Full Time Love Explained

Full Time Love
Type:studio
Artist:Ann Peebles
Cover:Full Time Love.jpg
Released:1992
Genre:Soul, R&B
Label:Bullseye Blues[1]
Producer:Ron Levy
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Full Time Love is an album by the American musician Ann Peebles, released in 1992.[2] [3] Peebles supported the album by touring with Otis Clay.[4]

Production

The album was produced by Ron Levy.[5] It marked a reunion between Peebles and the Hi Rhythm Section; the Memphis Horns also played on the album.[6] [7] About half the album's songs were cowritten by Peebles.[8] Peebles, working with her husband, Donald Bryant, wrote mostly in the studio, choosing to concentrate on positive topics.[9]

Critical reception

The Orlando Sentinel wrote that Levy "gives the album a bluesier feel than Peebles' old albums, and she shows plenty of blues feeling on Robert Ward's 'Fear No Evil' and Delbert McClinton's 'Read Me My Rights', a number floating on a wash of organ chords and embellished with horns and gospel-style piano."[10] Rolling Stone thought that "Peebles's small but steely voice has grown stronger, richer and more sinuous in the twenty-odd years since her last album."[11]

USA Today praised the "yearning reinterpretation of the Rolling Stones' 'Miss You' and [the] stark reprise of 'I Can't Stand the Rain'."[12] The Toronto Star called Peebles "like Tina Tuner without the raunch."[13] The Washington Post said that the songs "possess the same horn-driven sound that defined Memphis soul in the early '70s."[14]

AllMusic wrote: "Gritty, unpretentious and hard-hitting, this magnificent date throws pop and urban contemporary considerations to the wind and screams 'Memphis soul' in no uncertain terms."

Notes and References

  1. Album Reviews — Full Time Love by Ann Peebles . Billboard . May 16, 1992 . 104 . 20 . 45.
  2. Web site: Ann Peebles Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic. 2021-09-19. 2021-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921005324/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ann-peebles-mn0000921002/biography. live.
  3. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. September 19, 2003. Rough Guides. September 19, 2021. September 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210926231136/https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&pg=PA779. live.
  4. News: Mackie . John . Ann Peebles exemplifies the heart of soul . Vancouver Sun . 25 June 1992 . C6.
  5. Book: Komara, Edward M.. Encyclopedia of the Blues: K-Z, index. September 19, 2006. Taylor & Francis US. September 19, 2021. September 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210927054721/https://books.google.com/books?id=TURWt5WuQfEC&pg=PA751. live.
  6. News: They're Soul Survivors. Greg. Kot. Chicago Tribune.
  7. News: Birch . Helen . Southern soul survivor . The Guardian . 21 Nov 1992 . Features.
  8. News: Robins . Wayne . Ann Peebles: Back in the Spotlight . Newsday . 12 June 1992 . Weekend . 94.
  9. News: Mandel . Howard . Singer Ann Peebles Makes R&B Comeback . Morning Edition . NPR . Jul 27, 1992.
  10. News: Otis Clay and Ann Peebles. Parry. Gettelman. Orlando Sentinel.
  11. Palmer . Robert . Recordings — Full Time Love by Ann Peebles / I'll Treat You Right by Otis Clay . Rolling Stone . Jun 25, 1992 . 633 . 42.
  12. News: Shriver . Jerry . R&B . USA Today . 22 Apr 1992 . 6D.
  13. News: Chapman . Geoff . Fine collection of jazz divas a primer on the era since '54 . Toronto Star . 13 Feb 1993 . K12.
  14. News: Gilstrap . Peter . Soul . The Washington Post . 7 June 1992 . G3.

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