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| 4.0 excellent | Iai EMERITUS | January 16th 07 |
Organic, funky, folky, soulful, and an absolute monument of soul music. Much of this material will be familiar to all but the most ignorant listener - "Everybody's Talkin'" has been covered by basically everybody, "Let It Be" is a Beatles cover, and "Ain't No Sunshine" is possibly Withers' most famous original song (competing with "Just The Two Of Us" and "Lovely Day"). Even "Grandma's Hands" was sampled on Blackstreet's "No Diggity". Steven Stills and Booker T Jones support, but Withers makes sure he's truly the star by crafting an album that, at its best, is as intimate and personal as the likes of Pink Moon. "Hope She'll Be Happier" is the understated peak, though it's hard to pick favourites on an album as complete as this. The only slip comes with "Everybody's Talkin'", which is given a funky treatment to bring it in line with the rest of the album. Here, it doesn't work. Elsewhere, however, Withers displays a sound that 35 years later remains all his own. A remarkable album.
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| 4.3 superb | Erwann S. STAFF | April 6th 20 |
Soul, both smooth and deep. The man knew how to craft soothing folk rock-influenced soul, and one can feel the 60s were still there in his mind. In fact, this sometimes sounds more like a folk record sung by a guy who could deliver soulful and emotional bursts of summer vibes. The orchestration perfectly plays its role: always in the background and mingling with the organ, percussion and guitar, thus always letting shine the true star of the record: Bill Withers. A legendary album that, while deeply rooted in its time, is still warm and passionate enough to appeal to younger generations.
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| 4.5 superb | ATM777 | March 15th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | MvdW | September 29th 22 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | June 23rd 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Joran | April 6th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | KuyJuk | January 7th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | OmairSh | December 9th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Lucman | September 29th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | July 4th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigHans | June 13th 19 |
| 3.5 great | deslad | September 24th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | September 7th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | p4p | July 12th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | April 17th 16 |
| 5.0 classic | Nigtwig | January 15th 15 |
| 3.5 great | ethos | April 27th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | nnnope | December 17th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | aguzman | December 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | hankmac | February 6th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | 69463 | October 5th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | razzle | April 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Inveigh | March 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | jrowa001 | November 24th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | cvrcmrc | September 1st 10 |
| 4.5 superb | SlyJak | June 25th 10 |
| 2.5 average | arb | September 3rd 08 |
| 4.5 superb | KINGGS | February 25th 08 |
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