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Life Happens
R&B / Soul · 2014 · 15 tracks · 1h 5m

Life Happens

Candi Staton

A seasoned return to southern soul roots. Gritty, wise, and deeply human songs that trade disco glitter for the honest warmth of a live studio band.

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It's the sound of a soul legend finally getting back to the grit and the truth of the south.

A wise and weary collection of southern soul that finds beauty in the scars of a life well-lived.

Life Happens · vs · Candi Staton
Dusk+3.4σ

Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 15 Tracks · 1h 5m
01
I Ain’t Easy to Love
3:32
02
Close to You
4:35
03
Commitment
3:54
04
Eternity
3:40
05
Even the Bad Times Are Good
3:52
06
She's After Your Man
5:39
07
You Treat Me Like a Secret
4:14
08
Where Were You?
3:48
09
Three Minutes to a Relapse
4:24
10
Never Even Had the Chance
4:33
11
Go Baby Go
4:13
12
My Heart's on Empty
3:42
13
Have You Seen the Children?
5:45
14
A Better World Coming
4:54
15
Where I'm At
4:35
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the organ swells and recedes on 'Three Minutes to a Relapse', mirroring the tension of staying clean.
The gritty, blues-inflected guitar lick that opens 'I Ain’t Easy to Love', setting a defiant tone for the record.
The sudden, stark vulnerability in her voice during the bridge of 'You Treat Me Like a Secret'.
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