{"product_id":"ch-1-vs-1-2-25","title":"Ch. 1 Vs. 1","description":"The first solo album from the star of The Color Purple's Broadway revival, Harriet, and Genius: Aretha offers highly emotional and polished adult pop that integrates a little gospel, blues, soul, and folk. If Cynthia Erivo's voice wasn't so nuanced -- it can shift from conveying grief to bliss with little apparent exertion -- the rarely ceasing sense of gravity in her lyrics would be taxing. During only the first few songs, she sings of dying inside (after doom scrolling), self-immolation (the result of \"playing with fire\"), and the death of a baby in his mother's arms (from an unspecified cause). There's never any mistaking the songs for the work of anyone but an actress who happens to have a capital-V voice, as they're all suitable for a stage or big-screen production. The closing sequence -- consisting of a deeply moving piano ballad addressed to her absent father, a triumphant self-empowerment anthem, and a reassuring tribute to her mother and sister -- is undeniably powerful. ~ Andy Kellman","brand":"InnerSleeve","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41899844534437,"sku":"602438278268","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/6007\/1077\/files\/a6523cead149956d97b1669c586d732e_fbeb18df-fe4d-46aa-8dcb-400c1570f6b4.jpg?v=1777576152","url":"https:\/\/www.innersleeve.com\/en-gb\/products\/ch-1-vs-1-2-25","provider":"InnerSleeve","version":"1.0","type":"link"}