Good Bread Alley
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| Good Bread Alley | ||||
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 Good Bread Alley Cd Cover, 2006 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 23, 2006 | |||
| Genre | R&B, electronic | |||
| Length | 52:09 | |||
| Label | Thirsty Ear Music | |||
| Carl Hancock Rux chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| PopMatters | [2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | (3/5)[4] |
Good Bread Alley is the third studio album of Carl Hancock Rux. Titled after a close-knit historically African American district of shotgun houses that once occupied a segregated neighborhood in Miami, Florida, the cd was released by Thirsty Ear Music, produced by Carl Hancock Rux with songwriting and co-songwriting credits from Geoff Barrow, Vinicius Cantuária, David Holmes, Rob Hyman, Stewart Lerman, Darren Morris, Phil Mossman, Vernon Reid, Tim Saul, Jaco Van Schalkwyk, and Bill Withers. The cd tackles religion, sexual politics, war and media overload, in the tradition of Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway, employing supersaturated, open-ended soul music with bluesy vamps, touches of minimalism, and slide-guitar licks providing a rich backdrop for Rux's sardonic baritone, achieving a pop-gospel synthesis.[5]
