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RS: 3of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4.5of 5 Stars

2001

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Is it his fervent singing, top-rate falsetto, C-plus songwriting or superbabeness that earned neo-soul pinup Maxwell two platinum records and a lock on the dorm-room poster market? With Now, Maxwell proves that he's better than he has to be. This third full-length album continues to mine past gold, integrate rock and jazz elements, and work Maxwell's beautifully supple vocals around old-school styles. He has dispensed with the quavering whine he displayed in the late Nineties; "Temporary Nite," "Changed" and, especially, the earnest "For Lovers Only" are classic Seventies loveman pleas. The mild-mannered dance tunes take more than just a page from Prince's smart, thrusting funk - particularly on "NoOne" and the first half of "Now/At the Party." But Maxwell knows when to speed up the fun with dirty-minded horn-driven funk Parliament would recognize (on the first single, "Get to Know Ya") and even tips an oversize cap to the Seventies by noting, on "Now/At the Party," that "Everything is dyno-mite." The most unusual cuts are bulked up at the record's end - "Silently," with its textured arrangement, and a passionate, complicated cover of Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" - showing not just how adaptable Maxwell is to old-fashioned soul but how adaptable soul is to the modern heart.

ARION BERGER
(RS 876 - August 30, 2001)



(Posted: Aug 6, 2001)

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when i heard this cd from start to finsh i wanted to hear it over and over again you can't say that about a lot of artist.i'am one of the very few that repects honestly the fact that maxwell is taking his time if that is the case if not i think it is wrong for people who have and have not been exposed to maxwell's music to be put on hold. we need music that means something and has a real honesty behind it. i can a appericate time well spent on something that came from the heart.but in the mean time keep supporting maxwell past present and future. we love you "now" and forever.

Jun 20, 2008 20:26:32

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