Heard volume 1 (#353) - might as well try more.
This is roughly more of the same, though I didn't find this collection quite as exciting, nor as lovingly curated. Also, the overall tone seems to have moved in a direction I didn't like, focusing on a slower, smoother sound, with more strings and syrupy horns, with more lovesick loss than jealous rage. If you want your man/woman, fight for him/her! Take a hint from some of those people on the last volume, some of which were you.
The change isn't overly surprising - this collection drew from the later end of the label's output, and that was maybe just the way things were headed. But its not the side of the first volume I wanted to hear more of. There's some inventive highlights, like the stomping, Go-Team-Predicting, Soul Finger, and the Midnight Vultures sleaze of Whatcha See if Whatcha Get, but it's a net loss.
Not bad, and a good second lesson on the label's history, but I'm going to have to get pretty bored with Volume 1 before I start putting this on instead 3/5
You might like this if: You prefer smooth Hayesian Soul over hot Mayfieldian Superfly. Otherwise, start with Volume 1 and head here when you need another dose.
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