Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy (2009)

There's a reason that Speech Debelle's debut album is called "Speech
Therapy" and that's because she speaks straight from the heart, with
complete intimacy, as if only addressing one person. As if she expects
the record never to be heard.

Perhaps in some way, that's not an unreasonable assumption. The 25 year
old South Londoner has been through the mill both before and since she
started working on this set of recordings. The oldest song on here is
called "Finish This Album". It was the tune she first played when she
visited Big Dada almost five years ago. Its theme is that she has to
hold it together, look after herself and try to get the record done, as
if the act of finishing will somehow liberate her from the problems in
her life. It's both intimate and epic, moving back and forth between
the personal and political, the mundane and the spiritual. It's a
journey acoss London and a journey across her life thus far. Speech is
both young and old beyond her years. At the age of twenty five her
fragile voice can make her sound like a teenager, but she's packed in
enough experience to last most people forever.

Speech Debelle - Speech Therapy

01. Searching 3:33
02. The Key 2:59
03. Better Days (Ft. Micachu) 4:00
04. Spinnin' 3:36
05. Go Then, Bye 4:22
06. Daddy's Little Girl 3:52
07. Bad Boy 4:19
08. Wheela In Motion (Ft. Roots Manuva) 3:27
09. Live & Learn 3:29
10. Working Weak 3:20
11. Buddy Love 4:11
12. Finish This Album 5:11
13. Speech Therapy 4:45

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