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Something Silver |  | Artist: LABELLE
Label: WEA/Reprise
Category: Music
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 84157
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 093624635925
EAN: 0093624635925
ASIN: B000002NAZ
Release Date: October 27, 2009
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| Tracks:
| • | Something in the Air/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Labelle, Keen, John Speedy | | • | Shades of Difference - Labelle, Hendryx, Nona | | • | Sunday's News - Labelle, Hendryx, Nona | | • | Won't Get Fooled Again - Labelle, Townshend, Pete | | • | Moonshadow [Edit] - Labelle, Stevens, Cat | | • | Time and Love - Labelle, Nyro, Laura | | • | Morning Much Better - Labelle, Schefrin, Aram | | • | Touch Me All Over - Labelle, Hendryx, Nona | | • | Wild Horses - Labelle, Jagger, Mick | | • | Runnin' Out of Fools/If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody - Labelle, Ahlert, Richard | | • | If I Can't Have You - Labelle, Hendryx, Nona | | • | I Believe That I've Finally Made It Home - Labelle, Hendryx, Nona | | • | Sunshine (Woke Me Up This Morning) - Labelle, Hendryx, Nona | | • | (Can I Speak to You Before You Go To) Hollywood? - Labelle, Hendryx, Nona | | • | Lady Marmalade - Labelle, Crewe, Bob |
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Album Description
Something Silver by LABELLEThis product is manufactured on demand using CD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
 70's music December 6, 2009
Eunice A. Owens (Norman, OK USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
this cd was alright. the music seemed to be something from the early 70's. Something my mom would listen to. I've always liked Patti Labelle, and Nona Hendryx.
 ***Something****EXTRAORDINARY***** October 18, 2008
Alex Honda (Los Angeles, CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
SOMETHING SILVER is a perfect intro for people who want to explore the music behind the group Labelle that gave us the funky hit single "Lady Marmalade."
Patti Labelle--flanked by Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash--already had a booming voice, but you add in the other two and you get an explosive harmony that razors through songs like a hot knife through butter.
Labelle was an anomaly: part funk, part r&b, part rock & roll, part jazz, and all with a gospel tinge--because they had so much soul--they turned music upside down and put their stamp on all they touched.
Just listen to "Won't Get Fooled Again" a remake of the Who's song and it's hard to believe it wasn't originally written for Labelle. Cover versions of Laura Nyro's "Time And Love," The Rolling Stone's "Wild Horses," and Cat Stevens' "Moon Shadow," not only showed the versatility of Labelle, but that their unmistakable sound could make any song sound tailor-made for them.
And they were just as good on their original compositions like the righteous song penned by Pattie LaBelle and Nona Hendryx, "Shades Of Difference" to the torch-song-slow-burn of "Touch Me All Over" and the melancholy "(Can I Speak To You Before You Go To) Hollywood?," along with the rollicking up-tempo inspirational songs "Sunshine (Woke Me Up This Morning)" and the "I Believe That I've Finally Made It Home"--all written by Hendryx incidentally--proved that Labelle could rock with the big boys.
Why they never broke through, until "Lady Marmalade" (also on this collection) is beyond me. Perhaps Labelle was so out there and ahead of their time that they were simply overlooked. But this collection is for a new generation to discover these wonderful songbirds and for those of us who might have missed them the first time around.
The songs are remastered and sound pretty good for a 1997 release and most of the songs were taken from the Labelle albums: Labelle, Moon Shadow, Pressure Cookin', and Nightbirds. A small booklet with liner notes from 1996 by Vince Aletti is also included.
This CD along with Lady Marmalade: The Best of Patti and Labelle was my education to the fabulous Ms. Patti, Nona and Sarah aka Labelle. And from there I've been tracking down the original Labelle albums on CD and they don't disappoint.
Labelle's Rock/Soul/Gospel Fusion December 8, 2007
gassy goon
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This CD will leave you breathless with how powerful Labelle could sing . The group tore down the boundaries and constraints of traditional r&b with their expansion into a mix of rock/soul/gospel in the early 70's. Patti, Sarah & Nona could tear into a song like Laura Nyro's TIME AND LOVE or The Rolling Stones WILD HORSES with unrelenting force. This compilation collects their huge hit LADY MARMALADE with 14 songs from their 1st 3 albums from 1971-1973 [ LABELLE/MOON SHADOW/PRESSURE COOKIN' ].
The original material written by Nona Hendryx are songs of self awakening, social awareness , love & politics . CAN I SPEAK TO YOU BEFORE YOU GO TO HOLLYWOOD is a theatrical type piece that starts with an acoustic guitar , then builds with each verse, and all 3 trade off lead vocals. Songs like SUNDAY'S NEWS and SHADES OF DIFFERENCE highlight the unison of their voices & spirit in finding truth. One of my favorites is MORNING MUCH BETTER off of their first 1971 self-titled album . Patti delivers one of her greatest vocals backed up by the power of Sarah & Nona's call and response vocals & some stellar playing by the group's musicians. Talk about a fusion of r&b with rock - this song is WILD!
The expertly written liner notes & live concert photos in the booklet add to the completeness of the CD. It's more representative of Labelle's contributions in the history of rock and r&b than the half group Labelle/half solo Patti CD that Sony Legacy released called LADY MARMALADE: THE BEST OF PATTI AND LABELLE. SOMETHING SILVER illustrates the group's inventiveness & uniqueness , and is highly recommended as a true Labelle collection.
The Best of Labelle, Vol. 1 January 3, 2007
Truth (DC)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is not a live album! These are studio recordings. This is a compilation comprised - with the exception of the 1975 hit "Lady Marmalade", from their 1974 Epic album "Nightbirds" - of the vocal trio Labelle's first three albums: "Labelle" (Warner Bros., 1971), tracks 2, 6, 7, 9, 10; "Moon Shadow" (Warner Bros. 1972), tracks 3, 5, 8, 11; and "Pressure Cookin'" (RCA, 1973), tracks 1, 13, 14.
SOMETHING SILVER consists of 15 songs, all but one (track 15) were recorded 1971-1973. Disc packaged in white standard jewel case; total running time: 63:18. Booklet includes an essay by Vince Aletti, detailed track information, and several black & white photos. The sound quality is excellent.
The album is a "Warner Archives" release. "Time and Love" (track 6) features additional vocals by The Sweet Inspirations. While consistently high energy, most of the songs are ballads, slow-tempo, or mid-tempo (like "Hollywood" or "Wild Horses"); there are few up-tempo or danceable songs (like the funky "Better in the Morning").
In terms of product quality, this is a superior release to "Lady Marmalade: The Best of Patti and Labelle", which is a 1995 collection of 16 Epic recordings, 8 by Labelle (1974-1976) and 8 from Patti LaBelle's early solo career (1977-1980). My only criticism about "Something Silver" is that at 15 tracks and barely over an hour, I wish it included more (additional) songs.
Not only were Labelle a great group, but some of Patti LaBelle's best work was done as part of this trio. Patti LaBelle is one of the best voices, probably the best living vocalist; it is a shame her career has dwindled from her Pop stardom of the 80s and R&B success of the early 1990s to her more recent Adult Contemporary marginalization and current near-obscurity after being dropped from Def Soul and problematic foray into the gospel scene.
I'm ready for a Labelle comeback. I think it is time for Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, & Sarah Dash to reunite !
music: 3 stars
packaging: 5 stars
Best kept secret about the amazing Labelle November 13, 2002
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
To most people perhaps, Labelle had one major hit ("Lady Marmalade") in the mid-70s and that was about it. They broke up after two follow-up albums to "Nightbird" because they didn't catch fire and amidst internal squabbles about the musical direction they should be taking. Patti Labelle went on to become a superstar to the supperclub crowd in the 80s and 90s, Nona Hendryx realised her true ambition when she ventured off in the direction of black rock and funk and fell in with New York's hip music making crowd, while Sarah Dash surfaced sporadically with an occasional album but declined into relative obscurity. But what's unknown to all but Labelle's serious fans is that even before "Lady Marmalade", Patti, Nona and Sarah had already discarded their 60s girl group image and transformed themselves into "something silver" in the 3 years or so preceding "Lady Marmalade". Or that during this time, they made three criminally neglected albums that were commercial failures few knew about and none would remember and that's why "Something Silver", drawing on some key tracks from these three lost albums, is such a revelation. Listening to this great compilation album makes you realise what a powerhouse these three ladies were when they were simply Labelle. Produced and managed by Englishwoman Vicky Wickham, they dabbled convincingly with rock material by the Who ("Won't Get Fooled Again"), the Rolling Stones ("Wild Horses") and Cat Stevens ("Moonshadow"), covered Laura Nyro ("Time And Love") but more significantly started recording their own material. Nona Hendryx was the main writer in the group and it is on her songs that Labelle produced their best work during this time. Unlike most 60s girl groups which had only one featured lead singer, Vicki's concept of Labelle was about three distinct personalities, so Sarah and Nona were either distinctly audible or had their own solo spots in any given song. The magical blending of their three separate voices is simply unbelievable. My own personal favourites are "Shades Of Difference", "I Believe That I've Finally Made It Home", "Sunshine (Woke Me Up This Morning") and "(Can I Speak To You Before You Go To) Hollywood". The opening track, "Something Silver/The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", from their "Pressure Cooking" album, is also a stunner. It broke new ground. While "Labelle" and "Moonshadow" (recorded for Warner) are now separately available on CD, somebody should coax RCA into reissuing "Pressure Cooking" on CD too. It is possibly the strongest of the three early Labelle albums. "Something Silver" is an inspired compilation and a must for all soul music lovers. To my ears, we lost a great and progressive black vocal group when Labelle split up in 1976. While Patti, Nona and Sarah went on to do some excellent stuff on their own, none rivalled the freshness and vibrancy of their 70s recordings as a group, including material from "Phoenix" and "Chameleon", their two equally underated post-Lady Marmalade albums.
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