Mojo (Publisher) (10/03, p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Here Dean Rudland selects the rarest treats..."18.40485
$17.30
18.40485
$10.17
18.40485
$18.70
18.40485
$13.45
14.84889
$15.44
11.25428
$15.96
11.25428
$13.11
8.038768
$24.90
8.038768
$12.84
7.391061
$13.45
Mojo (Publisher) (1/02, p.101) - "...compilation spanning the years 1968-76 shows....gritty R&B...fluid funk...and infectious soul jazz..."7.316777
$15.44
7.316777
$10.74
7.316777
$17.30
7.316777
$7.04
Entertainment Weekly (3/26/91) - Rating: B+Q (4/92, p.70) - 3 Stars - Good - "...light yet luxuriant music...nothing ought to stop them now..."Musician (5/91) - "...they may have an old-fashioned sense of soul, but their pop smarts are thoroughly up-to-date..."7.316777
$13.46
7.316777
$15.44
7.316777
$18.63
Record Collector (magazine) (p.92) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The set] features the band's debut single, 'Hope You're Feeling Better,' recalling their late 60s American namesake with its blue-rock backdrop."7.316777
$13.46
7.316777
$11.24
6.431015
$18.80
6.431015
$12.37
6.431015
$26.96
6.431015
$11.19
Q (4/04, p.136) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[The album] came to define the jazz-funk era with its hypnotic, spiritually inclined title track."Uncut (5/04, p.112) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[N]ow is the time to reclaim him and wallow guiltlessly in the sheer, indomitable beauty of EXPANSIONS."dMojo (Publisher) (4/04, p.124) - 4 stars out of 5 - "EXPANSIONS not only spawned the title track, a jazz-funk classic, but preached spirituality and consciousness through Smith's sublime take on Horace Silver's 'Peace'."5.912849
$11.01
5.912849
$11.23
5.912849
$11.13
5.627138
$10.96
Mojo (Publisher) (p.123) - 5 stars out of 5 - "KICKS! is a hip black history lesson - with buckets of soul."5.226269
$13.46
Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Gospel blues mixed with Milt Jacksonesque vibes..."5.226269
$13.46
Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]n album that traces the history of the idiom with popular spins from the landmark venues..."5.226269
$13.46
5.226269
$10.76
5.226269
$14.86
5.226269
$13.46
Record Collector (magazine) (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "One of Taylor's most adventurous, satisfying albums, it ranges from smooth modern soul to retro Hammond funk..."5.226269
$13.46
Record Collector (magazine) (p.79) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[This collection] boasts songs of astounding depth and complexity, often predating the jazz-tinged folk of future foragers such as Tim Buckley, whose vocal flights he sometimes recalls."5.226269
$15.26
Muzik (12/98, p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...These 2 albums were most sought after, including the '90s jazz dancefloor classic 'Black Gold Of The Sun'. Timeless music."5.226269
$13.43
5.226269
$15.44
Q (11/96, pp.156-157) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...S.O.U.L. funked out of Cleveland, Ohio in the early-'70s with a matter-of-fact, unfussy groove that sounds like they got it together playing on the quiet nights in some pimp hustler's nightclub....Definitely funky, if not entirely essential..."5.226269
$13.43
5.226269
$15.44
Record Collector (magazine) (p.82) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[With] the deliciously soulful 'Never Did I Stop Love You' by Alice Clark and the gutsy 'To Whom It May Concern (All I Need) by Ellerine Harding..."5.226269
$15.44
Record Collector (magazine) (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[M]ade up of Southern soul ballads, with Hines backed by the MGs, The Bar-Kays and Isaac Hayes' The Movement."5.226269
$10.17
Record Collector (magazine) (p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "As ever, the 20 cuts are super rare -- 13 of them unreleased masters..."5.226269
$13.43
5.226269
$11.24
5.226269
$11.24
Uncut (magazine) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The second of their seven albums features some tight, brilliantly played funk....The frenetic Latin-jazz closer '2 For 1' stands out."5.226269
$11.24
5.226269
$10.53
Uncut (magazine) (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he closing Latin-jazz version of Stevie Wonder's 'Visions' is a corker."5.226269
$10.58
Mojo (Publisher) (p.99) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's all a cracking little organ-led instrumental record with slices of funk, many tracks in the Booker T. & The M.G.'s mould and runaway remakes of 'Mr. Pitiful' and the Edwin Starr hit 'Twenty-Five Miles'..."5.226269
$13.43
