Find a Way to Care | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | John Mayall |
Cover: | John Mayall - Find a Way to Care.png |
Genre: | Blues rock |
Length: | 46:30 |
Label: | Forty Below |
Producer: |
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Prev Title: | A Special Life |
Prev Year: | 2014 |
Next Title: | Talk About That |
Next Year: | 2017 |
Find a Way to Care is a studio album by British blues musician John Mayall, released on 4 September 2015 through Forty Below Records. It was produced by Mayall and Eric Corne and received positive reviews from critics.
Find a Way to Care received a score of 70 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. Uncut found there to be "no surprises" and wrote that it is "no classic, but a warm and well-produced set", while Mojo commented that "there's a synergy and rapport in the set's dozen tracks that reveals how deeply the new band has gelled with Mayall". Record Collectors Michael Heatley described it as "another excellent studio album of all-new material" that "the addition of a horn section" to "gives this album a different feel to its rootsier predecessor, while Mayall himself features more prominently on keyboards – a feature of the live shows".
David West of Classic Rock called Mayall's voice "a little rougher, a little thinner" but "crucially, Mayall still knows how to sell a song and he's backed by his regular band – guitarist Rocky Athas, bassist Greg Rzab and drummer Jay Davenport – who understand where to push forwards to fill the gaps and when to sit back". AllMusic's Thom Jurek opined that it is "a Mayall album that—uncharacteristically—focuses on his keyboard skills" and one that demonstrates that his "voice is beginning to show its age (on the slow tunes in particular), but he can still sing and shout clearly. Find a Way to Care doesn't break new ground, but it is exploratory."