A1 There's Nothing Like This
A2 Last Request
A3 Who Chooses the Seasons (feat. Carleen Anderson)
A4 Best by Far
A5 Winner
A6 Be Thankful (feat. Erykah Badu)
B1 Tell Me
B2 Syleste (Lounge Lizzard Mix)
B3 Feeling You (feat. Stevie Wonder)
B4 It's So
B5 Come On (feat. Kele LeRoc)
B6 Treat You (feat. Caron Wheeler)
C1 The Man
C2 Fuck War, Make Love
C3 Bully (feat. The Scratch Professer)
C4 I Love Being with You
C5 Simplify
C6 Gave My Heart (feat. Leon Ware)
C7 Doobie Doobie Doo
D1 Insatiable
D2 De Ja Vu (feat. Mayra Andrade)
D3 I Want It to Be
D4 This Is Not a Love Song
D5 Outside
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Double vinyl tracklisting:
A1 There's Nothing Like This
A2 Last Request
A3 Who Chooses the Seasons (feat. Carleen Anderson)
A4 Best by Far
A5 Winner
A6 Be Thankful (feat. Erykah Badu)
B1 Tell Me
B2 Syleste (Lounge Lizzard Mix)
B3 Feeling You (feat. Stevie Wonder)
B4 It's So
B5 Come On (feat. Kele LeRoc)
B6 Treat You (feat. Caron Wheeler)
C1 The Man
C2 Fuck War, Make Love
C3 Bully (feat. The Scratch Professer)
C4 I Love Being with You
C5 Simplify
C6 Gave My Heart (feat. Leon Ware)
C7 Doobie Doobie Doo
D1 Insatiable
D2 De Ja Vu (feat. Mayra Andrade)
D3 I Want It to Be
D4 This Is Not a Love Song
D5 Outside
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Omar Lyefook MBE is without doubt, one of the greatest soul music talents the United Kingdom has produced in the last 40 years. If anyone has doubts about that, then they might want to consider the list of legendary artists who happily line up to collaborate with him musically, or simply sing his praises - from Stevie Wonder, the late Leon Ware, Erykah Badu, Common, through to Carleen Anderson, D'Angelo, and Soul II Soul's Caron Wheeler, Angie Stone and U.K. artists Courtney Pine, Rodney P, Kele LeRoc, Natasha Watts and Estelle, all appreciate his truly original and unique voice, musicianship and songwriting talent.
When asked to reflect on his long, successful, critically acclaimed and deeply influential career that shows no signs of slowing up, Omar said "I feel blessed. I try to keep things moving and evolving, and when I finish an album, I always put my heart and soul into it. I'm looking at it from an outsider's point of view, because I never really see myself making the music. It's like I'm the vessel and somebody's controlling what I do, I just happen to be the one that gets the praise for it".
That modest statement just re-enforces the fact that Omar is simply a one off, a genuinely unique artist. That is a bold claim, but his sound is so immediately identifiable, that you will know you are hearing an Omar track within seconds - and that is the stamp of true originality.
This collection features many of his classic collaborations, from his evergreen worldwide anthem There's Nothing Like This, It's So, the dancefloor destroying banger inspired by the amalgam of sounds Omar heard at The Notting Hill Carnival. Also included are lesser known, slept on tracks from across his long career - and the exclusive, previously unheard tracks Pass It On ft Terri Walker and Long Time Coming.
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
