For a guy who plays sitting down, Ben Harper sure doesn't stay in one place too long.

Kinky uplifting reggae, downtrodden Delta blues, lazy acoustic folk-pop, seductively groovy soul-rock, Parisian orchestral balladry, finger-popping funk -- you name it, the neo-hippie singer-songwriter tackles it all on his typically eclectic seventh album Diamonds on the Inside. In fact, he even tackles it all in that order. The Marleyesque opener With My Own Two Hands could have been cut at Studio One, When It's Good is straight from the back porch, the title track is a dark clump of tangled roots, Touch From Your Lust is a tune Lenny Kravitz would give his nipple rings to write, When She Believes could be an old Serge Gainsbourg cover, and Brown Eyed Blues and Bring the Funk are classic Stevie Wonder soul-funk.

And that's barely half the record -- there's still the gritty Hendrix rock of Temporary Remedy and So High So Low, the African gospel of Blessed to be a Witness and Picture of Jesus, and a few more odds and ends to sneak in before this mind-expanding hour-long beauty comes to a close.

No wonder he needs a seat; who wouldn't be tired after a stylistic merry-go-round like that? (More on Ben Harper)

Track Listing
1. With My Own Two Hands
2. When It's Good
3. Diamonds On The Inside
4. Touch From Your Lust
5. When She Believes
6. Brown Eyed Blues
7. Bring The Funk
8. Everything
9. Amen Omen
10. Temporary Remedy
11. So High So Low
12. Blessed To Be A Witness
13. Picture Of Jesus
14. She's Only Happy In The Sun