In an Interview with Robert Copsey ofDigital Spy she explained why the album was called "Seasons of My Soul", she said: "Mainly because it took me so long to make the album that I noticed that the songs were coming round again. I'd have these moods in my soul that would come around like seasons over the years and the songs matched the moods. It was like an emotional landscape. There are different shades, different feels and different colours to the album. Some people have been saying that 'Slow' is an autumnal song and so is 'Aretha' in a way."[11]
Meanwhile, in terms of its musical and lyrical influences, Rumer told Pete Lewis, Assistant Editor ofBlues & Soul: "I think all the songs have elements of different things that have influenced me, and different MUSIC that's influenced me. Songs like 'Slow' and 'Come To Me High' have little dreamy,Bacharach-type chords and those lilting, gorgeous melodies that remind me of songs that I've heard and loved in films that were written by the fantastic composers from the Thirties like Irving Berlin and Rodgers & Hammerstein. Then 'Take Me As I Am' is veryLaura Nyro &LaBelle - soulful with a gospel feel. ("When we didTake Me As I Am, we were listening to the Laura Nyro/Labelle albumGonna Take a Miracle. That was a huge influence on the record.New York Tendaberry as well." )[12] While 'Thankful' I think is veryJoni Mitchell from herHejira phase, where it's like a poem which describes a season in each verse... While lyrically the album is largely just classic autobiographical storytelling." Other influences on the album Rumer has cited areJudee Sill and, " Not necessarily in the songwriting, but in the production",Stephen Bishop.[12]
[2]
