Solid retrospective of their Atlantic years (1967-71), including all the hits and several misses. A lot of the songs were cut at Muscle Shoals, Memphis, or Atlantic Studios, and accordingly the arrangements have a deep soul flavor characteristic of Atlantic's late-'60s releases (although they worked briefly in Philadelphia in 1969 for a Gamble-Huff-flavored sound). Includes covers of songs by
Isaac Hayes,
Roebuck Staples,
Dan Penn, and
Gamble/Huff, all of which they make their own with lovely harmonies and imaginative interpretations.
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Richie Unterberger, Rovi