Personnel: Joan Osborne (vocals, background vocals); Joan Osborne; Jack Petruzzelli, Brandon Ross (guitar); Quida Pickle, Melissa Reiner (violin); Cameron Stone (cello); Gary Schreiner (harmonica); Greg Osby (saxophone); Lauren Sevian (baritone saxophone); Peck Allmond (trumpet, trombone); Steve Huffsteter (trumpet); Jock Ellis (trombone); Ivan Neville (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, background vocals); Eddie Bayers (drums); Tor Hyams (programming); Chante Frierson (background vocals).
Recording information: Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, NY; One Four Studios.
Following up on her earlier album HOW SWEET IT IS, BREAKFAST IN BED continues Joan Osborne's unexpected second career as a gifted re-interpreter of vintage soul and R&B tunes of the 1960s and '70s. Unlike many artists who would hew closely to the familiar versions of these songs, Osborne is fairly loose with her reinterpretations. This is for the better, because Osborne's passionate delivery of well-known tunes --Hall and Oates's "Sara Smile" and Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine," among others--transform the familiar songs into new and interesting performances. Osborne's handful of original tunes sound impressively at home in their surroundings, especially the outstandingly slinky torch song "Eliminate the Night."
Professional Reviews
No Depression (p.102) - "The album is ripe with savvy picks and a trio of soulful Osborne originals..."
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