Vanessa Freeman - Shades FLAC

Vanessa Freeman Chillifunk Records Downtempo 2004

Genre:	Electronic
Performer:	Vanessa Freeman
Title:	Shades
Style:	Downtempo
Date of release:	May 2004
Label:	Chillifunk Records
Catalog Number:	CFCD 015
Country:	UK
FLAC album size:	1281 mb
MP3 album size:	1923 mb

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Tracklist

1	Notice Me	6:36
2	Who Are You	3:48
3	The Way	4:19
4	Show Me	4:13
5	This Love	4:13
6	Shades	5:16
7	Life Line	3:57
8	Little Girl Vocals – A-Cyde	2:09
9	Dawning Of A New Day Vocals – D.T.X.	4:15
10	Cover Me	3:43
11	Hang Tight	4:29
12	Fresh & Wild	4:54

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CFCD015J	Vanessa Freeman	Shades ‎(CD, Album)	Chillifunk Records	CFCD015J	Japan	2004
none	Vanessa Freeman	Shades ‎(CD, Album, Promo, Pap)	Chillifunk Records	none	UK	Unknown

Credits

Backing Vocals – Izzi Dunn (tracks: 1 to 6, 11, 12), Rasiyah (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 8, 10 to 12)
Keyboards – Kaidi Tatham (tracks: 4, 5), Mark De Clive-Lowe (tracks: 8, 12)
Producer – Phil Asher

Notes

Track 12 ends at 2:40 and a hidden track, "Veronique," begins at 3:10

Video

Yanki

After being a supporting player for so long, Vanessa Freeman finally comes into her own with her solo album, _Shades_. Ably assisted by Phil Asher, Freeman sings with strength and soul, showing why she's such a hot commodity. The mellow and funky "Show Me" and "Veronique" have nice, emotive qualities to them, while "The Way" and the title track edge towards broken beat jazz. And while her vocals soar throughout the tracks, I think a few of the musical offerings don't stand up to her power: "Hang Tight" sounds much too typical; "Cover Me" sounds a little too thin to be appropriately funky; and "Life Line" is just a hot mess. But luckily, the electro vibe of "This Love" manages to be spry and groovy, and "Notice Me," has some interesting string action going on that gives it a different texture. So just as Freeman shows the different shades in her voice, this album as a whole has different shades of quality.