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Amen
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1999
RecordedMarch—July 1999
GenrePop rock, R&B, soul
Length58:02
LabelImago, Warner Bros.
ProducerPaula Cole
DJ Premier (scratches)[1]
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[citation needed]
Rolling Stone [2]

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.

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. ^ "Paula Cole Band – Amen (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-01-14.
  2. ^ Rolling Stone review