It Must Be Him/The Way Of Today - Vikki Carr

Advantages: One of the greatest soul albums of all time
Disadvantages: ---

...at his funeral). The overwhelming immediacy of her art has made her a pop culture deity; it's personal nature has made her like family to her fans, who worry and fret about her like she is their flesh and blood. But in a way that reverence rings slightly hollow, because in the end we( her fans, myself included) are not really members of her family but idolizers of her beautiful art. Her music has been so vibrant, visceral and easy to understand that you forget the complicated inner workings and machinations one must have to make art this universally understandable in the first place. And speaking for myself, the deeper I look in to her work, the more I realize that in order to earn the title of "queen of soul" she had to pay a terrible price. 1966. Brother ray had Just kicked heroin and came back on the charts with a fail safe risk... Read review

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Advantages: Mind blowing musical masterpiece of one man's struggle to find himself
Disadvantages: weak 2nd disc

...later say that the Beatles were splitting up for years, and he was heard saying on the way back from their last live concert at Candle Stick Park to nobody in particular, 'That's it, then. I'm not a Beatle anymore.' as early as 1966. George Harrison, The Rebirth? In 1965, on the set for The Beatle's second movie 'Help', George met and talked with a group of Indian musicians who had a scene on the film. Instantly he was gripped by an odd instrument named a sitar, and sent somebody out to buy one for him. From then on, George would become fascinated with all things Indian. By this time George was no stranger to soft drugs, but when he took the mind altering chemical LSD he claimed; 'It just opened something up inside of me'. The drug became a part of life for George. What followed was intense mediation trips to India under... Read review

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Advantages: Moving, beautiful harmonies and solos.
Disadvantages: Not everyone likes jazz

...of harmonies, and his lyricism earned him a big name in the Jazz community; leaving a legacy that survives today. You may not appreciate it to quite the extent that I do, and the album is not ‘Jazzy’ as such, in the usual jumpy, bebop sort of way, but ‘You Must believe in Spring’ is still an unmatchable work of musical poetry.... Read review

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