Landing On A Hundred

Every now and again, an artist comes along that manages to capture their genre in its purest and most sincere form. For soul, that artist is Cody Chesnutt.

Landing On A Hundred is about as close as you can get to a modern day Marvin Gaye or Terrence Trent D’arby.

With its smooth and powerful delivery, its Memphis-style-soul production and its R’n’B swagger, Landing On A Hundred deserves space on the shelf in between Al Green and Curtis Mayfield.

After releasing The Headphone Masterpiece in 2002, Atlanta born Chesnutt was touted by Rolling Stone as a “new breed of American troubadour’”with his honest, emotional delivery earning him that acclaim.

Now, following a ten year break, Chesnutt has returned with a career-defining album that will no doubt re-ignite the hype.

Album opener ‘Til I Met Thee’ is a beautiful, summery and harmonious affirmation of love. With lyrics like “I was a dead man/ I was asleep./I was a stranger in a foreign land, until I met thee” it’s hard not to bob your head like only a white guy can. ‘

Recorded in the same studio that Al Green laid down ‘Let’s Stay Together’, Chesnutt and his 10-piece band give the listener an education in soul and R’n’B.

This music demands attention in the most delicate of ways from start to finish. It is evident that Cody Chesnutt will no longer remain in the shadows.

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