Tales | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 1995 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion [1] | |||
Length | 63:08 | |||
Label | PRA
[2] Dreyfus [3] | |||
Producer | Marcus Miller | |||
Marcus Miller chronology | ||||
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Tales is an album by the American musician Marcus Miller, released in 1995. [4] [5] He supported it with a North American tour. [6]
The album peaked at No. 7 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [7] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category. [8]
The album was produced by Miller. [9] It samples the voices of several Black American musicians. [10] "Eric" is dedicated to the guitarist Eric Gale. [11] Miller wrote or cowrote nine of the album's songs; the title track was written with Allen Toussaint. [12] [13]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [14] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD | [3] |
The Independent wrote that the album "lashes its constituent parts together with stupendous playing and rigorous adherence to the principle that music is about spinning yarns, not showing off." [4] The Guardian determined that most of Miller's music "occupies a safe centre ground of funk basslines, loose-limbed drumming from Poogie Bell, and layers of beatific keyboard harmonies." [15]
The Rocky Mountain News opined that Meshell Ndegeocello "spellbinds with 'Rush Over', a ballad wrought from spoken word and singing." [11] The Oregonian praised Miller's "knack for welding groove to harmonic structure and balancing upscale polish with urban grit." [16] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution deemed Miller "a fusionaire whose slickness is cued to the marketplace, but he also knows how to round up a band." [17]
AllMusic wrote that some songs "ramble on a bit and one wishes that Marcus Miller would drop the funk now and then for variety's sake, but in general his set holds one's interest." [14]
All tracks composed by Marcus Miller except where noted.
Production
Tales | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 1995 | |||
Genre | Jazz fusion [1] | |||
Length | 63:08 | |||
Label | PRA
[2] Dreyfus [3] | |||
Producer | Marcus Miller | |||
Marcus Miller chronology | ||||
|
Tales is an album by the American musician Marcus Miller, released in 1995. [4] [5] He supported it with a North American tour. [6]
The album peaked at No. 7 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. [7] It was nominated for a Grammy Award, in the "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance" category. [8]
The album was produced by Miller. [9] It samples the voices of several Black American musicians. [10] "Eric" is dedicated to the guitarist Eric Gale. [11] Miller wrote or cowrote nine of the album's songs; the title track was written with Allen Toussaint. [12] [13]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [14] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD | [3] |
The Independent wrote that the album "lashes its constituent parts together with stupendous playing and rigorous adherence to the principle that music is about spinning yarns, not showing off." [4] The Guardian determined that most of Miller's music "occupies a safe centre ground of funk basslines, loose-limbed drumming from Poogie Bell, and layers of beatific keyboard harmonies." [15]
The Rocky Mountain News opined that Meshell Ndegeocello "spellbinds with 'Rush Over', a ballad wrought from spoken word and singing." [11] The Oregonian praised Miller's "knack for welding groove to harmonic structure and balancing upscale polish with urban grit." [16] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution deemed Miller "a fusionaire whose slickness is cued to the marketplace, but he also knows how to round up a band." [17]
AllMusic wrote that some songs "ramble on a bit and one wishes that Marcus Miller would drop the funk now and then for variety's sake, but in general his set holds one's interest." [14]
All tracks composed by Marcus Miller except where noted.
Production