Amen (Paula Cole album)

Amen.
Amen.
Studio album by Paula Cole Band
Released	September 28, 1999
Recorded	March—July 1999
Studio	Globe Studios (New York City)
Genre	Pop rock
Length	51:19
Label	Imago, Warner Bros.
Producer	Paula Cole
Paula Cole Band chronology
Singles from Amen
	"I Believe in Love"; "Be Somebody"; "Amen";

Amen. is the third studio album by Paula Cole. It is officially credited to "The Paula Cole Band." The album was stylistically a major departure from Cole's previous album, This Fire, and was met with mixed reviews. Commercially, the album failed to match the success of This Fire, peaking at #92 on the Billboard 200 chart, and selling 116,000 copies to date.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]

The album did, however, score a moderate Adult Top 40 radio format hit with "I Believe In Love", which peaked at #22. A remix made for dance clubs and rhythmic radio format peaked at #18 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play, and also attained moderate airplay.

Track listing edit

*Amen*
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Believe in Love"	Paula Cole	5:48
2.	"Amen"	Paula Cole	5:58
3.	"La Tonya"	Paula Cole	6:13
4.	"Pearl"	Paula Cole	6:05
5.	"Be Somebody" (featured vocalist T-Boz)	Paula Cole	5:15
6.	"Rhythm of Life"	Paula Cole	7:50
7.	"Free"	Paula Cole	3:54
8.	"Suwannee Jo"	Paula Cole	5:24
9.	"God Is Watching"	Paula Cole	4:47

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Music	Length
10.	"Feelin' Da Love" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Paula Cole	5:21

Personnel edit

Jamshied Sharifi – arranger, orchestra and string quartet conductor
Tony Levin – bass, electric upright bass, Chapman Stick
Alfredo Hidrovo – bongos, shaker
Jay Bellerose – drums, tambourine, snare [toy], shaker, hihat [additional]
Kevin Barry – electric guitar [wah], acoustic guitar, e-bow, electric sitar guitar, baritone guitar, Moog guitar], Fillanoma guitar, mandolin, acoustic slide guitar
Paula Cole – electric piano [Rhodes], bass [Rhodes], synthesizer [Moog], piano, bass [Juno], electric guitar [low-tuned], Clavinet, [Wah] clarinet, finger snaps, vocals
Susan Jolles – harp
DJ Premier – scratches
Greg Leisz – pedal steel guitar
Tionne "T-Boz" Wattkins – backing vocals

References edit

^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Amen - Paula Cole at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ Rolling Stone review

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[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Amen - Paula Cole at AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[2] Rolling Stone review

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