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say hey, thanks for the share! and give my regards to mr moo. glad to see that he is still doing his thing, had a great blog back in the day!
Comment by Anonymous — July 24, 2010 @ 6:53 pm
Thanks to you for this!
Comment by JTF — July 24, 2010 @ 11:23 pm
For me, easily her best LP by light years. Every track is a winner with Natalie full of naive exhuberance. It’s hard to choose a fave, but “Joey”, “Something”, “Inseparable” and “I love him” really show the full spectrum of the lady’s promise under the supreme pen-power of Yancy & Jackson. Such a loss when she turned all smaltzy, jazzy, and ultimately faceless and dull - I always return to this LP to remind me what a gifted voice she once had. Soul at its almightiest.
Comment by Anonymous — July 25, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Wow, there’s loads of stuff here I’ve never heard. Thanks!
Comment by Sidney — July 25, 2010 @ 11:35 am
i just bought this album at the record store for a dollar, along with some other goodies… you never know what youll find in the dollar bins…. love this blog.
Comment by tm the beat constructor, j/k — July 25, 2010 @ 9:30 pm
Fresh. Keep diggin!
Comment by Rod — July 25, 2010 @ 9:59 pm
Thanks
Comment by k02 — July 26, 2010 @ 2:26 am
Excellent stuff!
Comment by Mick — July 26, 2010 @ 9:35 am
dope!!!! keep up the good work!!!!
Comment by Zack — July 26, 2010 @ 7:56 pm
this is a nice album thanx nikos
Comment by rich — July 26, 2010 @ 9:47 pm
As always, many thanks for the great blog and the wonderful music you and the team share. Cheers!
Comment by dcat... — July 26, 2010 @ 9:53 pm
yess ive been looking for this!
Comment by Robert — July 26, 2010 @ 11:44 pm
Thanks!
Comment by Krisch — July 27, 2010 @ 1:29 am
All around good album!! Much Thanks Nikos and Mr. Moo!!!
Comment by invisiblenigma — July 27, 2010 @ 2:53 am
Awesome, cant wait to give this a good listen. Love the video too.
Comment by Allain — July 27, 2010 @ 10:01 am
I’ve been looking for this one. Thanks a lot…
Comment by Yiannis — July 28, 2010 @ 9:47 am
Thanks for your hard work.
Comment by Kevin — July 28, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
Many thanks, only heard the title track, can’t wait to hear the rest.
Comment by Leonard — July 29, 2010 @ 10:57 pm
awesome thank you!!
Comment by Robert — July 30, 2010 @ 4:28 am
Timeless music. Thank u
Comment by Jose — July 30, 2010 @ 10:39 am
Thanks for the chance….Many big thanks again !!
Comment by Lucas — August 1, 2010 @ 12:54 pm
As alway a massive respect & thank you to the team for sharing this album..which I have not heard before…so a pleasurable Sunday afternoon awaits me.
Regards,
Eugene
Comment by Eugene — August 1, 2010 @ 4:49 pm
Of course I know who Natalie Cole is, but I have never before seriously listened to any of her albums. Maybe played in the background or so, but never really sat down and listenend. Now I did.
This is a great reflection of its time, recalling Shaft-like Funk on the first track, then even going a bit psychedelic with the reverbed Intro of the souly Joey. Really smooth! And the violins are playing…
There are certainly many singers with a better voice than hers, but maybe that is only a matter of personal taste. Her voice is not really impressing me, but the instrumentations are, the arrangements are doing it for me!
The creeping organ in “I can’t say no”! Wow, this is getting to me. The piano and the brass section in great harmony in the next track “This will be”, also with a wonderful background choir. This is actually swinging!
Another track of funk is presented with “How come you won’t stay”.
About “Your face stays in my mind”, I am OF COURSE biased, as I heard that track first by Precious Wilson in 1983. You know how that goes, if you heaar a track first by one singer, THAT version will be the ORIGINAL for you. No matter who really sang the original, the version you heard first will always stay YOUR original.
Same here, despite the obvious fact that Cole’s version was recorded 8 years before Wilson’s, the Wilson track will stay the original for me. But the Cole version is very good too. Maybe the musical background in this version is even more carefully constructed, I am sensing a boogie rhythm here, while PW was clearly trying to make a danceable postdisco version.
The album closes with a dramatic soul ballad “You”, and I feel the organ creeping up at me again (which is a good thing!), and the choir is giving a good portion of drama to it.
All in all, this is outstanding for a first album.
Comment by albgardis — August 1, 2010 @ 8:05 pm
albgardis, thank you for sharing your feelings with this extensive review. Excellent!
Comment by Nikos — August 1, 2010 @ 9:14 pm
I could not agree more with albagardis’ remark on the first version you’ve heard of a song being the original for you. That is so true.
I love Natalie mainly because her music was part of the best years of my life … forever in my mind and in my heart.
Comment by raggedy — August 2, 2010 @ 2:29 am
I prefer the “Thankfull” album, but this one is great too.
Fav tracks : “Needing You”, “This Will be”, “Something For Nothing” & “How Come You Won’t Stay Here”
Comment by Funky Skynet — August 3, 2010 @ 4:41 am
I knew only a few songs of this. thanks for the opportunity to listen to the whole LP.
Comment by Gareth — August 4, 2010 @ 9:03 pm
just lovely! Thank u.
Comment by Dylan Dog — August 5, 2010 @ 11:08 am
A very good one. Peace.
Comment by Solomon — August 6, 2010 @ 10:37 pm
Perfect! I had no idea of this.
Comment by Albert — August 8, 2010 @ 11:38 am
very fany,perfect!
Comment by nike lebron vii shoes — August 8, 2010 @ 1:23 pm
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Comment by air max nike shoes — August 8, 2010 @ 1:24 pm
Nice post and nice debut from Natalie.
Comment by Peter — August 9, 2010 @ 1:47 am
GREAT LP, thanks!!
Comment by mrB — August 22, 2010 @ 9:40 am