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- Carencro
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Marc Broussard
Released 2004

[Untitled Track]
00:04
598 plays

Home
05:03
51,283 plays

[Untitled Track]
00:04
459 plays

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- 1
- Home
- 05:03
- 51,283 plays

- 2
- Rocksteady
- 04:04
- 19,417 plays

- 3
- The Beauty Of Who You Are
- 04:11
- 19,910 plays

- 4
- Save Me
- 03:43
- 15,070 plays

- 5
- Come Around
- 04:59
- 12,917 plays

- 6
- Where You Are
- 03:52
- 15,646 plays

- 7
- Lonely Night In Georgia
- 06:21
- 15,208 plays

- 8
- Saturday
- 03:10
- 10,718 plays

- 9
- The Wanderer
- 03:58
- 13,065 plays

- 10
- Hope For Me Yet
- 03:45
- 12,739 plays

- 11
- Let Me Leave
- 04:27
- 13,580 plays

- 12
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 598 plays

- 13
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 248 plays

- 14
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 258 plays

- 15
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 265 plays

- 16
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 243 plays

- 17
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 252 plays

- 18
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 281 plays

- 19
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 242 plays

- 20
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 226 plays

- 21
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 202 plays

- 22
- [Untitled Track]
- 00:04
- 459 plays

- 23
- Gavin's Song
- 03:14
- 19,458 plays

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album review

Make no mistake about it, Marc Broussard can sing. With a husky baritone that sounds like some Louisiana version of David Ruffin and an upward range that suggests Al Green or Eddie Kendricks, Broussard's soulful phrasing carries a kind of joyous and yet world-weary wisdom that belies his age. The lead track here, "Home" (the album is named after Broussard's hometown of Carencro, LA), is immediately stunning. A huge and atmospheric swampy Motown stomp, "Home" sounds like Otis Redding from some alternate universe -- one in which he doesn't die in a plane crash -- singing swamp pop with all the funk of a Memphis Stax groove and all the ghostly alligator voodoo of Dr. John. An explosively effective track, "Home" is a hard act to follow, and the rest of this album seems to trail in its wake. "Save Me" sounds like it could be a winning single for the neo-MTV generation, and Broussard's surprisingly joyous vocal (you can tell he takes glee in singing, a trait, again, that recalls Al Green) masks a somewhat codependent lyric, while "Lonely Night in Georgia" sounds like John Hiatt trying to channel Ray Charles. There is a journeyman's feel to some of the songs, but Broussard's soulful vocals always find a meaningful corner to work from in just about everything here, and one can't help but feel this guy has a monster album in him just around the corner. Carencro isn't a masterpiece (although "Home" certainly is), but it is a solid, professional, and undeniably soulful outing, and anyone who can sing like this kid is definitely going to set the world reeling back on its heels eventually. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide