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Heart And Soul is the much-awaited inaugural album from reluctant, rags-to-riches soul boy Steve Brookstein, the ceaselesly modest, perpetually laid-back but nevertheless soaraway winner of the nation's favourite pop democracy TV show The X Factor. Having thus grinned his way to stardom from lowly regional karaoke bars to a million-pound record deal and the mentorship of plain-speaking pop entrepeneur Simon Cowell, Heart And Soul really does sound like the culmination of a lifetime's desire to sing the songs which matter to him the most. The TV audience always knew Brookstein - placid but with a voice underpinned by a timeworn r
Heart And Soul is the much-awaited inaugural album from reluctant, rags-to-riches soul boy Steve Brookstein, the ceaselesly modest, perpetually laid-back but nevertheless soaraway winner of the nation's favourite pop democracy TV show The X Factor. Having thus grinned his way to stardom from lowly regional karaoke bars to a million-pound record deal and the mentorship of plain-speaking pop entrepeneur Simon Cowell, Heart And Soul really does sound like the culmination of a lifetime's desire to sing the songs which matter to him the most. The TV audience always knew Brookstein - placid but with a voice underpinned by a timeworn rasp - had soul but Cowell often doubted if Brookstein had the heart - or, more accurately, the stomach - for the fight. Cowell was wrong, although he was perspicacious enough to rumble Brookstein's uptempo limitations. Fittingly, the gymnastic "Ya Mo Be There" and a mega-gospel puff through "Higher And Higher" don't sit well with Brooksteins' ponderous personna. Elsewhere the balance - a satiny "We've Only Just Begun" through to Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately" - seems better personalised while concluding that if soul music rightfully belongs to Stax and Motown, music with soul is more universal. Brookstein's versions of Kris Kristofferson's vulnerable "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and the late Danny Whitten's regretful "I Don't Want To Talk About It" will doubtless appeal to the maternal instincts of admirers who see him as an elligible, prospective son-in-law. --Kevin Maidment
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Manufacturer: S Records
Release date: 9 May 2005
EAN: 0828766918526 UPC: 828766918526
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