Album
A Perfect Contradiction
2014 · Hip Hop, Funk / Soul
Rare pressing on Gatefold
A Perfect Contradiction is a Soul & Funk album by Paloma Faith, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 16 pressings tracked.
About
Paloma Faith has always distinguished herself from her sisterhood of British belters (Adele, et al) with her penchant for retro revivalism, and on her third record she casts a wide net, nodding to '50s doo-wop, '60s Motown, and '70s disco and funk. "Can't Rely On You," cowritten by Pharrell Williams, is a fiery soul-funk workout, and "Mouth to Mouth" is a disco dance party, as befits a tune cowritten by Raphael Saadiq. But it's the towering, wall-of-sound ballad "Only Love Can Hurt Like This," penned by the legendary Dianne Warren, that anchors the record, highlighting Faith's powerhouse vocals as well as her stellar taste in retro-futurist aesthetics.
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Tracklist
- 1Can't Rely On You3:15
- 2Mouth to Mouth4:23
- 3Take Me3:10
- 4Only Love Can Hurt Like This3:52
- 5Other Woman3:08
- 6Taste My Own Tears3:02
- 7Trouble With My Baby3:00
- 8The Bigger You Love (The Harder You Fall)3:01
- 9Impossible Heart4:31
- 10Love Only Leaves You Lonely4:31
- 11It's the Not Knowing3:29
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Contemporary R&B
- polished
- celebratory
- soulful
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Paloma FaithVOCALS BACKING VOCALS VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS
- AC BurrellARRANGED BY
- Adele PentlandVOCALS
- Adrian RevellSAXOPHONE
- Aisha SheerenaVOCALS
- Aisha ShreenaBACKING VOCALS
- Al CherryGUITAR
- Alexis ConstantinouVOCALS
- Alison DodsVIOLIN
- Amanda DrummondVIOLA
- Andrea GoldsworthyDOUBLE BASS ELECTRIC UPRIGHT BASS
- Andrea MartinBACKING VOCALS WRITTEN-BY, BACKING VOCALS
- Angela PrinceVOCALS
- Anna SzaboVIOLIN
- Aristote "Darkness" SilvaPROGRAMMED BY
- Artyom ManukyanCELLO
- B.B. BanksGUITAR, PERCUSSION
- Baby N'SolaBACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 16 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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