If white radio wasn't ready for this in 1966, it's their loss, because now it's 2020 and I am so very ready for this today. It sounds fantastic. (10) Continue reading →
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It's not as brave as the A-side, or as startling, and - hand on heart - it isn't quite as good as a record, either; but it's still lovely, and it still works. (7) Continue reading →
The Four Tops are wonderful, and right now, like the rest of their labelmates, songwriters, producers, musicians, and - heck - probably the people at the pressing plants, they can do no wrong. (9...
Marvin Gaye's time with Smokey Robinson is drawing to a close here on Motown Junkies, but this absolutely has to go down as one of their best team-ups. It's weird and it's thought-provoking and i...
Marvin's life story was a fascinating patchwork of weird, unbelievable things; here, his musical story treads the same odd pathways, and the results are a strange, groovy trip, but a trip which s...
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Just another really solid Motown cut. By now, Motown could afford to be blasé about such things. (7) Continue reading →
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It should be better known, but then that would still be true if this had sold six million copies; it's a great, great record. ★ 10 ★ Continue reading →
In keeping with the overall theme so far of Motown's most spectacular winter, this is yet another established Motown artist subtly raising their game to a whole new level; if, this time, it's mor...
The return to both the heavier beats and the heavier themes of the earlier Vandellas' best material is a welcome one; this is a record at once ominous and impressively demanding of your attention...
I find it hard to put into words just what it is she does, but she does it here better than ever before. (9) Continue reading →