★★★★★
It's no musical stretch for Aaron Neville to attach his classic, sweetly soaring tenor voice to a batch of '60s pop standards, the majority in the doo-wop vein. After all, his own "Tell It Like It Is" remains a classic of the era. Bringing in fellow fan Keith Richards to co-produce (and add some unusually laid back guitar) along with Don Was and a crack batch of players helps make these versions sizzle with a contagious energy they share with the originals...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
New Orleans soul prince revisits his doo-wop youth. Keith Richards and Don Was co-produce... The old adage about music offering a route out of poverty was never truer than for Aaron Neville. As a kid living on the breadline in 1950s New Orleans, Neville lived for music - he was in a group with his brothers at 15 - listening with particular obsession to the vocal harmony groups of New York, Chicago and other Northern cities...
- www.uncut.co.uk
2013-04-02
★★★★★
Aaron Neville is a music legend who has probably forgotten more about the art and craft of song making than most other performers will ever knew. Neville brings more than talent in the form of his buttery soft tenor; he also brings his family history. In addition to his work as a solo artist, Neville is a member of one of New Orleans' famous musical families, the Neville Brothers. Aaron Neville's most enduring fame has come as a solo artist...
- www.soultracks.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
January 28, 2013
At 72, Aaron Neville's sweet, high tenor remains in remarkably good shape, and this set of doo-wop-era classics is a perfect showcase. Produced by Don Was and Keith Richards, whose rhythm guitar adds a Chuck Berry fan's grit throughout (see "Money Honey," "Ruby Baby"), it hews close to tradition...
- www.rollingstone.com
2013-01-28
★★★★★
Listening to the new album (and Blue Note debut) by New Orleans singer Aaron Neville, I have had trouble keeping a smile off of my face. I've listened to it in my car--a lot--and I've sent it through the headphones while walking the dog, transforming a winter evening into something sunny. I've pumped it through the living room speakers in the morning, and I've even tried it out on a difficult day when things were not going so well for me, to some fine effect...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-01-25
★★★★★
Listening to the new album (and Blue Note debut) by New Orleans singer Aaron Neville, I have had trouble keeping a smile off of my face. I've listened to it in my car--a lot--and I've sent it through the headphones while walking the dog, transforming a winter evening into something sunny. I've pumped it through the living room speakers in the morning, and I've even tried it out on a difficult day when things were not going so well for me, to some fine effect...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-01-25
★★★★★
Blue Note Great concept, even better execution. For his Blue Note Records debut, the stalwart New Orleans vocalist reaches back to his youth to deliver a dozen covers of doo-wop and primal R&B; hits--co-produced, no less, by new label head Don Was and Keith Richards. It's obvious from the first notes of "Money Honey"--one of four tunes on the album originally by the Drifters ("Under the Boardwalk" is another)--that the entire team is having a blast...
- www.relix.com
2013-01-22
★★★★★
When classic pop and rock artists make late-career covers albums of their favorite coming-of-age songs, they are often viewed as an easy, lazy way to pad their catalogs. Sometimes these collections are enjoyable, but often they're of more interest to the artist than their fans.
What sets this collection of doo-wop and early rock era tunes apart from the jaded pack is Neville's peerless voice and crystal clear passion for the material.
That exhilaration pervades "My True Story...
- bostonglobe.com
2013-01-22
★★★★★
Blue Note Records Aaron Neville may be turning 72 this year, but you'd never know it by his voice. Sounding as smooth and silky and soulful as ever, Neville leads an all-star band of players through 12 tracks of luscious doo-wop goodness on his new album My True Story - an album guaranteed to put the rama-lama-ding-dong and the ooh-mau-mau back into your smile...
- www.jambands.com
2013-01-18
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