Product Details:
Label: Maverick
Recorded AT: Applehead Studios, Woodstock, New York, 2003
Producers: Me'Shell NdegeOcello & Allen Dariest Cato
Cd Issue Date: Oct 14, 2003

Review:
Listening to the moody, decidedly non-commercial COMFORT WOMAN, it's difficult to believe that a decade earlier Me'Shell NdegeOcello was dueting with John Mellencamp on a hit cover of a Van Morrison song. Though she connected with the mainstream straight out of the gate, NdegeOcello has been drifting ever further toward her own personal vision ever since. That vision has probably never been as fully realized before; COMFORT WOMAN achieves something like the creation of a new, distinctive paradigm, mixing dub reggae, trip-hop, R&B, and sheer experimentalism into a seamless whole.
This album is very much of a piece; nearly every track is in a down-tempo, atmospheric mode, with snaky, effects-laden guitars and icy layers of keyboards that float hypnotically atop a subtly percolating, slow-burn bass/drums groove. Occasionally a guest will pop up and stir things up, like when Doyle Bramhall's guitar explodes into "Liliquoi Moon," but NdegeOcello plays the lion's share of the instruments here, and COMFORT WOMAN sticks closely to her understated, unconventional MO throughout.

Players:
Me'Shell NdegeOcello: vocals & bass
Allen Cato: guitar, vox box & programming
Oren Bloedow & Doyle Bramhall: guitar
Chris Dave: drums

Track List:
01. Love Song #1
02. Come Smoke My Herb
03. Andromeda & The Milky Way
04. Love Song #2
05. Body
06. Liliquoi Moon
07. Love Song #3
08. Fellowship
09. Good Intentions
10. Thankful

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