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Turn Me Loose by Ledisi

Ledisi

Turn Me Loose

Release Date: Aug 18, 2009

Genre(s): R&B

Record label: Verve Forecast

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Album Review: Turn Me Loose by Ledisi

Great, Based on 3 Critics

AllMusic - 80
Based on rating 8/10

Following Lost & Found, an album that earned Ledisi a pair of Grammy nominations, Turn Me Loose partially roots itself in the singer's past work and otherwise branches out from it. The album's title, as well as its cover, indicates a new, brash direction -- one that makes up only a portion of the set. Throughout the opening "Runnin," "Knockin'," and stretches of a couple other songs -- not to mention a charging, howling cover of Buddy Miles' "Them Changes" -- Ledisi and her band deliver rocking funk that cooks as hot as Labelle's "Messin' with My Mind" and "What Can I Do for You," or anything by Van Hunt.

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PopMatters - 70
Based on rating 7/10

Turn Me Loose probably should be called Turn Back the Clock for all the retro soul moves Ledisi makes. But then again, she makes everything old new again with a fresh attitude and state-of-the-art production. No, we’re not talking the Pointer Sisters. Ledisi burns up the grooves, rather than putting them through an aerobic workout.

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The New York Times
Opinion: Very Good

Ledisi For the R&B singer-songwriter Ledisi change is good even when it hurts, and there’s no point in resisting it anyway. “Turn Me Loose” (Verve Forecast), due out Tuesday, is her dissertation on the subject, inspired less by a recent presidential slogan than by a distant blues-rock anthem ….

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