Name: I've Got My Own Hell to Raise
Brand: ANTI
SKU: 236465
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I've Got My Own Hell to Raise

Rating

Album: I've Got My Own Hell to Raise
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got	More Info...
2)	Joy	More Info...
3)	Down To Zero	More Info...
4)	The High Road	More Info...
5)	On The Surface	More Info...
6)	Just Say So	More Info...
7)	Little Sparrow	More Info...
8)	How Am I Different	More Info...
9)	Only Time Will Tell Me	More Info...
10)	Sleep To Dream	More Info...

Album: I've Got My Own Hell to Raise
#	Song Title		Time
1)	I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got	More Info...
2)	Joy	More Info...
3)	Down To Zero	More Info...
4)	The High Road	More Info...
5)	On The Surface	More Info...
6)	Just Say So	More Info...
7)	Little Sparrow	More Info...
8)	How Am I Different	More Info...
9)	Only Time Will Tell Me	More Info...
10)	Sleep To Dream	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Bettye LaVette (vocals); Lisa Coleman (piano, Wurlitzer piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ); David Piltch (double bass, upright bass); Paul Bryan (electric bass, bass guitar); Valerie Watson, Valerie Watson (background vocals); Chris Bruce (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Doyle Bramhall II (electric guitar); Earl Harvin (drums); Niki Haris (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman.
Recording information: The Sound Factory (05/10/2005-05/13/2005).
Authors: Elvis Costello; Bonnie Raitt.
Photographer: Kevin Estrada.
Bettye Lavette's superlative a cappella rendition of Sinead O'Connor's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" is a fitting opener to this raw collection of covers by women songwriters like Lucinda Williams, Joan Armatrading, and Dolly Parton. The job done by Lavette and her exemplary backing band on this superb deep soul set is so thoroughly transformational as to make these pop, rock, and country songs entirely their own. Her voice is rough and heartfelt, palpably carrying a weight of heartbreak, the musicians' performances are intimate and spontaneous, and the songs, from Parton's "Little Sparrow" to Bobbie Cryner's undiscovered masterpiece, "Just Say So," are impeccably well-chosen.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (No. 842, p.93) - "...HELL is heaven." - Grade: A-

Uncut (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 - "LaVette's fierce and knowing transformations of material from female writers like Sin?ad O'Connor, Dolly Parton and Aimee Mann consistently push the levels into the red..."