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February 22, 2018 8:52 AM

For her third album released in 2006, India.Arie tapped deeply into her personal life and created a minor masterpiece about a strong women dealing with emotional difficulties: Testimony Vol. 1: Life And Relationship (Discogs link with extensive credits) [artist-created YT Playlist missing one song ~55m] [Spotify playlist of full album ~1h] CD track listing part one: Intro: Loving, These Eyes, The Heart Of The Matter*, Good Morning, Private Party, There's Hope [video], Interlude: Living

*fan-made TV show related video, not very good, not of the whole song, only version of album track available

CD track listing part two: India'Song, Wings Of Forgiveness, Summer, I Am Not My Hair (video only, album version the same), Great Grandmother (which on the album runs into), Better People, Outro: Learning, I Choose, This Too Shall Pass (hidden track [remember those?])

posted by hippybear (3 comments total)

I'm gonna say, if you liked my previous Dionne Farris post, you might give this a listen.
posted by hippybear at 8:55 AM on February 22, 2018

I was a huge fan of that album, time to dig it out and put it back on repeat, thanks for the reminder hippybear.

This seems to be a collection of her lyrics, some analysed and explained (for those of us with hearing problems).

[I also loved your Everything But The Girl's accoustics post, have scheduled time to go through your posting history this weekend!]
posted by humph at 10:46 AM on February 22, 2018

Her version of "The Heart of the Matter" is one of my most frequently played songs.
posted by heathergirl at 2:48 PM on February 22, 2018