Junior Walker "Smooth" 1978

Definitely a good title for this one – given that the album's relatively smooth and mellow overall, and not as all-out rocking or funky as Jr Walker's classic 60s work!......But that change is also a nice one – as you can't just wail instrumentals forever – and Walker's almost heading towards pre-smooth jazz territory here by blowing soulfully with a set of gentle backings, often on numbers familiar from other versions. The album does include one great track that has a nice funky undercurrent, and a bit of an edge – the great "Probe Your Mind", easily one of Walker's best from later years. Other tracks include "I Need You Right Now", which features vocals by Thelma Houston – plus "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted", "It Takes Two To Make Love", "Climb On Up", "You're On Fire", and "All The Way". (Cover has a cutout notch and some wear.)  © 1996-2014, Dusty Groove, Inc.trax:

01 I Need You Right Now (with Thelma Houston) 02 I Can See Clearly Now 03 What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted 04 Darling, Come Back Home 05 Probe Your Mind 06 Hard Love 07 You're On Fire 08 Climb On Up 09 It Takes Two To Make Love 10 All The Way

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