Sing For You

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:38:47
Unknown Contributor Role: The "5" Royales. The group's second album for the King label is not quite the soaring achievement that Dedicated to You was, but it will do and then some. From slow romantic ballads to pure blues, the group offers an extraordinary range of catchy, eminently danceable tracks -- 16 in all -- and all worth hearing more than once. Opening with the melodic ballad "Your Only Love," the quintet hits its stride with "The Real Thing," a pounding shouter that's heavy on the rhythm guitar and offers a killer sax break -- "Don't Let It Be in Vain," which follows, is a slow soul ballad with some searing lead guitar courtesy of Lowman Pauling, whose axe also shows up at some strategic moments on "The Cha Cha Cherry." "Double or Nothing" is more of a pure vocal showcase, while the relentlessly upbeat and funny "Mohawk Squaw" seems to bring the group into Cadillacs and Coasters territory, where they acquit themselves well. And then there's the mid-tempo jewel "I Need Your Lovin' Baby," which shows the group near its peak vocally and instrumentally. The whole second side of the original LP is made up of songs that could have been hits or solid B-sides of hits, including "Tell the Truth," which Ray Charles would later cover, and Pauling's killer solo on "The Slumber the Slum." The third-to-last track, "I Ain't Getting Caught," carries them into novelty material of unexpected smoothness and subtlety, and then the group takes a totally unexpected detour into slow blues with "When I Get Like This." Couple that with a really cool cover design and this record is a keeper -- King Records has made it even more attractive by keeping the list price below $10.00 on the CD. ~ Bruce Eder
録音 : モノラル (Studio)