the spirit of music gone by. Often Richardson comes up with the most fetching hybrid concoctions such as "More Than a Woman" (not the Tavares/Bee Gees song, but from the same mold) and the unwavering "You Got Me High," which features a seamless appearance by rap troupe Slum Village.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)