This CD grabs your attention right from the outset with I Believe In Love and won’t let go until the very last note of the very last song God Is Watching, which is another great track by the way.
Rock music fans will recognize some of the well known contributors on the project including Roger Moutenot and Others plus a few other notables as well.
Overall Amen is an outstanding release. What I call must have music. I give it two thumbs up and is most definitely a worthy addition to any Rock collection. Truly an outstanding Rock CD. One of those that is completely void of any wasted time, as each track is simply superb.
While this entire album is really very good the truly standout tunes are track 3 - La Tonya, track 6 - Rhythm Of Life, and track 9 - God Is Watching.
My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - I Believe In Love. Wow!
Amen Release Notes:
Paula Cole originally released Amen on September 28, 1999 on the Warner Bros. Records label.
CD Track List Follows:
1. I Believe In Love 2. Amen - (with DJ Premier) 3. La Tonya 4. Pearl 5. Be Somebody - (with Tionne Watkins) 6. Rhythm Of Life 7. Free 8. Suwannee Jo 9. God Is Watching
Personnel: Paula Cole (vocals, electric guitar, clarinet, piano, Wurlitzer & Fender Rhodes pianos, Clavinet, Moog synthesizer, keyboards, Juno & Rhodes basses); Kevin Barry (acoustic, electric, baritone, hi-strung acoustic, electric baritone, Fillanoma, Leslie electric & electric sitar guitars, E-bow, mandolin); Greg Leisz (pedal steel guitar); Susan Jolles (harp); Tony Levin (electric & upright electric basses, Chapman stick); Jay Bellerose (drums, udu drum, wah drums, cocktail drum, crasher, sansamp crasher, shaker, tambourine); Alfredo Hidrovo (bongos, shaker); DJ Premier (scratches); Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins (background vocals). Recorded at Globe Studios, New York, New York.