{"title":"Artist: Esther Phillips","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"from-a-whisper-to-a-scream-esther-phillips-lp","title":"From A Whisper To A Scream [Import]","description":"\u003ch3\u003e** This is a BACKORDER. Please read our policies before ordering. Check our website for Est. Ship Date.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eKEY FEATURES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eStereo recording\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eRe-mastering by: Ray Staff at Air Mastering, Lyndhurst Hall, London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e1xLP pressed on Black Vinyl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRELEASE DESCRIPTION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Esther Phillips finest \"70s releases, From a Whisper to a Scream is the first of seven albums the singer recorded for \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCTI\u003c\/span\u003e offshoot Kudu. Arranged and conducted by Pee Wee Ellis, the December 1971 session also involved principal players such as bassist Gordon Edwards, drummer Bernard Purdie, percussionist Airto, guitarists Cornell Dupree and Eric Gale, keyboardist Richard Tee, and saxophonists Hank Crawford and David Liebman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSetting the tone for Phillips' Kudu era, Whisper offers a series of spacious, yet fully arranged ballads of burning heartache, along with a handful of relatively funky numbers that do nothing to compromise her talent, dishing out loads of classy grit. It's a definite point of departure from the likes of Esther Phillips Sings and And I Love Him, her field of contemporaries closer to Al Green and Aretha Franklin than before. She grabs onto \"Home Is Where the Hatred Is,\" Gil Scott-Heron's most harrowing rumination on drug dependency - which, at that point, wasn't even a year old - as if it were her very own, and it's all the more poignant given its parallels with her own life. (It's meaning was only compounded by her death in 1984.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough there is absolutely nothing lacking in the album's more energetic moments, it's still the ballads that shine brightest, like the alternately fragile and explosive \"From a Whisper to a Scream\" (Allen Toussaint) and a staggering \"Baby, I'm for Real\" (Marvin and Anna Gordy, made popular by the Originals) so vulnerable yet commanding that it really should've closed the album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndy Kellman\/\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eAMG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHome Is Where The Hatred Is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom A Whisper To A Scream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Lay Down Beside You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThat's All Right With Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTil My Back Ain't Got No Bone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweet Touch Of Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBaby\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm For Real\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYour Love Is So Doggone Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScarred Knees\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLISTEN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAvailable on Desktop \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5DKr9135qjzQLbejKs4Aak?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Esther Phillips","offers":[{"title":"LP \/ Black","offer_id":43186541330623,"sku":"PPAN-KU05-BK","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/6947\/3471\/files\/tmp_2F1563914025244-d04j80114sl-ddcb91e0364359fb7a93cac1e76ce298_2FEsther-Phillips-From-A-Whisper-To-A-Scream-front-cover.jpg?v=1713909554"}],"url":"https:\/\/helixsounds.com\/collections\/artist-esther-phillips.oembed","provider":"Helix Sounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}