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Music CD - Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals: Lifeline
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Music CD: Lifeline
Artist: Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $9.15
Your Save: $ 9.83 ( 52% )
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Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
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Tracks:
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1. Fight Outta You
2. In the Colors
3. Fool For a Lonesome Train
4. Needed You Tonight
5. Having Wings
6. Say You Will
7. Younger Than Today
8. Put It On Me
9. Heart Of Matters
10. Paris Sunrise #7
11. Lifeline
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094639338528
Label: Virgin Records Us
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Virgin Records Us
Release Date: 2007-08-28
Studio: Virgin Records Us
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: 4-1/2 stars -- Saved!
Comment: Perhaps I was a little harsh when I gave Ben Harper's last album Both Sides of the Gun a three-star rating. The problem I had with that album was that, well, I realize that Ben changes his style quite often (especially evident by sometimes doing collaborations with different backing bands for entire albums), but the songs on that album were a little TOO different from one another. Thankfully, things flow more smoothly on Lifeline.
Ben hooked back up with the Innocent Criminals this time around, and it's a good thing he did because the songs are excellent. Well, actually, the album's opener "Fight Outta You" has him singing in a very unorthodoxly low voice, but if you skip past that, you'll find quality in tunes like "Fool for a Lonesome Train", "Heart of Matters" and "Younger Than Today". And although "Needed You Tonight" isn't spiritual, the vocals still take me back to the There Will Be a Light days.
The instrumental track "Paris Sunrise #7" is also good, even better when it successfully flows into the title track. You won't need a lifeline to help you find great music after hearing this album, so check it out.
Anthony Rupert
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Summary: these guys are great
Comment: My friends introduced me to Ben Harper's remake of Sexual Healing, and his killer tune Steal My Kisses. This is the first CD I bought and it's upbeat and happy. I love it. I'm going to buy more.
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Summary: MODERN WITH A CLASSIC FEEL
Comment: I ABSOULTLEY LOVE THIS C.D. I HEAR THE INFLUENCE OF AL GREEN AND HINTS OF THE GREAT BOB DYLAN. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS C.D. BRINGS A MODERN SONG WITH A CLASSIC FEEL...I JUST LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
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Summary: Winner of MY FAVORITE CD OF THE YEAR
Comment: Okay, so I can't bestow a prize on Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. But I would if I could! I loved this CD. It's in continual rotation on my CD player. I know all the songs by heart. And boy is my heart happy! Yes, I'm a fan, as anyone who knows me is fully aware. This band's music speaks to me. Maybe it's because their sound is kind of retro, kind of today, kind of universal. I love all kinds of music, just so it moves me emotionally. The music and words of LIFELINE definitely do that. Was it nominated for a Grammy? If not, it SHOULD have been! As a couple of other reviewers have said: It's music to groove to. You rock, guys!
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Summary: Superb!
Comment: Ben & The Criminals have exceeded themselves. Richer, fuller sounds. Nice background vocals. Harmonies. All great. Song #1 ("Fight Outta You") is probably my least favorite, but after several listenings, I found that it's really the beginning of that song that I don't like. Even with that, it all builds from there. "In the Colors"...superb. "Needed You Tonight"...outstanding. "Having Wings"...profound. "Younger Than Today"...even more profound. "Lifeline"...meaningful. I've recommended or purchased this CD for many of my friends, some who have never heard of Ben Harper...all have been satisfied.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Eight albums in just over a dozen years: validation that Ben Harper--mind or body--rarely rests, be it on the road with backing jam band the Innocent Criminals or buried in a studio, where the gifted singer-songwriter lays down his brand of peace-chanting, love-tilting music. His latest is lighter on the rock, with a greater emphasis on gospel, blues, and deeply burning soul. Harper isn't concerned about letting listeners inside that soul, confessing in the title track, "I don't want to wait a lifetime/Yours or mine." The solo acoustic closer is classic wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve, a trait that seems to drift in and out of songs like the ominous ballad "Younger than Today," which remembers earlier days being better days, or its mood-opposite "Say You Will," where the exultance of a flamboyant piano and gospel backing vocals offset cheesy lines such as "love you like a candle loves a flame." The latter is a standout, along with the bluesy opener "Fight Outta You"; the island-splashed "In the Colors," which recalls early-'70s Van Morrison; and "Put It on Me," with its brilliant lyric, "She cuts cherry pie when she looks you in the eye." All eyes, as his legion builds, are on Ben Harper. All ears, too. --Scott Holte Ben Harper Photos More from Ben Harper
Both Sides of the Gun | 
Diamonds on the Inside | 
Fight for Your Mind | 
Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 
Ben Harper and the Blind Boys of Alabama: Live at the Apollo | 
Pleasure & Pain |
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