Righteous Love
Joan Osborne
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Running Out of Time | Joan Osborne | 4:45 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Righteous Love | Joan Osborne | 4:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Safety in Numbers | Joan Osborne | 4:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Love Is Alive | Joan Osborne | 3:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Angel Face | Joan Osborne | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Grand Illusion | Joan Osborne | 4:02 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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If I Was Your Man | Joan Osborne | 4:57 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Baby Love | Joan Osborne | 4:16 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Hurricane | Joan Osborne | 4:17 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Poison Apples (Hallelujah) | Joan Osborne | 4:19 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Make You Feel My Love | Joan Osborne | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
Five years after scoring with the mega hit "One of Us" and becoming the topic of more than a few religious conservatives' tirades, Joan Osborne returns with Righteous Love, sporting a more polished feel than on her debut, Relish. Producer Mitchell Froom brings along a few of his Los Lobos/Latin Playboys pals (Steve Berlin, Louie Perez) and adds some taut muscle to Osborne's songs, but at times comes close to overshadowing her work. Mitchell ropes in the loud blues and soul leanings that made her previous album so much fun, and the singer herself emotes in a much more restrained pop vein. An awkward cover of Gary Wright's "Love Is Alive" seems like a bit of a misstep, and Osborne manages to squeeze the last remaining bits of emotion out of Bob Dylan's " To Make You Feel My Love," a tune that even Billy Joel or Garth Brooks' adult-contemporary stabs couldn't ruin. Her reading is by far the best of the three. Don't expect a blockbuster hit on the level of "One of Us," but Righteous Love, for all its woes, holds enough treasures of its own.
Customer Reviews
Completely undervalued
It is unbelievable to me this album is not wildly popular. It is my favorite album, the quality of her voice, the fabulous tunes, from ballads to rockin' out....I hardly ever see this album reviewed anywhere, but when it is, it gets the best comments, bar none. You really really should buy this.
What Label Released This?
Joan Osborne is a great singer - not adventurous, but she can make your hips sway. I have to ask - what label released her follow up album (is this her follow up album?) to Relish because I just remember she was taking the world by storm with that record and this one came completely unannounced. Knowing the industry today, they probably hawked all her money to promote some pop-teeny-bopper princess leaving Joan with yesterdays' garbage. Rest assured, this girl is more of a musician than what's being paraded around today. She just needed way better marketing.
A sleeper classic
After hearing "Righteous Love," I completely expected Joan's wide popularity, brought on by "One of Us" and "St. Theresa," to continue full steam ahead. Instead the label let Osborne's name alone sell the record, and unfortunately the music industry is far too crowded and fickle for that to work on anyone's sophomore release...so American radio missed out on a handful of killer singles. The funky, impeccably sung "Love is Alive" got some attention thanks to being featured in a now-forgotten Liv Tyler flick, but "Running Out of Time," "Safety in Numbers," and "Baby Love" could have easily hit radio gold if given the chance (all three could be heard pretty regularly on rock and adult contemporary satellite stations, but were still sold completely short). "Poison Apples" and the cover of "Make You Feel My Love" stand among Joan's most beautiful ballads, and the album as a whole is a classic example of how today's music machine favors trendy production and sexual-themed videos, not a uniquely talented singer delivering quality songs over tasty production. Joan and producer Mitchell Froom contribute some of the best work of their careers her, making "Righteous Love" a criminally overlooked work of art.
Biography
Born: July 8, 1962 in Anchorage, KY
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By Joan Osborne
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One of Us | Relish | 5:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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St. Teresa | Relish | 5:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Son of a Preacher Man | Early Recordings | 6:01 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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What Do Bad Girls Get? | Christmas Means Love | 2:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Make You Feel My Love | Righteous Love | 4:01 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Right Hand Man | Relish | 5:00 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Shake Your Hips | Shake Your Hips - Single | 3:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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One of Us | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Joan Osborne | 5:02 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Ladder | Relish | 4:12 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Shake Your Hips | Bring It On Home (Deluxe Version) | 3:28 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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- Genres: Rock, Music, Pop, Alternative, Adult Alternative, American Trad Rock
- Released: Sep 12, 2000
- ℗ 2000 Interscope Records
