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- Relish
- - 181,493 plays
  - 105 favs
  - 58 shares
Joan Osborne
Released 1995

Let's Just Get Naked
05:09
9,664 plays

Pensacola
04:31
9,565 plays

Dracula Moon
06:18
9,210 plays

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songs

- 1
- St. Teresa
- 05:22
- 23,209 plays

- 2
- Man In The Long Black Coat
- 04:50
- 12,233 plays

- 3
- Right Hand Man
- 05:00
- 13,270 plays

- 4
- Pensacola
- 04:31
- 9,565 plays

- 5
- Dracula Moon
- 06:18
- 9,210 plays

- 6
- One Of Us
- 05:21
- 55,388 plays

- 7
- Ladder
- 04:12
- 11,715 plays

- 8
- Spider Web
- 05:32
- 10,855 plays

- 9
- Let's Just Get Naked
- 05:09
- 9,664 plays

- 10
- Help Me
- 05:15
- 7,627 plays

- 11
- Crazy Baby
- 06:33
- 10,280 plays

- 12
- Lumina
- 03:07
- 8,477 plays

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album review

"Relish" can be a sharp, bittersweet condiment; it can also suggest a determined gusto to live to the fullest. Combined, these two images provide a good taste of Joan Osborne's major-label debut (the live Soul Show was self-released in 1992). Grounded in blues, soul and gospel, the Kentucky native wields her gritty voice with personality and forceful presence, kind of Melissa Etheridge meets Sophie B. Hawkins with a splash of Jann Arden. Osborne's passion for life oozes from the grooves. There's an uplifting fervor to her material and delivery, as if every second, every note was being individually savored. Key track "One of Us" sets the disc's optimistic tone. It's a simple, direct statement of faith, honest and unadorned, one framed in a near-perfect chorus and delectable Neil Young-ish guitar riff. This isn't one of those sugary, superficial, goody-two-shoes Amy Grant kind of deals. "Right Hand Man" and "Let's Just Get Naked" confirm that Osborne's earthy, enlightened spirituality shares the same bed with sensuality and sexuality. Well-rounded both lyrically and musically, there's also no contradiction in this universe between "Lumina"'s thoughtful balladry and the wailing harp and acoustic slide bursting the seams of "Help Me." ~ Roch Parisien, All Music Guide