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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0018964066727 Label: Flying Fish Records Manufacturer: Flying Fish Records MPN: 667 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Flying Fish Records Release Date: August 05, 1997 Studio: Flying Fish Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: Of course they're preachy--that's what preachers do. The long-running black women's a cappella group (plus an extra member who signs the songs in American Sign Language) is absolutely serious about their historically researched narratives of women and liberation: the struggle against oppression is serious business. But Bernice Johnson Reagon and the group she's led since 1973 also sing like the angels, with harmonies drawn from black American gospel and African traditional music, and when their voices fall to a charged hush, wailing and humming in solidarity, they're incredibly powerful. Selections draws on the group's first eight albums, including their long-out-of-print second disc, and it's almost all richly soulful and uplifting. --Douglas Wolk Average Rating:
 Rating: - Rich a cappella brew close to the soul of the human conditionTrue originals, with African, gospel, country blues, folk all mixed deep in their rich a cappella brew. Rough and sometimes raw interplay of voices has the resonance of a more desperate than joyful revival. Studio and live tracks. Disk 1. Polyphonic voices coalesce into communal rhythms, passion, determination, and remarkable beauty. Didactic, but who cares-everything else in the mix quickly shoves that aside. Raw cries from somewhere down deep and primeval, close to the soul of ... Read More Rating: - Underrated AccapellaArguably, the best accapella group, ever. Period. This retrospective of this dynamic group reflects their extensive vocal range (even sounding like ambulances on one track!) and their righteous goals: reaching back to honor and remember the past, while pushing feminist and peace-loving values foward. Absolutely, incomparable. If you've come upon this group's section by chance or Amazon recommendation, you are in luck. Please, pick them up. You won't be disappointed. Rating: - Delicious, perfect, and powerfulOh those voices.....deep harmonies, heavy rhythms, and rich timbres--just like angels. Sweet Honey in the Rock gives any song, both new and old, its own charm and artistry. I'd recommend this to anyone with a taste for beauty and strength. Rating: - Touches your soul.If you were touched by the civil rights movement, if you feel you are living in the 90's with a 60's political spirit, this album will touch you like no other. Sweet Honey kept, and keeps, that spirit alive. A wonderful retrospective of their work. "We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes" says it all. |
