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George Benson
certainly is a good soul vocalist, fervently turning every phrase
as if he meant every lovelorn syllable. Here, though, he is
shackled by stale pop/soul sentiments and one hack arrangement
after another, assembled in no less than 17 studios!
Russ Titelman,
who shows only a flickering awareness of George's huge talent,
is the producer, spelled twice by the even more commercial Michael
Masser.
The only bright
spots are the tense high-tech title track and - surprise - an
elegant Basielike treatment of "Beyond The Sea," and with several
jazz luminaries in the all-star band and Frank Foster and Ralph
Burns handling the chart. Only one instrumental, "Stand Up,"
and it ain't much.
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Source:
All Music Guide
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