{{Infobox album | name = Soul Run | type = studio | artist = Tanika Charles | cover =Soul Run.jpg | alt = | released = May 10, 2016 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Soul, R&B | length = | label = Record Kicks | producer = * Matt “Emdee” Reid * 2nd Son * Slakah the Beatchild * Daniel Lee * Christopher Sandes * Jesse Bear * Tanika Charles * Anthony Corsi * Sean Nimmons * Simon Hamilton | prev_title = What?What!What?! | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = The Gumption | next_year = 2019 | misc = {{Singles | name = Soul Run | type = studio | single1 = Soul Run | single1date = October 30, 2015 | single2 = Two Steps | single2date = April 13, 2016 | single3 = Endless Chain | single3date = May 19, 2017 | single4 = Love Fool | single4date = October 5, 2017 }} }} '''''Soul Run''''' is the debut full-length album from Canadian R&B artist Tanika Charles, first released independently in Canada on May 10, 2016,<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |last1=Patrick |first1=Ryan B. |title=Tanika Charles - Soul Run |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tanika_charles-soul_run_review |website=Exclaim! |access-date=12 November 2019 |date=11 May 2016 |archive-date=20 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520190515/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/tanika_charles-soul_run_review |url-status=live }}</ref> and internationally on April 7, 2017, through Record Kicks.<ref name="rk soulrun">{{cite web |title=Soul Run |url=http://recordkicks.com/index.php?/site/releases/Soul-Run |website=Record Kicks |access-date=12 November 2019 |date=7 April 2017 |archive-date=6 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106231933/http://recordkicks.com/index.php%3F/site/releases/Soul-Run |url-status=live }}</ref> It was long-listed for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize<ref name="polaris">{{cite web |title=2016 Nominees |url=https://polarismusicprize.ca/2016-nominees/ |website=Polaris Music Prize |access-date=12 November 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417155727/https://polarismusicprize.ca/2016-nominees/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and nominated for the 2017 Juno Awards R&B/Soul Recording of the Year<ref name="junoawards">{{cite web |title=2017 R&B/Soul Recording of the Year Nominees |url=https://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=2017&to-year=2017&nomination-category=rbsoul-recording-of-the-year |website=Juno Awards |access-date=12 November 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202034108/http://junoawards.ca/awards/?from-year=2017&to-year=2017&nomination-category=rbsoul-recording-of-the-year |url-status=live }}</ref> alongside The Weeknd, Daniel Caesar, dvsn and PARTYNEXTDOOR. Shortly after self-releasing the album in Canada, Tanika Charles signed with Italian funk/soul label Record Kicks. The international release that followed in 2017 included the additional song “Sweet Memories”.
The album was supported by the singles “Soul Run”, “Two Steps”, “Endless Chain” and "Love Fool”. Videos for “Soul Run” and “Endless Chain” were co-directed by Taha Muharuma and Shanik Tanna. A behind-the-scenes tour video for “Two Steps” was edited by Michael Warren and filmed by Jon Foster during Tanika Charles & The Wonderful's first European tour in December 2017.<ref name="videos">{{cite web |title=Videos |url=https://tanikacharles.com/video |website=Tanika Charles |access-date=12 November 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108010408/https://tanikacharles.com/video |url-status=live }}</ref>
Copies of the album are available on CD and LP, as well as across all streaming and digital download music services. The singles “Soul Run” and “Endless Chain” were made available on limited edition 7” vinyl.<ref name="clear45">{{cite web |title=Endless Chain (Ltd Clear Vinyl 45) |url=http://recordkicks.com/index.php?/site/releases/Endless-Chain-Ltd-Clear-Vinyl-45 |website=Record Kicks |access-date=12 November 2019 |date=19 May 2017 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108022001/http://recordkicks.com/index.php%3F/site/releases/Endless-Chain-Ltd-Clear-Vinyl-45 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Release and reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev1Score = 8/10<ref name="exclaim"/> | rev2 = ''Uncut'' | rev2Score = 8/10<ref name="uncut">{{cite magazine |last= Bentley|first= Mark|date= May 2017|title= Tanika Charles-Soul Run|url= https://tanikacharles.com/soul-run-print|magazine= Uncut}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Echoes'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="echoes">{{cite magazine |last= Wells|first= Chris|date= May 2017|title= Soul album of the month|url= https://tanikacharles.com/soul-run-print|magazine= Echoes}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Mojo'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}}<ref name="mojo">{{cite magazine |last= Brown|first= Glyn|date= May 2017|title= Tanika Charles-Soul Run|url= https://tanikacharles.com/soul-run-print|magazine= Mojo}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Music Republic'' | rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="music republic">{{cite web |last1=Redley |first1=Simon |title=Tanika Charles: Soul Run |url=http://www.musicrepublicmagazine.com/2017/02/tanika-charles-soul-run-record-kicks-april-7th/ |website=Music Republic Magazine |access-date=12 November 2019 |date=7 April 2017 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108023504/http://www.musicrepublicmagazine.com/2017/02/tanika-charles-soul-run-record-kicks-april-7th/ |url-status=live }}</ref> }}
''Soul Run'' was widely praised in Canadian media. In his ''Exclaim!'' review, Ryan B. Patrick called it “…fresh, funky and freeing, a solid soul standout that sets the groundwork for future releases to follow.”<ref name="exclaim"/> Christine Clarke at Now Magazine said listeners will be “…instantly drawn in by her charisma.”<ref name="now">{{cite web |last1=Clarke |first1=Christine |title=Tanika Charles - Soul Run |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/tanika-charles-soul-run/ |website=Now Magazine |access-date=12 November 2019 |date=4 May 2016 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108022000/https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/tanika-charles-soul-run/ |url-status=live }}</ref> CBC Music featured Tanika Charles and her band The Wonderful's in a ''First Play Live'' episode, where songs from the ''Soul Run'' album were premiered in front of an intimate studio audience.<ref>{{cite AV media | people = Tanika Charles & The Wonderfuls | date = 27 May 2016 | title = First Play Live | url = https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxuaaONzLc3dTSazPUSVnNqQRKx3HiP8j | access-date = 12 November 2019 | publisher = CBC Music }}</ref>
International reviewers would later agree, such as Music Republic Magazine lauding Soul Run as ”one of the very best soul releases this year thus far, and for a long time, in fact.”<ref name="music republic"/> Albumism noted it was "...bursting with promise and relatable, down to earth lyrics of love, life and liberation."<ref name="albumism">{{cite web |last1=Corcoran |first1=Patrick |title=Tanika Charles' Soul Runs Deep on Dynamic Debut 'Soul Run' |url=https://www.albumism.com/reviews/tanika-charles-soul-run |website=Albumism |access-date=12 November 2019 |date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108022000/https://www.albumism.com/reviews/tanika-charles-soul-run |url-status=live }}</ref> While interviewing Ad-Rock and Mike D on his NPR podcast, legendary New York radio DJ Bobbito Garcia told his guests that he “…heard Tanika Charles and it just reminded me of that Beastie Boys deep funk, raw soul era.”<ref name="npr">{{cite podcast |url= https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/659697200/the-beastie-boys-on-their-hip-hop-journey-and-missing-adam-yauch|title= The Beastie Boys On Their Hip-Hop Journey And Missing Adam Yauch|website= NPR|host= Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Garcia|date= 24 October 2018|time= 00:38|access-date= 12 November 2019}}</ref>
Songs from Soul Run have been featured in numerous television and film placements including Kim’s Convenience, Workin’ Moms, Love Jacked as well as a KFC commercial.<ref name="tunefind">{{cite web |title=Tanika Charles TV & Film Sync Placements |url=https://www.tunefind.com/artist/tanika-charles |website=Tunefind |access-date=12 November 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108022001/https://www.tunefind.com/artist/tanika-charles |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | headline = ''Soul Run'' | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro | writer1 = Tanika Charles | extra1 = Michael Warren | length1 = 1:12
| title2 = Soul Run | writer2 = {{hlist|Charles|Robert Bolton}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Matt “Emdee” Reid|2nd Son|Slakah the Beatchild{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length2 = 3:28
| title3 = Two Steps | writer3 = {{hlist|Charles|Daniel Lee}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Daniel Lee|Christopher Sandes{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length3 = 3:46
| title4 = More Than A Man | writer4 = {{hlist|Charles| Slakah the Beatchild}} | extra4 = Slakah the Beatchild | length4 = 3:35
| title5 = Money | writer5 = {{hlist|Charles|Bolton}} | extra5 = Jesse Bear | length5 = 2:53
| title6 = Sweet Memories{{ref|b|[b]}} | writer6 = {{hlist|Charles|Zaki Ibrahim}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Tanika Charles|Christopher Sandes{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length6 = 3:47
| title7 = Love Fool | writer7 = {{hlist|Charles|Divine Brown|I James Jones}} | extra7 = Slakah the Beatchild | length7 = 3:17
| title8 = Heavy | writer8 = {{hlist|Charles|Jones}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Anthony Corsi|Sean Nimmons|Simon Hamilton|Slakah the Beatchild{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length8 = 3:28
| title9 = Endless Chain | writer9 = {{hlist|Charles|Jones}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Slakah the Beatchild}} | length9 = 3:50
| title10 = Waiting | writer10 = {{hlist|Charles| Slakah the Beatchild}} | extra10 = Slakah the Beatchild | length10 = 3:28
| title11 = Darkness and the Dawn | writer11 = Charles | extra11 = Slakah the Beatchild | length11 = 4:02
| total_length = 33:15 }}
'''Notes''' * {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional production. * {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} not included on Canadian release. * Mixed by Michael Warren, except "Love Fool" mixed by Slakah the Beatchild. * Mastered by Bryan Lowe at João Carvalho Mastering, except “Sweet Memories” mastered by Gianluca Pighi at Pitgilus Studio.
==Personnel== Credits compiled from the liner notes of ''Soul Run''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title= Soul Run |year= 2016|first= Tanika|last= Charles|type= Liner notes|publisher= Tanika Charles Music}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title= Soul Run |year= 2017|first= Tanika|last= Charles|type= Liner notes|publisher= Record Kicks}}</ref> and Tanika Charles' website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Soul Run |url=https://tanikacharles.com/soulrun |website=Tanika Charles |access-date=12 November 2019 |archive-date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108010356/https://tanikacharles.com/soulrun |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{div col}} * 2nd Son - producer * Adam Risbridger - additional vocals * Alex St. Kitts - bass * Anthony Corsi - producer * Ben Foran - guitar * Bryan Lowe - mastering * Christopher Sandes - producer, keys, engineer * Daniel Lee - songwriter, producer, engineer * Divine Brown - songwriter, additional vocals * Fabio Conti - additional layout * Gianluca Pighi - mastering * I James Jones - songwriter, additional vocals * Jacob Hanania - additional vocals * Jamie Drake - percussion, vibraphone * Jay Hay - saxophone * Jennifer Balance - makeup * Jeremy Strachan - horn arrangements, saxophone * Jesse Bear - producer * Jesse Ohtake - management * Kevin Howley - drums, percussion, engineer * L’oqenz - additional vocals * Marlon James - horns * Matt “Emdee” Reid - producer * Michael Warren - producer, engineer, management * Octavio Santos - horns * Robert Bolton - songwriter * Ryan Paterson - photography, design * Sean Nimmons - producer * Shaun Brodie - trumpet * Simon Hamilton - producer * Slakah the Beatchild - songwriter, producer, engineer, additional vocals * Tanika Charles - vocals, songwriter, producer * Tao M. Lau - management * Zaki Ibrahim - songwriter, additional vocals {{div col end}}
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