Landing On A Hundred

cd digipack with 8 page booklet. the return of cody chesnutt and his first full album in a decade! universally acclaimed for his shortlist prize nominated 2002 debut, 'the headphone masterpiece', not to mention the roots retooled version of 'the seed', cody chesnutt is a soul troubadour whose frank, socially conscious ruminations continue to set the bar for what modern soul music can look and sound like. following a period of family-man retreat and reflection cody marks his return on with a brand new album, 'landing on a hundred'. a full-blown tower of soul and driving brass stabs in the mayfield / gaye tradition, that's still mama reflects on a misspent youth - one of several poignant narratives that feature on landing on a hundred as it sketches out a man's road to redemption after years of womanizing and crack addiction, and the power and labour of slow-burning marital love that eclipses mere material expressions of affection.