On Breakfast in Bed, Joan Osborne pays homage to the great Soul and R&B songs of the late '60s and early '70s with "sass and sensitivity," says amazon.com's Ben Heege. "Long an underappreciated artist, Osborne is a performer with the wisdom to exercise vocal restraint for an effect . . . and witness her contribution to the terrific 2002 film Standing in the Shadows of Motown, where Osborne's astute readings of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Heatwave" outshone performers like Ben Harper and Gerald Levert (happily, both songs are included here). The title track and Hall and Oates' "Sara Smile" are both canny choices that play to her strengths in delivering credible blue-eyed soul, and six new Osborne-penned songs fit neatly into the record. If her compositions pale a bit next to the classics she covers (with the sultry and slithery exception of the excellent "Eliminate the Night"), give Osborne credit for bravely placing herself side-by-side with songwriting luminaries like Holland-Dozier-Holland and Bill Withers."
(released: May 22, 2007)
tracks listing: 01. I've Got To Use My Imagination 02. Ain't No Sunshine 03. Midnight Train To Georgia 04. Baby Is A Butterfly 05. Breakfast In Bed 06. Cream Dream 07. Natural High 08. Heart Of Stone 09. Sara Smile 10. Eliminate The Night 11. Break Up To Make Up 12. I Know What's Goin' On 13. Alone With You 14. Kiss And Say Goodbye 15. Heat Wave 16. What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted
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