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Like A Fire

When Solomon Burke sings, you can hear his smiling eyes — he's having a laugh at his detractors. Over the past half-decade, the 68-year-old soul titan defied the odds, re-emerging from commercial oblivion with a string of albums that showcase his genius for ragged-voiced ballads, and for p...

2008 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Nashville

2006

Make Do With What You Got

2005

Don't Give Up On Me

2002

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When Solomon Burke won a Grammy Award for his 2002 album Don't Give Up On Me, it was an honor both well deserved and long awaited. Even during his peak commercial years during a seven-year stint with Atlantic Records in the '60s, Burke was hardly a top-drawer soul star, although his fans were legion and devoted. But it seemed like someone was always bigger, always stealing the headlines, whether...

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