First released in 1973, this ninth studio album from Gladys Knight & The Pips made quite an impression on the charts and was their most successful record. This limited-issue vinyl version comes with the original cover and back cover artwork, as the timeless nine songs sound great on the 140-gram High Quality Virgin Vinyl.<\/p>\n
The soulful textures of \u201cNeither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)\u201d start the listen with Knight\u2019s unmistakable voice that suits the dreamy backdrop and arrangements from Artie Butler and Michael O\u2019Martian. \u201cIt\u2019s Gotta Be That Way\u201d follows with gentle keys and light percussion alongside the intimate yet powerful singing, and \u201cThis Child Needs Its Father\u201d continues the unparalleled vocal performance with much emotion and well-timed backing vocals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho Is She (And What Is She To You)\u201d wraps us Side A with some funk flavor, where the grooves and rich song craft is much appreciated, and Side B leads with the bright mood of \u201cAnd This Is Love.\u201d Arranged by James Carmichael, the intricate bass lines and soaring brass won\u2019t go unnoticed.<\/p>\n
Closer to the end, the call-and-response singing of \u201cCan\u2019t Give It Up No More\u201d complements the flowing melodies of the album\u2019s best, and \u201cDon\u2019t It Make You Feel Guilty\u201d finishes out the album with a playful spirit, where David Van DePitte\u2019s arranging makes for soul, R&B and funk sounds that sound as great today as they did in the \u201970s.<\/p>\n
An important body of work for the band and soul music as a whole, Neither One Of Us<\/i> hit the #1 spot on the Billboard Soul Chart and #9 on the Billboard LP Chart. No surprise here; something tells me, if this album were released today, it would make a similar impact. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7535],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-47137","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-gladys-knight-the-pips","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47137"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}