Amen (Paula Cole album)

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.

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
This Fire (1996) Amen. (1999) Courage (2007)
Singles from Amen
"I Believe in Love" "Be Somebody" "Amen"

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

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

• 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

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