Good Bread Alley

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Good Bread Alley
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Good Bread Alley Cd Cover, 2006
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 2006
Genre R&B, electronic
Length52:09
Label Thirsty Ear Music
Carl Hancock Rux chronology
Apothecary Rx
(2004)
Good Bread Alley
(2006)
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Good Bread Alley is the third studio album of Carl Hancock Rux. Titled after a close-knit historically African American district of shotgun houses that once occupied a segregated neighborhood in Miami, Florida, the cd was released by Thirsty Ear Music, produced by Carl Hancock Rux with songwriting and co-songwriting credits from Geoff Barrow, Vinicius Cantuária, David Holmes, Rob Hyman, Stewart Lerman, Darren Morris, Phil Mossman, Vernon Reid, Tim Saul, Jaco Van Schalkwyk, and Bill Withers. The cd tackles religion, sexual politics, war and media overload, in the tradition of Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway, employing supersaturated, open-ended soul music with bluesy vamps, touches of minimalism, and slide-guitar licks providing a rich backdrop for Rux's sardonic baritone, achieving a pop-gospel synthesis. [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Good Bread Alley" 5:47
  2. "My Brother's Hands" 5:13
  3. "Thadius Star" 5:09
  4. "Behind the Curtain" 4:55
  5. "Lies" 3:31
  6. "Geneva" 3:27
  7. "Black of My Shadow" 4:35
  8. "All the Rock Stars" 4:13
  9. "Living Room" 3:53
  10. "I Can't Write Left Handed" 7:25
  11. "Better Left Unsaid (Complete Lost Session Tapes)" 5:20

Personnel

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References

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  3. Christgau, Robert (13 June 2006). "All in the Family". Village Voice.
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