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Raymond Jones listening guide: 2005
Raymond Jones listening guide: 2005: So Amazing and Intimate join Naked Soul and Acts of Love in the expanded sounds.htm catalog.
Listening page captured 8 February 2005 · Recording and listening reference
Independently compiled by the current site operator on 28 September 2026 from the earlier music website. This is not a republication of the original text or an endorsement of today’s product by the artists or their estates.
An expanded edition, not an extension typo
This version begins with So Amazing (Songs from the Luther Vandross Songbook) and adds Bad for Me and Intimate in two former MP3 bitrates. It retains Naked Soul and changes the Acts of Love sample selection to The Perfect Pair and I Loved You More. Those content differences are why sounds.htm and sounds.html remain separate pages.
[1][2]Listen through the album catalogs
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[4][5][3]Albums in the 2005 listening page
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| Album | Original page selections | Listening or documentation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| So Amazing | Luther Vandross songbook samples | Apple Music | [1] |
| Intimate | Bad for Me; Intimate | Apple Music | [1] |
| Naked Soul | Codajas; Funny… Isn’t It; The Easy Way | Apple Music | [1] |
| Acts of Love | The Perfect Pair; I Loved You More | Album documentation | [1] |
Sources & original documents
- Expanded listening page, 8 February 2005
Original page capture; the capture date is not necessarily its publication date.
- Early listening page, 20 February 2001
Original page capture; the capture date is not necessarily its publication date.
- So Amazing on Apple Music
Songs from the Luther Vandross Songbook; current album-specific listening destination, checked 28 September 2026.
- Intimate on Apple Music
Current album-specific listening destination, checked 28 September 2026. The 2001 interview supplies its contemporary release context.
- Naked Soul on Apple Music
Album-specific record checked 28 September 2026: 15 June 1999, 11 tracks; phonogram line uegmusic.com.