Alain Clark - Live It Out (2009)

You listen to "Mind Of A Woman" or "Head Over Heels" and you know good, simple songs are making a comeback. Forget what you're hearing on the radio. Take an extra step to hear the fine music by musicians like Warner Brothers' latest young wunderkind, Alain Clark. The bi-racial, raspy-to-silk voiced tenor was of the Craig David vein on his forgettable self-titled 2006 debut. But, like David, Clark has made a muscular return with bouncy soul grooves and lonely teardrop ballads that could make Clark the international mainstream star Warner is praying for by re-releasing this 2007 indie project as new. Clark is cute enough for heartthrob status with the teeny-boppers, but has mature material to cause their mother's to swoon too. The 60s and 70s inspired melodies of every shade are brilliantly arranged to extract the absolute best out of what would have otherwise been just a solid soul singer.