Cover of a great Temptations track. I have to say that Norman Whitfield is one of my favourite producer / songwriters ever.
This is a great cover of a great song. Rather different to the original, as you might expect but equally good. The extension of the track to almost twice in length gave Rod the space to develop the song more. Love this rendition.
Final entry before my listening group meets next Monday
The album is pretty much the Faces with significant contributions from Ronnie Wood and Ian McLagan incorporating hard rock, folk, and blues into the fabric of the album. It went to number one on both the UK and US charts and generally consensus is that it’s a great album, which is an assessment that I would endorse.
So, I wouldn’t disagree with any of the above however, I find it interesting that an album of, mostly covers is so highly regarded. I guess it’s because Rod’s renditions of the tracks are so well done and, in some cases, iconic. Rod really did make many of these songs “his own” and produced, overall, a great album
It’s certainly not a perfect album, few albums are but there’s so much here that is quite brilliant. It’s a great listen overall
I read somewhere that “Rod the Singer can make words flesh, and though Rod the Bandleader's music is literally electric it's the mandolin and pedal steel that come through sharpest." I think that’s an interesting take on the album
Unfortunately there wasn't a lot of engagement with this album which is a pity as I think that it is rather splendid but that's been the pattern over the last few that I have posted. As I write this there have been fewer than 1.000 visits to the thread. Comparing that with say Revolver which had over 130,000, I think that maybe the idea might have run it's course or maybe I need to change something to make it more appealing. Any thoughts on that would be appreciated. If the consensus were that they are not that worth doing, I'm fine with that. Afterall, The whole idea initially was to drive more engagement on the forums. Maybe there are better ways of doing this
Nor surprisingly, the general consensus at the listening group was that this is a cracker of an album
Change of format for the July group as we have extended the sessions from 60 to 120 minutes so we will be listening to two albums by the same artist. Will let you know what they are when they come through later today and will be posting two separate forum threads for each one
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