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Saturday 30 September 2023

Cleo Sol [2023] - Gold [Forever Living Originals] (Full Album)


Having been relatively quiet on the release front for the last two years, London's Cleo Sol delivered a new album, "Heaven", only two weeks ago on 15 Sep, so it was quite a big surprise to discover another, "Gold", released on 29 Sep. 

We said that "Heaven" (which was her first release since "Mother" in Aug '21) was a strong set with at least six standout tracks from the album's nine tracks but wait until you listen to "Gold". It's outstanding and grabs you from the beginning and never lets up. It would be churlish to, and we couldn't anyway, select the standouts, just start from the beginning and listen through to the end. Some may label this as neo soul but it is just pure soul and doesn't need a label as we'd describe it more as traditional soul than neo soul.

We also stated earlier when we posted the new Jaszy Shaver album ("Voyage To Surrender") that it was a candidate for album of the year from a neo soul artist but has stiff completion from this one.

Cleo Sol (Cleopatra Nikolic) is from Ladbroke Grove, West London born to a Jamaican father and Serbian/Spanish mother who debuted in 2011 with "High". The latest album is now her fourth.

We suspect, as is often the case, DJs will pick up on the more uptempo track "Life Will Be" and ignore the ballads which would be a shame!

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Details
Rating: 9
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Album
Media: Digital
Label: Forever Living Originals
Cat No: None
Date: 29/09/2023
Price: £7.99
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