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Track List:

1    Dark Cloud
2    Edge of the Ledge
3    Feed My Soul
4    You're the Kind of Trouble
5    Something Is Missing
6    Living Well Is the Best Revenge
7    I Saw Your Face
8    I Believe You I Think
9    Fair Weather Friend
10    Put My Foot Down
11    I'll Be Back
12    Pledging My Love
13    Rounding Third
14    Take Me Away

External Review:

"On the Holmes Brothers' 2007 album, State of Grace, Wendell Holmes sang about how a cancer diagnosis stopped him in his tracks--but apparently not for long. The trio's 10th studio set, Feed My Soul, sports a career-high nine originals and finds Wendell proudly declaring that "Living Well is the Best Revenge." The 14-track album traverses the Holmes' usual blend of soul, gospel and blues with born-again vigor. Highlights include the rolling bass and chicken-scratch guitar on Dark Cloud, the country western flavors of Edge of the Ledge and Something Is Missing (an unrecorded John Ellison composition) and the foot-stomping grit of Rounding Third. Produced by their good pal Joan Osborne (who also helped with the group's 2001 breakthrough, Speaking in Tongues), Wendell, Sherman and brother-in-spirit Popsy Dixon treat the Beatles' I'll Be Back to a rich, Four Tops-style arrangement and showcase their beautifully earthy harmonies on the title track and the doo-wop styled Pledging My Love."

- Billboard magazine

Feature Type: 

• Feature Album

More about: 

• The Holmes Brothers

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