JANUARY ALBUM REVIEWS

January is usually seen as a time of new beginnings, as people exit the old and enter the new with hope for good or better times to come. But it seems that when it comes to R&B music, January 2012 means that what’s old is what’s new. Fewer than half a dozen new albums are being released during the month, and of them one, Soul 2 by Seal, is a collection of remakes of Soul classics. All the others are either reissues or best-of packages by Aretha Franklin, Blackstreet, Ciara and Dru Hill. For full details, just have a look below.

SEAL – SOUL 2

Seal’s latest is a sequel to his platinum-selling 2008 album Soul, and features him remaking classic ’70s records. It comes out Jan. 24 via the Warner Bros. label.

Track List:

  1. Wishing on a Star
  2. Love TKO
  3. Ooh Baby Baby
  4. Let’s Stay Together
  5. What’s Going On
  6. Love Don’t Live Here Anymore
  7. Back Stabbers
  8. I’ll Be Around
  9. Love Won’t Let Me Wait
  10. Lean On Me
  11. Oh Girl

ARETHA FRANKLIN – KNEW YOU WERE WAITING (THE BEST OF…)

This album, which covers the Arista Records stage of Aretha Franklin’s career, which lasted from 1980 to 1998, is due out Jan. 31 via Sony Legacy.

Track List:

  1. United Together
  2. Love All the Way Hurt
  3. Jump to It
  4. Get It Right
  5. Freeway of Love
  6. Who’s Zoomin’ Who
  7. Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
  8. Jumping Jack Flash
  9. I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)
  10. Through the Storm
  11. It Isn’t, It Wasn’t, It Ain’t Never Gonna Be
  12. A Deeper Love
  13. Willing to Forgive
  14. It Hurts Like Hell
  15. A Rose is Still a Rose

BLACKSTREET – ICON

A collection of this ’90s group’s greatest hits and best songs comes outJan. 10 via Island Records.

Track List:

  1. No Diggity
  2. Booti Call
  3. Before I Let You Go
  4. Joy
  5. Tonight’s the Night
  6. Never Gonna Let You Go
  7. Don’t Leave Me
  8. I Can’t Get You (Out of My Mind)
  9. Fix
  10. Coming Home to You
  11. The Lord is Real (Time Will Reveal)

DRU HILL – ICON

A package of the group’s best music is due out Jan. 12 via Island/Mercury.

Track List:

  1. In My Bed
  2. Never Make a Promise
  3. How Deep is Your Love
  4. These are the Times
  5. 5 Steps
  6. I Should Be
  7. You Are Everything
  8. No Doubt (Work It)
  9. I Love You
  10. Beauty
  11. Tell Me

CIARA – PLAYLIST: THE BEST OF CIARA

Ciara’s first best-of release comes out in the U.S. via the Sony Legacy label on Jan. 24.

Track List:

To Be Announced

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