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Spell My Name

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Spell My Name
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Recorded for , follows the -issued by only two years. That's the shortest period between proper studio albums. Granted, this is similarly compact, even with its appended tracks: the solo version of the pre-album single "Do It," and another collaboration, a devotional ballad grounded in classic Southern soul that doesn't fit with what precedes it. The title song is pulsing modern quiet storm concerning a dalliance with a lover half 's age, played by duet partner with -like deference (thereby flipping the standard older man/younger woman scenario more than her collaboration a decade earlier). Apart from the finely applied strings and a sense of temptation, it's not really representative of the album. spends the rest of the set succumbing to desire recognized as ill-fated, mourning unfulfillment, waving off a cheating ex, and swearing during the emotional peak -- in one of many piano ballads -- that she wishes nothing but the best for the one who got away, while each wrenched note conveys devastation. Only the pleasant if indistinctive neo-disco opener is uptempo. The rest is mostly glowering ballads and conflicted slow jams, exemplified by the smoldering slow stepper "Move On," featuring the compatible on sympathetic background vocals and guitar. 's elegant distress cuts through everything with conviction. ~ Andy Kellman

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Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 720 Barnes & Noble superstores (selling books, music, movies, and gifts) throughout all 50 US states and Washington, DC. The stores are typically 10,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. and stock between 60,000 and 200,000 book titles. Many of its locations contain Starbucks cafes, as well as music departments that carry more than 30,000 titles.

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