I got to see Corey Glover perform last weekend at My Father's Place in Roslyn. He is on a small tour with The Soul Experience, his side project away from Living Colour. The show was fantastic, heavy on soul covers by the likes of Bobby Womack, Sly Stone, Al Green and more. But Glover also performed tracks from his 1998 solo record "Hymns," an album, that quite frankly, did little for me upon its release. Yet, I loved every song he performed.
So, I went back to "Hymns" and one song in, I remembered what I didn't like. It was that opening track, a loud, third rate Living Colour retread that just doesn't work either musically or vocally. Maybe I turned myself off in 1998, because what followed was some truly wonderful soul music, much like what I heard live a few days ago, and all of it seemed new to me.
Glover introduced each song from "Hymns" with a joke about how no one will know this one, "because no one bought the damn record!" He then dialed it up on Spotify and begged the audience to listen now because he "could use the 3 1/2 cents."
All that aside, "Hymns" is a damn good record, worthy of a revisit. Skip "Do You First" if you need to. Just don't give up on the record because most of it is nothing like that opener.
And if Corey is in your town, go see him. You will have a great time.
3 comments:
I never got into In Living Color and didn't even know that Corey Gkover had any solo material but if the album (excepting the first track warning) is anything like these 4 tracks, I'm in.
The soulful sounds are quite surprising and enjoyable.
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