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Rebirth of Soul

album by Syleena Johnson

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ55393611 ↗
Source-derived summary

Rebirth of Soul is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Syleena Johnson. It was released by Shanachie Records on November 10, 2017 in the United States. Produced by Johnson's father Syl Johnson, who chose its songs and assembled a group of crack session players from the 1960s and 1970s, Rebirth of Soul is a cover album that comprises songs R&B, soul and rock songs of these eras.

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“Rebirth of Soul” enters the record as album by Syleena Johnson. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rebirth, Soul and album can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2017—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2017. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Rebirth, Soul and album.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q55393611. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2017.

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This entry incorporates text from “Rebirth of Soul” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.