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New Birth featuring Leslie & Melvin Wilson : Lifetime
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Contemporary Soul with a Classic Feel. This is Feel Good music that's Instantly Familiar.
Genre: Urban/R&B: Soul
Release Date: 2004
Lifetime Record Label: Stonehurst Records
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Fun Is In The Chase 4:15 $0.99
Workin' On You 3:46 $0.99
Ballin' 4:13 $0.99
Dream Merchant 4:31 $0.99
Ten Toes Up 4:07 $0.99
Comin' From All Ends 4:35 $0.99
Mo' Deep 3:49 $0.99
You Know You Want Me 3:26 $0.99
In My Lifetime 6:10 $0.99
Hey Girl 4:28 $0.99
To The Light 4:09 $0.99
Mighty Rock 4:23 $0.99
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Album Notes

NEW BIRTH n [New Life, Second Wind, Re-genesis, Renewal, Renaissance, Resurrection, Redemption]

The Timeless Classics: "Dream Merchant," "It's Been A Long Time," "I Can Understand It," "It's Impossible," "Wildflower". The list goes on.

The Story: The ever soulful and timeless New Birth has continually maintained a strong presence in today's musical market as evidenced by the repeated use of their music. Either as re-makes or as samples, their music and musical style has experienced a resurgence. This new album is classic New Birth for today's market. You can dance to this music, drive to this music and make love to this music because this is real music and we all know that real music makes us feel good.

Today's New Birth consists of the nucleus of the New Birth sound. Brother's Leslie and Melvin Wilson (lead singer and 2nd lead singer/writer/producer respectively) have reformed the group and are happily back to doing what they do best... making and performing the music we all love to hear.

Having been in the music business for so many years, Melvin and Leslie have seen their share of coming and going. The thing that makes New Birth extraordinary is the classic, timeless beauty of the songs they perform and the memories they evoke in people. Music has always been New Birth's first love, and that's why they put a special effort into everything they do. It's all about the audience.

It is almost impossible to count the times that fans have approached Melvin and Leslie to let them know what their music has meant to them, how it has become a marker in their lives, a first kiss, a first love, the birth of a child and so much more. To them, this is the real reason they continue to bring New Birth to the people... it makes them feel good to make us feel good. "Although it's been an up and down road, I wouldn't have missed a minute of it," Melvin reflects. "New Birth will never stop."

Make sure you check out our website at www.thenewbirth.com. We always love to hear from you.

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REVIEWS

New Birth never has, and never will let you down, this CD is Hot!!!
author: Robin Russell (original New Birth Drummer)
The setting is warm, the flow is smooth. Leslie and Melvin's vocals are as strong, soothing, and powerful as ever. Barney Thomas has done an excellent job of caputring and re-creating the New Birth sound, it's full of love and life. If you love New Birth, you will love this CD!!! RR: cdbaby.com/robinrussell
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THIS CD IS NO DOUBT WHAT MUSIC IS TODAY YESTERDAY AND YEARS TO COME
author: JANICE SENEGAL
THIS CD IS NO DOUBT SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE YOUNG AND OLD - NEW BIRTH IS THE TRUE MEANING OF THIS CD --
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Super Classy Soul for 2004
author: Barry Towler (Soul Express)
Leslie and Melvin return to spearhead the rejuvenated New Birth for 2004. What the gents serve up here is a delicacy of real soul with a traditional basis and a modern twist. No ersatz R&B grooves here. Chunky, funky and romantic flavours are the order of the day. Fun Is In The Chase, Workin' On You, Ten Toes Up, Hey Girl and To The Light are just what the doctor ordered. This is an essential purchase. CD Baby come up trumps yet again!
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author: 'In The Basement' magazine (David Cole)
New Birth are back in the guise of long-term stalwarts, Leslie and Melvin Wilson, supplemented by Sean ‘Barney’ Thomas, who also co-produced with the brothers and was responsible for the instrumentation. Given the reliance on just a one-man-programmed background, the guys were very brave to revisit their #1 r&b hit version of Dream Merchant but they actually make a satisfactory enough job. (The upbeat, funky Comin’ From All Ends also blasts back at the past not perhaps quite so well.) There are some nice ballads on here, with or without an added beat, most notably Workin’ On You, to which can be added Fun Is In The Chase, You Know You Want Me and To The Light. There is also Ten Toes Up and if I add the words from the song: ...and ten toes down, the rhythm is so good, you’ll know what that’s all about! Hey Girl is a pleasant toe-tapper but the contemporary handclapper, Ballin’ and the percussion-backed, mid-paced Mo’ Deep, featuring Sean Thomas, are rather sub-par. The whole closes with some happy-clappy gospel in the shape of Mighty Rock. What knocks this cd completely for six, however, and makes one reassess just how good the set really is, is the (unwise?) inclusion of In My Lifetime, a 1985 recording from the days when New Birth was a ten-person line-up. A fulsome slowie in classic New Birth fashion, it left me wanting more like that and ultimately less satisfied with the rest than I might otherwise have been.
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