i think of great soul records as being full of edge and excitement with record production that lifts the artist to heart bursting emotion.
here however michael mcdonald ,one of THE great blue-eyed soul singers, is given a soft bed to lay on and he's almost suffocated by the feathers.
soft guitars,soft drums,soft focus everything.even with the great songs he has chosen to cover they rarely raise the temperature beyond mundane and cozy.
i wish he'd released an accompanying CD with just him at the piano pouring all that unadulterated emotion his beautiful voice undoubtedly has into these songs.
it's a snooze-a-thon folks.
