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Remy Shand - Way I Feel (CD)

Album Details: Way I Feel

Release Date:03/12/2002
Label:Motown
UPC:044001448126

User Reviews: Way I Feel

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    Great R&B from a white man- brillant!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 19, 2005

    Pros: Lyrics, Mood, beautiful instruments

    Cons: nobody knows where the hell he came from

    I really could feel the music and the lyrics always reminded me of some part of my life. It helped calm me down. There is rarely a CD you can listen to where you can listen to the WHOLE thing with out stopping or skipping songs.

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    Excellent

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 18, 2003

    Pros: Originality and Talent

    Cons: He is taking too long with the next one.

    The whole album is perfect. I agree with all of the other POSITIVE reviews. He is truly talented. He is definitely not a sampler king like "Alicia Keys and Mary J. Blige". All of his music is his. That is rare, and he has done a superb job ...with this. Keep up the good work Remy. Read more Less

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  • All Music Guide

    The problem with neo-soul is that its advocates are quick to celebrate artists that capture the merest essence of the form - elements that are clearly reminiscent of Stevie, Curtis, Sly, Marvin, even Prince - without caring whether the songs themselves are all that memorable. Usually, what matters is the feel and the mannerisms, as evidenced by D'Angelo's praised, mannered second album. Even acclaimed artists like Alicia Keys are praised for what they could be as much as for what they are. This is the background that makes Remy Shand's debut album The Way I Feel such a surprise. By all accounts, Shand should not be a musician that gets it right - he's a clean, white, middle-class twentysomething, raised on records that were made well before his birth. Sometimes, this background is evident in the production, when he and co-executive producer Steve Warden rely on sounds that evoke classic early '70s soul, or in Shand's slightly affected falsetto, but those are exceptions to the rule on T...he Way I Feel, because the album's foundation is built on classic songwriting - sturdy, tuneful songs that are deceptively simple in their structure but reveal their strength through repeated listens. They're winning upon the first listen, since they have a sweet, sultry feel delivered smoothly and assuredly, but so does most neo-soul - it's the repeated plays that reveal that the songs themselves are the most seductive thing about the album, not the lush, post-Philly-soul production, or the fact that Remy Shand played nearly every instrument on this record. Yes, he's indebted to his idols, but no more than the Strokes are to theirs - and this is the romantic soul flipside of Is This It?'s invigorating slice of traditionalism, which means even if you've heard and loved music like this before, you'll soon be swayed by the sound, skill and sheer joy of this debut, one of the very best of its kind. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Biography

Remy Shand

Remy Shand emerged on to the neo-soul circuit in 2002 with The Way I Feel, a potent canon of songs inspired by classic Motown and Memphis soul. Primarily home-schooled in his native Vancouver, Shand began raiding his parents record collection at an early age -- soaking up a wide range of jazz, soul, and RB, with Marvin Gaye's classic Here, My Dear having a profound infl... Read more