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Fill This World with Love

Fill This World with Love is an album by the American musician Ann Peebles, released in 1996.[1][2] It was her second album for Bullseye Blues.[3] Peebles supported the album with a North American tour, as well as shows in England.[4][5]

Fill This World with Love
Studio album by
Ann Peebles
Released1996
GenreR&B, soul
LabelBullseye Blues
ProducerDon Bryant, Ann Peebles
Ann Peebles chronology
The Flipside of Ann Peebles
(1995) 		Fill This World with Love
(1996) 		The Best of Ann Peebles: The Hi Records Years
(1996)

Production

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The album was coproduced by Peebles and her husband, Don Bryant, with Paul Brown serving as musical director.[6][7] Peebles duetted with Bryant on "I Wouldn't Take Nothing for One Moment I've Spent With You".[8] Mavis Staples duetted with Peebles on the title track, which Peebles had first recorded in 1976.[9][10] The Memphis Horns contributed to the album; Leroy Hodges played bass.[11][3] Tracks seven to 14 are performed as a medley.[12] The lead track, "I'm Yours", highlighted the sound of a slide guitar.[13]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [9]
The Commercial Appeal    [13]
MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide     [14]
USA Today    [8]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul     [15]

USA Today noted that, "in an era of slickly produced pop divas, it's nice to hear an old-school soul sister who's not afraid to put a little gravel in her voice."[8] The Washington Informer called Peebles "one of the strongest R&B/soul singers still around."[16] The Tennessean praised the "old-school, Memphis-style R&B."[17] The Independent determined that the album combines the Hi Rhythm Section style "with more modern, funkier sounds," writing that "Bryant has lost little of his song-writing ability."[18]

The Nashville Banner concluded that "Peebles has always been one of the subtlest of soul singers, blending and twisting notes only when it makes sense in the context of the song."[12] The Times-Picayune labeled Fill This World with Love "another collection of classic soul."[19] The Nashville Scene wrote that the album "dips deeper into gospel-style vocal testifying while kicking the music into tougher blues-rock grooves."[10]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."I'm Yours" 
2."Fill This World with Love" 
3."When I'm Over You" 
4."Stand Up" 
5."Friends" 
6."I Don't Think That I Can Last Tonight" 
7."Fired Up" 
8."Walk Away" 
9."Give Me Some Credit Where It's Due" 
10."I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" 
11."I Pity the Fool" 
12."Bip Bam Thank You Ma'Am" 
13."Ninety-Nine Pounds" 
14."One Way Street" 
15."I Wouldn't Take Nothing for One Moment I've Spent with You" 

References

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  1. ^ "Ann Peebles Biography by Steve Huey". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ^ Dahl, Bill (18 Oct 1996). "Singing Up a Storm". Friday. Chicago Tribune. p. 53.
  3. ^ a b Gettelman, Parry (9 May 1997). "Ann Peebles: Soul Singer with Classic Style". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 6.
  4. ^ Dempsey, Dale (20 Apr 1997). "Singer Is on a Soulful Roll". Dayton Daily News. p. 1C.
  5. ^ "You'd Be Mad to Miss It". Entertainment. Hull Daily Mail. 6 Aug 1996. p. 11.
  6. ^ Shuster, Fred (24 June 1996). "Ann Peebles Gets Back to Soul Vibe". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L11.
  7. ^ "Fill This World with Love". Living Blues (131–136). Living Blues Publications: 33. 1997.
  8. ^ a b c Jones, Steve (18 June 1996). "R&B". USA Today. p. 6D.
  9. ^ a b "Fill This World with Love Review by Steve Kurutz". AllMusic. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  10. ^ a b McCall, Michael (May 29, 1997). "Message of Love". Nashville Cream. Nashville Scene.
  11. ^ Orr, Jay (21 June 1996). "New Stuff". Nashville Banner. p. C1.
  12. ^ a b Gray, Michael (30 May 1997). "M-U-S-I-C-A-L Stew". Nashville Banner. p. D1.
  13. ^ a b Ellis, Bill (13 Jul 1996). "Recordings". The Commercial Appeal. p. C3.
  14. ^ MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1998. p. 622.
  15. ^ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin Books. p. 258.
  16. ^ Walton, Brian M. (3 July 1996). "Hot Summer Sounds". Washington Informer. Vol. 32, no. 37. p. 21.
  17. ^ "Ann Peebles". The Tennessean. 29 May 1997. p. 1D.
  18. ^ Trapp, Roger (18 Jan 1997). "Lest We Forget Ann Peebles". The Independent. p. 27.
  19. ^ "Peebles' Power in Her Soul". The Times-Picayune. May 23, 1997. p. L6.
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