In November 2008, Seal released a studio album called "Soul." It was his first covers album, consisting entirely of covers of soul classics. It did pretty well, selling about half a million copies in the U.S. and another half a million in Britain. Apparently, this was his first concert in which he performed songs from that album. He went all in, playing only songs from that album until the last two.
I couldn't find the audio or video of this at YouTube or any of the usual places one finds bootlegs. However, I tracked down a streaming service that has it. I recorded that to my computer and then converted it to audio and broke it into mp3s. The last two songs, the only two originals, are presented as bonus tracks, and are separated from the rest of the concert. But I think it's likely they actually were played in that order. One can tell because he announced that the horn section was leaving, and the two "bonus tracks" were then done without the horn section. I edited things a bit so those two fit into the show without any obvious gaps.
Seal's "Soul" album was criticized for sounding too slick and overproduced. I suspect the songs sound better done live here.
This album is 59 minutes long.
01 A Change Is Gonna Come (Seal)
02 talk (Seal)
03 I Can't Stand the Rain (Seal)
04 talk (Seal)
05 It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World (Seal)
06 Knock On Wood (Seal)
07 talk (Seal)
08 If You Don't Know Me by Now (Seal)
09 talk (Seal)
10 I've Been Loving You Too Long (Seal)
11 talk (Seal)
12 Here I Am [Come and Take Me] (Seal)
13 talk (Seal)
14 People Get Ready (Seal)
15 Stand by Me (Seal)
16 talk (Seal)
17 Kiss from a Rose (Seal)
18 Crazy (Seal)
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Honestly, I saw Seal and said pass. That is until I saw the setlist and was very interested. I've heard his two hits on the radio and didn't know he did an album of classics. Thank you for opening me to this phase of his music, G.
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