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Oct 29, 2012Lone soul genius Cody ChesnuTT's in dazzling form on Landing on a Hundred, which must be the most impressive crowd-funded album ever.
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Jan 7, 2013Entertainment and enrichment are provided unsparingly.
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Nov 15, 2012It's a pleasure to listen to, and perhaps its sheer existence (thanks in part to crowdsourcing on Kickstarter) is a fact to be celebrated in itself
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MojoNov 21, 2012Landing On A Hundred is a strong comeback that hopefully won't be followed by another decade of silence. [Dec 2012, p.84]
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Q MagazineNov 21, 2012ChesnuTT's thrilling unorthodoxy remains in off-kilter arrangements and strange details. [Dec 2012, p.101]
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Nov 15, 2012Perhaps not a headphone masterpiece, but a generous slice of frank and thought-provoking tracks regardless.
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Oct 31, 2012His strength rests in an ability to blend the social and the political with the romantic and the coarse and not come off as self-righteous or phony.
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UncutOct 29, 2012This follow-up is cleaner, from the grand arrangements to the lyrics about true love rather than tits and ass, but is never bland. [Nov 2012, p.71]
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Oct 29, 2012[Landing on a Hundred Years is] a much leaner, concise collection of rich and soulful tunes that takes in the last 50 years of funk, soul and R&B, and catalyzes that history into something warm and vibrant, yet altogether fresh.
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Oct 29, 2012Whilst it's a shame we've had to wait the best part of a decade for this collection of songs there is rejoicing in the fact these have been released to the musical world. There is little that will trouble MTV playlist compilers but much to satisfy soul-deprived purists.
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Jan 24, 2013Revealing and inspiring, Landing on a Hundred bangs on the headphones, but sounds like a minor masterpiece on your speakers.
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Oct 30, 2012Landing On A Hundred never comes off like a work of mere pastiche, but it rarely sounds like something that only he would have made.
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Dec 18, 2012You don't have to know Cody ChesnuTT's back story to appreciate all this--the journey is right there in the lyrics.
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Oct 30, 2012It's a knowing classic-soul revision, with Mr. Chesnutt openly indulging his vocal debt to Marvin Gaye. Lyrically he's still reaching for raw emotion and ripe provocation.
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Oct 30, 2012Recorded live on the floor with his band, ChesnuTT's second album cuts the fat away for a lean, no-bullshit sweet soul program that hearkens back to the heyday of the O'Jays and Al Green.
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Oct 29, 2012It's not perfect... Overall, though, this is a long overdue, welcome comeback.
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Oct 30, 2012Landing is an apt reflection of an artist restarting after several years, but without sacrificing the eccentricity that initially made him such a compelling figure.
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Nov 9, 2012In cleaning up his act and focusing his attention on socially relevant soul music, ChesnuTT left behind some of the experimentation and sense of playfulness that initially made him so beguiling.
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Oct 29, 2012The Atlanta singer delivers soulful, socially conscious meditations.
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Oct 29, 2012Easy-going vintage soul that rolls magnificently on the ear.