| Fill This World with Love | ||||
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| Released | 1996 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul | |||
| Label | Bullseye Blues | |||
| Producer | Don Bryant, Ann Peebles | |||
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Fill This World with Love is an album by the American musician Ann Peebles, released in 1996. [1] [2] It was her second album for Bullseye Blues. [3] Peebles supported the album with a North American tour, as well as shows in England. [4] [5]
The album was coproduced by Peebles and her husband, Don Bryant, with Paul Brown serving as musical director. [6] [7] Peebles duetted with Bryant on "I Wouldn't Take Nothing for One Moment I've Spent With You". [8] Mavis Staples duetted with Peebles on the title track, which Peebles had first recorded in 1976. [9] [10] The Memphis Horns contributed to the album; Leroy Hodges played bass. [11] [3] Tracks seven to 14 are performed as a medley. [12] The lead track, "I'm Yours", highlighted the sound of a slide guitar. [13]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [9] |
| The Commercial Appeal | [13] |
| MusicHound Folk: The Essential Album Guide | [14] |
| USA Today | [8] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul | [15] |
USA Today noted that, "in an era of slickly produced pop divas, it's nice to hear an old-school soul sister who's not afraid to put a little gravel in her voice." [8] The Washington Informer called Peebles "one of the strongest R&B/soul singers still around." [16] The Tennessean praised the "old-school, Memphis-style R&B." [17] The Independent determined that the album combines the Hi Rhythm Section style "with more modern, funkier sounds," writing that "Bryant has lost little of his song-writing ability." [18]
The Nashville Banner concluded that "Peebles has always been one of the subtlest of soul singers, blending and twisting notes only when it makes sense in the context of the song." [12] The Times-Picayune labeled Fill This World with Love "another collection of classic soul." [19] The Nashville Scene wrote that the album "dips deeper into gospel-style vocal testifying while kicking the music into tougher blues-rock grooves." [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I'm Yours" | |
| 2. | "Fill This World with Love" | |
| 3. | "When I'm Over You" | |
| 4. | "Stand Up" | |
| 5. | "Friends" | |
| 6. | "I Don't Think That I Can Last Tonight" | |
| 7. | "Fired Up" | |
| 8. | "Walk Away" | |
| 9. | "Give Me Some Credit Where It's Due" | |
| 10. | "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love" | |
| 11. | "I Pity the Fool" | |
| 12. | "Bip Bam Thank You Ma'Am" | |
| 13. | "Ninety-Nine Pounds" | |
| 14. | "One Way Street" | |
| 15. | "I Wouldn't Take Nothing for One Moment I've Spent with You" |
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