'Soul 2' by Seal

I never thought I’d be anxious for a Seal CD to come out. Before ‘Kiss from a Rose’, I didn’t know who he was.

But in 2008, Seal came out with ‘Soul’ and he covered great songs from the 60s. I thought it was brilliant. 

When I heard he was doing it again with ‘Soul 2’, I actually got excited.

After giving it a listen yesterday, he killed it again with a more contemporary collection of soul classics from the 70s.

Spinners, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Major Harris, O’Jays. All of them, and more, got the special Seal treatment with creative arrangements and lush orchestration (it’s so nice to hear real instruments).

I had heard ‘Wishing on a Star’ on the radio a few times but didn’t know it was Seal until yesterday.

If you like the old school soul crooners, you can’t help but to like the songs Seal choose to redo. Obviously, his voice isn’t as good as some of the originals, but the entertainment value of this CD ranks extremely high on my list.

Give it a listen and tell me what you think.