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Feb 16, 2010 - New World Order Curtis Mayfield to stream in hi-fi, or to download in True CD Quality on Qobuz.com. New World Order is a touching, moving comeback from Curtis Mayfield.As the first new music Mayfield recorded since he was paralyzed in 1990, the album engenders a lot of goodwill -- it's undeniably affecting to hear him sing again, especially with the knowledge that his performances had to be recorded line by line, due to his paralysis.

Is a touching, moving comeback from. As the first new music recorded since he was paralyzed in 1990, the album engenders a lot of goodwill -- it's undeniably affecting to hear him sing again, especially with the knowledge that his performances had to be recorded line by line, due to his paralysis. The joy of hearing him sing makes the inconsistency of the album forgivable, especially since he is in good voice.,, and all contributed productions that are sensitive but strong, which gives the album added weight. The songs are hit-and-miss, but the main strength of the record is that it illustrates that can make music that is still vital.

Curtis Mayfield was a driving force in black music from the early '60s through the mid-'70s, as a singer, writer, producer, and label owner. Mayfield began singing with gospel groups such as the Northern Jubilee Singers, who were part of his grandmother's Traveling Soul Spiritualist Church. He met lifelong friend and collaborator Jerry Butler at a gospel function, and they went on to form the Impressions, a rhythm & blues vocal group, in 1957. In 1958 they, along with Sam Gooden and Richard and Arthur Brooks, recorded 'For Your Precious Love' on Vee-Jay Records. Butler's cool baritone dominated the record, and he left to pursue a solo career.

Mayfield and Butler teamed up again in 1960, with Butler singing and Mayfield writing and playing guitar on 'He Will Break Your Heart' (Number Seven pop, Number One R&B). A re-formed Impressions with Mayfield, Gooden, and Fred Cash signed with ABC-Paramount and scored with Mayfield's flamenco-styled 'Gypsy Woman' (Number 20 pop, Number Two R&B). Mayfield then entered a prolific period during which his writing and singing would come to define the Chicago sound, which rivaled Motown in the early and mid-'60s.

With the Impressions, Mayfield produced, wrote, and sang lead on numerous hits; some included uplifting civil-rights-movement messages. 'It's All Right' (Number Four pop, Number One R&B) in 1963; 'I'm So Proud' (Number 14 pop), 'Keep On Pushing' (Number 10 pop), and 'Amen' (Number Seven pop, Number 17 R&B) in 1964; 'People Get Ready' (Number 14 pop, Number Three R&B) in 1965; and 'We're a Winner' (Number 14 pop, Number One R&B) in 1968 reflect the quality of Mayfield's work. Meanwhile, as the staff producer for Columbia-distributed Okeh Records, Mayfield wrote memorable music for Major Lance — 'The Monkey Time' (Number Eight pop, Number Four R&B) and 'Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um' (Number Five pop) — and for Gene Chandler: 'Just Be True' (Number 19 pop) and 'Nothing Can Stop Me' (Number 18 pop, Number Three R&B).

On his own Windy C and Mayfield labels, he produced hits with the Five Stairsteps and Cubie, 'World of Fantasy' (Number 12 R&B), and the Fascinations, 'Girls Are Out to Get You' (Number 13 R&B), respectively. In the late '60s Mayfield started his third company, Curtom, this one distributed by Buddah Records. Crack cadpipe commercial pipe. During the '70s Curtom moved from Buddah to Warner Bros. To RSO Records for distribution.

In 1970 Mayfield also made a major career move, leaving the Impressions to go solo, though he continued to direct the group's career through the decade. Solo albums — Curtis (Number 19), Curtis/Live! (Number 21), and Roots (Number 40) all sold well, establishing Mayfield as a solo performer. But it was his soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly that is generally considered his masterpiece — an eerie yet danceable blend of Mayfield's knowing falsetto with Latin percussion and predisco rhythm guitars. The 4-million-selling album (Number One, 1972) included two gold singles, 'Superfly' (Number Eight pop, Number Five R&B) and 'Freddie's Dead' (Number Four pop, Number Two R&B); it sold an additional million copies as a tape. It foreshadowed Mayfield's continued involvement with film in the '70s. He scored Claudine, writing the Gladys Knight and the Pips' single 'On and On' in 1974; Let's Do It Again, which featured the Staples Singers on the title song in 1975; and Sparkle with Aretha Franklin in 1976.