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- Summary: This 26-track disc compiles (for the first time on CD) songs from the acclaimed soul singer's 1969-1973 Muscle Shoals period when she recorded for Fame Records--a period that netted her 12 consecutive Billboard R&B hits.
- Record Label: Astralwerks
- Genre(s): R&B, Soul
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Positive: 9 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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MojoThere's much to digest here but absolutely no filler--each song is a priceless gem. [Jan 2004, p.110]
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Though the arrangements are predictable, Staton's versatile voice is a revelation.
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Like Aretha Franklin, Linda Jones, and Otis Redding, Staton's voice is the sound of emotion being ripped from the human heart and offered, bleeding and broken, pleading and yearning, to the listener.
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Show[s] that the early chapters of the Staton story may not match the later commercial success, but trump the four-to-the-floor stuff with grit-in-the-grooves southern soul.
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Emotion and soul run deep throughout (thanks to Staton's raw vocals), with each track an honest revelation.
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It's really good, good enough to make you wonder why you haven't heard of Candi Staton (more often).
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Even the least-crucial songs feature a tough backing band and a powerful, raspy performance from Candi.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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DaveCFeb 29, 2004
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TommoKMar 5, 2004
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MarkyMarkMay 2, 2004
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GabrielAMay 20, 2005
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JohnBOct 14, 2004
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TheoLFeb 26, 2004
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