Kenny Thomas - Crazy World - Album Released July 2006

KENNY THOMAS

CRAZY WORLD

Release Date: 17th July

In response to demand created by his fans rather than some marketing departments sleight of hand, Kenny Thomas is set to release his new album 'Crazy World' in July. Kenny's new album was seized upon by soul cognoscenti in the media and spread like a bush fire through England's ever-vibrant northern soul club scene.

Soul music inspires more snobbery than almost any other genre, but Crazy World strikes one for homegrown British talent, with a soulful sway to rival Alexander O'Neil at his best. Hot on the heels of the single, Thomas will issue Crazy World, the long-awaited album that will confirm his credentials with longtime supporters and new appreciators beyond any argument.

Crazy World features mainly co-writes by Kenny, who's collaborated with such acclaimed talents as prolific hit maker Eliot Kenedy, South African-born writer-artist Jonathan Butler and producer Simon Law, whose credits include Soul II Soul and ChantÃÆ’© Moore. Among them is the much talked-about Let It Rain and the in-demand Him, co-written by Thomas and Butler and effusively embraced among the online community of Britsoul devotees as possibly one of the best UK soul tracks ever made.

The collection proudly wears Thomas' love of the very best classic American soul, funk and fusion on its sleeve, but never as mere imitation and always with his own character as a writer and vocalist to the fore. This album is old and new, he says, and there's always a risk when you're either trying to please someone else or be self-indulgent, because both can miss the mark.

Also on the album are two imaginative covers to remind us that Kenny was always an outstanding interpreter too, all the way back to signature hits such as Outstanding and Tender Love. Opening the set is I Will, an ingenious reshaping of Icelandic jazz-funk outfit Mezzofortes top 20 pop crossover instrumental of 1983, Garden Party. Then there's a great reading of Don't Know Why, well known as a Norah Jones hit but now made entirely his own by Thomas, who takes possession of the Jesse Harris composition with a sophisticated update.

Kenny Thomas will be available for interview for further information please call Louise Molloy-Harris at Quite Great Publicity on 01223 410000 or email louise@quitegreat.co.uk