Amen (Paula Cole album)

Amen. is the third studio album by Paula Cole. It is officially credited to "The Paula Cole Band." The album was stylistically a major departure from Cole's previous album, This Fire, and was met with mixed reviews. Commercially, the album failed to match the success of This Fire, peaking at #92 on the Billboard 200 chart, and selling 116,000 copies to date.

Amen.
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1999
RecordedMarch—July 1999
StudioGlobe Studios (New York City)
GenrePop rock, R&B, soul
Length51:19
LabelImago, Warner Bros.
ProducerPaula Cole
Paula Cole Band chronology
This Fire
(1996)
Amen.
(1999)
Courage
(2007)
Singles from Amen
  1. "I Believe in Love"
  2. "Be Somebody"
  3. "Amen"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone [2]

The album did, however, score a moderate Adult Top 40 radio format hit with "I Believe In Love", which peaked at #22. A remix made for dance clubs and rhythmic radio format peaked at #18 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play, and also attained moderate airplay.

Track listing

Amen
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Believe in Love"Paula Cole5:48
2."Amen"Paula Cole5:58
3."La Tonya"Paula Cole6:13
4."Pearl"Paula Cole6:05
5."Be Somebody" (featured vocalist T-Boz)Paula Cole5:15
6."Rhythm of Life"Paula Cole7:50
7."Free"Paula Cole3:54
8."Suwannee Jo"Paula Cole5:24
9."God Is Watching"Paula Cole4:47
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleMusicLength
10."Feelin' Da Love" (featuring Missy Elliott)Paula Cole5:21

Personnel

  • Jamshied Sharifi – arranger, orchestra and string quartet conductor
  • Tony Levin – bass, electric upright bass, Chapman Stick
  • Alfredo Hidrovo – bongos, shaker
  • Jay Bellerose – drums, tambourine, snare [toy], shaker, hihat [additional]
  • Kevin Barry – electric guitar [wah], acoustic guitar, e-bow, electric sitar guitar, baritone guitar, Moog guitar], Fillanoma guitar, mandolin, acoustic slide guitar
  • Paula Cole – electric piano [Rhodes], bass [Rhodes], synthesizer [Moog], piano, bass [Juno], electric guitar [low-tuned], Clavinet, [Wah] clarinet, finger snaps, vocals
  • Susan Jolles – harp
  • DJ Premier – scratches
  • Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
  • Tionne "T-Boz" Wattkins – backing vocals

References

  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Amen - Paula Cole at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. Rolling Stone review



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