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Lou Courtney is one artist (among many others) who deserves to be held in the same esteem as Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson and dozens more. The record is Lou Courtney’s masterpiece and got a wonderfully full soul sound and mellow tracks. Many soul albums of the 70s which hit the charts have only one or a few worthwhile tracks. This one is packed with gems and the whole ting really comes together the way a good album should, in my eyes you should sort it directly beside “What´s going on?”, but it´s less orchestral than Marvin Gaye´s all time classic. A mix of moody keyboard driven groovers and ballads, all topped by excellent vocals from Lou (who also co-produced the record), miles ahead of any work he did in the early days, all surrounded with magnificent arrangements and high-class production jobs! Majestically arranged and produced by the legendary Jerry Ragovoy. This wonderful set of songs contains dancefloor groovers, mellow mid-tempo swayers, and late-night romantic ballads but all tracks are infinitely soulful. The best thing, though, is the songwriting, as these tracks rank right up there with the best underground mellow soul we can think of — sophisticated yet not soppy, filled with soulful lyrics about – of course – love and losing it, never giving into cliches of other soul from the time.

A real dream of an album!