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Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside

Ben Harper
Diamonds On The Inside

Not since Johnny Nash's 1969 album Folk Soul has acoustic-based music sounded so empowered with molten streams of heavy soul. Harper's trademark lap steel licks accompany warm Americana musings, while the funked-up reggae numbers bounce along invitingly, and the guitar-heavy songs exude a rock tone reminiscent of Neil Young's heyday.

Even as he invokes folks such as Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix, Ben Harper turns rock cliches inside out until they mean something new again. The Black Crowes-damaged title track of Harper's fifth studio album -- a lush sweep of twelve-string and pedal steel guitars -- is sweeter than ninety percent of the cock rock that it echoes. Often, when Harper
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seems to be singing about some spangly rock chick, he's crooning about the Queen of Heaven -- at least that's the case with "When She Believes," a lullaby that's all accordions, harps and fuzzy-blanket chords.

Harper works out of a tradition that is older than rock: the African-American church and its more secular members' tradition of blending gospel righteousness with pop grooves. "Brown Eyed Blues" is good wah-wah funk, but it's Harper's quavering, weak-with-lust vocal that makes it irresistible. He understands that pop music isn't just a parade of brand-new things -- it's about reinvention, too.

On Diamonds on the Inside, Harper does better than that: He blows up like an inheritor and improves upon his influences with a few jewels of unique and exquisitely tender rock & roll.

PAT BLASHILL
(From RS 918, March 20, 2003)

Ben Harper Records and CDs:
Burn To Shine Diamonds On The Inside Faded		Fight For Your Mind Live From Mars		The Will To Live Welcome To The Cruel World

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Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside Ben Harper Diamonds On The Inside (2003 Uk Promo 1-track Cd Featuring Radio Edit 3:40 Custom Car...	New/Mint	CDsingle	$12.49	eil / esprit	UK
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside Ben Harper Diamonds On The Inside (2003 Us 14-track Advance Promotional-only Cd Album Housed In ...	New/Mint	Sticker	$23.32	eil / esprit	UK
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside Double Lp Vinyl, Harper, Ben: Diamonds On The Inside, Virgin 50999 2 67931 1 5/gatefold/2 Lps/cus...	S/S	2LP	$26.25	Music Obsess	USA
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside Usually Shipped After 2 Business Days. Number Of Media (discs, Tapes, Records…): 2. Usa, Virgin R... Special Order	NEW/NEU! (	2LP	$57.41	Total Recall	Germany
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside Ben Harper Diamonds On The Inside (2003 Us 14-track 2-lp Vinyl Set Harpers First Album For 10 Ye...	New/Mint	3X 12"	$28.32	eil / esprit	UK
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside (180 Gr) Replaces The Prior Version (83003). Tracklisting: 01. With My Own Two Hands (4:35) 02. When It's...	NEW	LP	$31.86	GrooveNet	USA
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside (promo) In Stock. Shipped Within 24 Hours. Confirmation Email After Shipping. Number Of Media (discs, Tap...	NEW/NEU (s	CDsingle	$5.27	Total Recall	Germany
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside (radio Edit/with My Own Two Hands (scientist Remix)/strawberry Fields) Australia, Virgin 7243 5 47178 2 6, 2003	EX/EX	CDsingle	$5.98	Plastic Pass	Austral
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside (sealed) 2 new, Sealed, Gatefold, 2 Lp Set, Rock Usa, Emi Virgin	SEALED	LP	$28.00	Beatnick	Canada
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside - Advance Cd Promo-only 14 Track Advance Cd In Slimline Jewel Case With One Sheet Insert Australia, Virgin Pr1...	M-/M-	CD	$14.94	Plastic Pass	Austral
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside - Virgin Usa 2003 - 2 Lp Set - 14 Tracks	NEW	LP	$65.86	vinylrecords	Germany
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside Radio Edit 1 Track Promo In Card Picture Sleeve Eu, Virgin, Vuscdj266	M M	CDsingle	$5.00	Steve Fisher	UK
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside Radio Edit 3:45/lp Vers. 4:27 Cd Single, Harper, Ben: Diamonds On The Inside Radio Edit 3:45/lp Vers. 4:27, Virgin 17730/promo...	LIKE NEW	CDsingle	$8.40	Music Obsess	USA
Harper, ben	Diamonds On The Inside-radio Edit Cdsingle eu-200 3-1 Track Promo Card Sleeve Diamonds On The Inside:3.40 Virgin, 266	NEW/NEW	CDsingle	$16.32	Compagnie	France

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