Every imaginable convention of the 21st-century R&B diva can found in the grooves of Sunshine Anderson's debut, Your Woman. It stretches itself in a dozen different moods, reeling you in from the first notes of her signature tune, "A Little Sunshine" and manages to be melancholic, laid-back, sensual and sexy all at once. Musically, this 18-track album captures the exuberance of Anderson's first name: lush arrangements, euphoric hooks and a soaring, swooping gospel soul … mehrvoice. But listen closely and things aren't as sunny as they seem. From the great funk fuelled single, "Heard It All Before" to the dreamy slow-tempo swoon of "Last Night", Anderson tracks the highs and lows of love with enough depth to sate even the most soul-addled attention span. The production by Soullife's Mike City doesn't twang and lilt like Outkast or bob and weave like Timbaland, but his chilled out beats, tentative scratches and subtle flourishes make this more than "hip background music". Although Your Woman is a little too long, this timeless effort should sit comfortably with the retro classics of the 80s and the 90s as well as albums from the likes of Lucy Pearl and Lauryn Hill. Her superstar manager, Macy Gray should watch her back! --Reuben Dessay weniger

1 - Little Sunshine
2 - Better Off
3 - He Said She Said
4 - Heard It All Before
5 - Vulnerability… mehr
6 - Letting Down My Guard
7 - Where Have You Been
8 - Saved The Day
9 - Lunch Or Dinner
10 - Last Night
11 - Your Woman
12 - Your Woman
13 - Airport
14 - Being Away
15 - Crazy Love
16 - You Do You
17 - Spoken Word
18 - Little Sunshine weniger