Soul II Soul feat. Caron Wheeler - Back To Life

[VoR]

I mean, this is indisputably one of the greatest songs ever recorded, right?




I love a song with a subtle yet killer middle eight.

I live at the top of the block
No more room for trouble or fuss...

 

[Funky]

Oh God this song.

The start of acid jazz
The start of neo soul
The start of the 90s UK soul movement
The start of 90s R&B!

It was like a pivot into a new decade. We hadn't heard anything like it - the closet was the early hip-hop sound, but that was just samples and loops, this was a whole live band experience. The 80s embraced the electric sound, and in the midst of new jack swing and candelight R&B, a band brought back a raw, stripped back and instrument-heavy sound. It was a bolt out of the blue, something I only came to appreciate years later when I was old enough to. An extremely important song in the history of modern music. Can't say enough about it really.

...Except that I actually like "Keep On Moving" even more

 

[Funky]

They still sound good now. I saw them live about 5 years ago when they reformed. And I'm going to see them again next year!

 

[VoR]

Obviously I've always been a POP KID, but this and Unfinished Sympathy were two of the earliest records that I was truly obsessed with, thanks to their videos being on constant rotation on VH1 circa 1991-1995.

 

[Funky]

Obviously I've always been a POP KID, but this and Unfinished Sympathy were two of the earliest records that I was truly obsessed with, thanks to their videos being on constant rotation on VH1 circa 1991-1995.

ANOTHER Stone Cold Classic. Back 2 Life and Unfinished Sympathy basically defined the 90s between them IMO. If you had two pick 2 songs.

 

[Penelope]

The POWER AND POISE this has!