Brook Benton - Home Style (1970) {RM, RE, WPCR-27696}

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2013 - Warner Music Japan / Cotillion / WPCR-27696 / Remastered, Reissue / CD

Wonderful work from Brook Benton – and the kind of record that always gets overlooked in discussions of southern soul, but which is proof that Benton's always been a key force in the genre! Brook virtually invented the style with his earlier country soul recordings – and by the time of this 1970 set, he's in perfect form vocally – and working under some wonderfully sophisticated arrangements by Arif Mardin. The result is the kind of cross-genre record that Brook could do effortlessly – and which should have made him huge, but instead kind of got him left behind by all the other folks who were copping his style. Yet with the strength of a record like this, we'll take that overlooked fame as still OK – because the set's a gem just waiting to be discovered by later generations like us! Rhythm's by the Dixie Flyers – augmented by jazz players that include King Curtis, Pepper Adams, and Joe Newman. Titles include "Aspen Colorado", "For Lee An", "Whoever Finds This, I Love You", "Don't It Make You Wanta Go Home", and "Let Me Fix It". © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc.

Tracklist

01) Whoever Finds This I Love You (04:26)
02) For Lee Ann (03:48)
03) Willie And Laura Mae Jones (04:08)
04) It's All In The Game (03:38)
05) Don't It Make You Wanta Go Home (03:20)
06) Aspen Colorado (03:31)
07) Don't Think Twice It's All Right (03:26)
08) Born Under A Bad Sign (03:02)
09) Are You Sincere (03:34)
10) Let Me Fix It (04:28)