Tales (album)
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| Tales | ||||
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| Released | May 1995 | |||
| Genre | Jazz fusion[1] | |||
| Length | 63:08 | |||
| Label | PRA[2] Dreyfus[3] | |||
| Producer | Marcus Miller | |||
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Tales is a studio album by American jazz musician Marcus Miller, released in 1995 on PRA/Dreyfus Records.[4][5] He supported it with a North American tour.[6]
The album peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 12 on the US Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[7] Tales was also Grammy nominated, in the category of "Best Contemporary Jazz Performance".[8]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [14] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD |  [3] |
The Independent wrote that the album "lashes its constituent parts together with stupendous playing and rigorous adherence to the principle that music is about spinning yarns, not showing off."[4] Adam Sweeting of The Guardian determined that most of Miller's music "occupies a safe centre ground of funk basslines, loose-limbed drumming from Poogie Bell, and layers of beatific keyboard harmonies."[15]
Joe Rassenfoss of The Rocky Mountain News opined that Meshell Ndegeocello "spellbinds with 'Rush Over', a ballad wrought from spoken word and singing."[11] Marty Hughley of The Oregonian praised Miller's "knack for welding groove to harmonic structure and balancing upscale polish with urban grit."[16] Steve Miller of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution deemed Miller "a fusionaire whose slickness is cued to the marketplace, but he also knows how to round up a band."[17]
Scott Yanow of AllMusic, in a 3/5 star review wrote, "Marcus Miller's electric bass is a major force throughout the music...A few songs (especially later in the program) ramble on a bit and one wishes that Marcus Miller would drop the funk now and then for variety's sake, but in general his set holds one's interest."[14]
