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 Great for fans August 5, 2009
David R. Thrift (Des Moines, Ia. /Cocoa, Fl.)
Soul Mover song is a must have for any fan of Glen. Good band also.Soul Mover
MY FIRST HUGHES AND DEFINETLY NOT MY LAST September 15, 2008
HANS D HARMS (runaway bay, QLD Australia)
Killer hooks, monstrous guitar tone and style, great vocals. Impossible to sit still for this one. As this was my first foray into GLENN HUGHES, I was suitably impressed and will order more of this mans music. Just one thing : the lyrics are lame at best. Still 5 stars as this thing really ROCKS !!!!!!
 Glen Hughes Soul Mover March 24, 2008
Robert E. Schmid (Boardman, Ohio)
Good Cd..not one of His best in my opinion but still amazing for his age and amount of work he puts out. I'm sure as I continue to listen it will get better to my ears. It is a little more eclectic in that it has some stuff that you might call standard blues/rock aloing with the normal great arrangements. As alawasy, the instrumentation is great!
Condition of the CD, Purchased used - very good. This is the place to get music!
My Favorite Glenn Hughes solo Album August 2, 2007
JP (Macon, GA)
I've been listening to Glenn for almost 35 years now and he is one of my all time favorite vocalists. In fact I've always preferred him to Coverdale and wonder what he would have sounded like with Gillan! And, even through all his ups and downs, his voice still sounds as soulful and powerful as ever.
He has many great albums (check out Hughes/Thrall if you haven't already) and I always look forward to a new release but this album stunned me upon first hearing it. It's darn good, almost on an entirely different level than the handful of albums that came before it. He was clearly rejuvenated and riding high on his increasing popularity many, I'm sure, being older fans finding their way back to him. I'm also sure the "guests" on this album helped as well.
There's not a single song that I would skip over but "She Moves Ghostly", "Orion", and "Change Yourself" all stand out and I will say, without any reservations, that "Let it Go" is nothing less than a masterpiece. The emotion and power of that song jump right out of the speakers at you and I would LOVE to hear/see a live version of it. Being about his drug addiction and subsequent recovery, this song is clearly important to Glenn.
His core band has never been better and Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is simply on fire!! As much as I hate to say it, this album is so good the next one (Music of the Devine) was kind of a let down. it'll be intersting to hear the next one.
With the release of both this and "Fused", his album with Tony Iommi, 2005 was a banner year for Hughes fans! If you are a fan you should be ashamed of yourself if you don't already own Soul Mover!! If you mainly know him from Deep purple and Trapeze and are curious about his solo released...here's where to start. If you aren't that familiar with his work and simply like good rock n' roll and/or great vocals, then get this album, get it immediately!! Now...if he'd start playing stateside somewhere other than NY, LA and Orlando...I'd be a happy man!!!
Glenn Hughes - Heavy Metal Funk Rock Makes A Comeback May 14, 2007
Steven Sly (Kalamazoo, MI United States)
Hughes is probably best known as a former bass player and vocalist for Deep Purple. He also was a founding member of Trapeze and did a stint with Black Sabbath among others. I first really became aware of him from a song he sang on Spock's Beard's keys man Ryo Okumoto's solo album. When "Soul Mover" came out I kept reading rave reviews about it, so I decided to pick it up. I am glad I did as it is a great hard rock disc with a good dose of patented Hughes funk thrown in. The album was mainly a project between Hughes and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. The two really mesh together well and provide an absolute killer rhythm section throughout the album. Dave Navarro (former Chili Peppers, Jane's Addiction) provides most of the guitar. Hugh's voice is still incredible after all these years and he is no slouch on the bass either. He went through some difficult years with drug and alcohol problems but has come out the other side performing as well has he ever has. If you have ever been a fan of Hughes work with Purple or Sabbath or if you just like you heavy rock with a good dose of funk and soul this album is well worth checking out.
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