Keep Reachin Up

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Keep Reachin' Up
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Studio album by
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators
Released2005
Recorded2003–2005
Genre
Length39:40
Label Lifesaver | Timmion
Producer Didier Selin
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club (B) [3]
Boston Herald (favorable) [4]
Les Inrocks (favorable) [5]
Kevchino(9/10) [6]
Pitchfork (7.6/10) [7]
PopMatters (6/10) [8]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
XLR8R (10/10) [10]

Keep Reachin' Up is a studio album by soul recording collaboration Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators, released on Lifesaver | Timmion Records in 2005. The music is composed and performed by Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators and the record is produced by Didier Selin. Timmion Records is located in Helsinki, Finland.

Contents

The title track was chosen as one of many songs on US President Barack Obama's re-election Spotify playlist in February 2012. [11]

Track listing

  1. "Feeling Free" – 3:37
  2. "If This Ain't Love (Don't Know What Is)" – 3:28
  3. "Keep Reachin' Up" – 3:24
  4. "Blues Downtown" – 5:13
  5. "My Four Leaf Clover" – 2:53
  6. "A Perfect Kind of Love" – 4:01
  7. "Invisible Man" – 2:59
  8. "Holdin' On" – 3:37
  9. "No One's Gonna Love You" – 6:06
  10. "Soul Investigators Theme" (instrumental) – 2:42
  11. "Outro" (bonus track) – 1:40

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Hoffman, K. Ross. Review: Keep Reachin' Up. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  2. ↑ Schroeder, Audra (July 20, 2007). Review: Keep Reachin' Up. The Austin Chronicle . Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  3. ↑ Murray, Noel (July 24, 2007). Review: Keep Reachin' Up. The A.V. Club . Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  4. ↑ Arnold, Ben (January 6, 2008). Review: Keep Reachin' Up. Boston Herald . Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  5. ↑ Columnist (September 30, 2006). Review: Keep Reachin' Up. Les Inrocks . Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  6. ↑ Lambert, Sean. Review: Keep Reachin' Up Archived 2008-02-06 at the Wayback Machine . Kevchino. Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  7. ↑ Tangari, Joe (July 17, 2007). Review: Keep Reachin' Up. Pitchfork . Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  8. ↑ Lundy, Zeth (July 23, 2007). Review: Keep Reachin' Up. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  9. ↑ Harrington, Jon (August 2007). Review: Keep Reachin' Up. Record Collector . Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  10. ↑ Hopper, Justin (July 2, 2007). Review: Keep Reachin' Up. XLR8R . Retrieved on 2010-10-30.
  11. ↑ Coplan, Chris (February 9, 2012). "Obama releases Spotify playlist". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved 2012-08-27.
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