After the Rain | 
 enlarge | Artist: Irma Thomas
Label: Rounder / Umgd
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 53235
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 612186
UPC: 011661218628
EAN: 0011661218628
ASIN: B000EULJVA
Release Date: April 25, 2006
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Condition: hole in upc
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| Tracks:
| • | In the Middle of It All | | • | Flowers | | • | I Count the Tears | | • | Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor | | • | I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free | | • | If You Knew How Much | | • | Another Man Done Gone | | • | Till I Can't Take It Anymore | | • | These Honey Dos | | • | Another Lonely Heart | | • | Soul of a Man | | • | Stone Survivor | | • | Shelter in the Rain |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Irma Thomas has long been hailed as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans," an accolade that's accurate but seems a little limited. (Imagine calling Elvis Presley the "King of Memphis Rock & Roll.") As her first album of new recordings in six years attests, Thomas can sing just about anything better than just about anyone from just about anywhere. Though the liner notes indicate that most of the material was selected before Hurricane Katrina, there's a bittersweet resonance that extends from Arthur Alexander's lament about a once happy home "In the Middle of It All" and the soul classic "I Count the Tears" to the funeral dirge of the traditional "Another Man Done Gone" and the Blind Willie Johnson blues standard "Soul of a Man." There's an inspirational quality as well, in the gospel "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" and the stirring closer, Stevie Wonder's "Shelter in the Rain," with only David Torkanowsky's piano backing Thomas's transcendent voice. Other Louisiana instrumental seasonings come from Sonny Landreth's slide guitar and Dirk Powell's fiddle. Most singers who have been recording as long as Thomas resort to tricks, mannerisms, and show-off displays, but she remains the anti-diva, a stylist of exquisite understatement whose every note rings true and hits home. --Don McLeese
Album Description
Irma Thomas is one of New Orleans' most beloved and iconic entertainers. On 'After the Rain,' the Soul Queen of New Orleans brings her rich and resonant vocals to a surprisingly varied repertoire that spans 75 years of American songwriting, the common thread being Irma's soulful and direct-from-the-heart delivery. Spare and often acoustic instrumental settings by an all-star Louisiana band allow Irma's vocals to shine through on each song. Recorded at rural Dockside Studio in Maurice, Louisiana only months after Hurricane Katrina, After the Rain is a remarkable declaration of resilience, presenting Irma Thomas at her very best.
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| Customer Reviews:
Katrina survivor! December 20, 2008
Claudia Lynne Pittman (Kenner, LA United States)
Will buy just about anything about/from New Orleans after Katrina, however, I have everything that Irma ever recorded, even the vinyls!! I love it, as I do all her music.
it's Irma November 3, 2007
Catherine Smith (Surprise, Arizona)
It is Irma Thomas, after all. She is fabulous. Anything by her has to be appreciated for the gem it is. True Americana. Blues as it should be interpreted.
Love Ya August 11, 2007
Frank Matheis (New York)
Irma Thomas is undeniably one of the best blues singers of all time.
For those of us with a special place in our heart for her amazing singing since "It's Raining" and "I wish someone would care", here she is back, as strong as ever.
This album is delightful and the first song alone "In the middle of it all" is worth the price of the CD. Great band, wonderfully natural production.
A keeper.
My favorite Irma Thomas recording ever!! July 28, 2007
Carolyn Q. Nelson (Shreveport, LA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have listened to After the Rain for hours and hours, and never tire of it. Never has her voice had greater depth or range. I love the choice of songs and the quality of the recording is excellent!
A "Nawlins" Angel Sings For Us All May 27, 2007
Mr. Robert E. Lootens (Utica, Michigan, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I wasn't familiar with this artist in any way shape or form a month ago (4-07). I heard "In the Middle of it All" by her on a Blues streaming channel on my computer one afternoon. I was absolutely entranced in every way. I immediately ordered the CD on Amazon and consider it one of the finest CDs I own by a female singer bar none. I own over 2500 CDs and had double that in vinyl a few years ago. Rest assured, this CD will find its' way into your heart and your ears as a top favorite in your music collection. Guaranteed.............. My only puzzlement is why I wasn't familiar with her before now, I arrogantly thought I knew who was who in mainstream music, obviously I have a whole lot left to learn (I love that because I will never hear enough music like this) Buy it, buy it, buy it.......
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