Decades Of Love
Club 44, 2022
8/10
As you might expect from the album title, Ernie Haase and company celebrate love on this 2 disc effort, where songs most of us have heard before are interpreted with their lush, smooth and harmonic sensibilities.
“L-O-V-E” opens the listen with warm piano and graceful strings, as the members each contribute flowing, harmonic singing, and “It Had To Be You” follows with a calmer pace of intimate singing and gorgeous piano playing in the heartfelt delivery.
Deeper into Act 1, the bouncy and playful “I Want To Hold Your Hand” showcases strategic baritone singing, while “Can’t Help Falling In Love” allows the group to harmonize in a very dreamy setting that builds into a majestic, cinematic demeanor.
Act 2 doesn’t depart from the formula, and includes the pop friendly keys of the expressive “How Deep Is Your Love?”, as well as the timeless “Can You Feel The Love Tonight?”, where the soulful and soaring voices are quite uplifting. The listen exits on “I Will Always Love You”, which possesses all the beauty of the Dolly Parton classic, but with Haase & Signature Sound’s charming twist.
An album that began as a gift to the member’s wives, the pandemic allowed them to keep on recording, and that’s just fine for the listener, cause we get to enjoy some universally great songs with a fresh coat of paint on them.
Travels well with: Chuck Wagon Gang- Radio Days; Lonesome River Band- Singing Up There: A Tribute To The Easter Brothers