I also picked it up, Victor, and I'm with you - I haven't really listened to it a lot yet, but I DO love the sound of it. Reminds me of the "feel good" sound of the 70's Stevie Wonder stuff. And she released 16 tracks, pretty impressive for a follow-up. I hope she's still around to enjoy people saying "Alicia WHO?" ;~)
I agree...it really does remind me of that and I think she captures that feeling really well. "The One" I really like...out of all the songs it sounds remarkably like a Stevie song which I can hear in my head but I think it definately stands on its own. I guess I can't really fault her for being so enthusiastic and full of warm feelings...it really does give you a good vibe and honesty and simplicity of it I think really stands out in comparison to Alicia Keyes and others...a really interesting direction to go in. The title itself, A Voyage to India comes from a Stevie Wonder songs and like Stevie, she has a song on there about God which I think is really cool. Victor NP: the sound of dishes being put in a dishwasher and a little girl next door who sounds like a cat
