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Maggie Bell's 1974 solo debut really blows the lid on so-called soul music. An interpreter of any kind of song you please, she displays genuine soul in everything she does here. Of course, it isn't soul as we tend to think of it. It's usually blues, as on "Souvenirs", an infectiously latinised blues on J.J. Cale's "After Midnight", funky rock on "Cado Queen", big band blues on the title track, catchy rock on "Oh My My", and oh, why don't you find out for yourself?

Not only has she got a great voice, she uses it so much more effectively than most singers. Sure, she can bend a note any way she wants, but she doesn't do it for the sake of it, recognising that sometimes singing it straight is the right way. Nor does she simply turn up the volume. Her bluesy, pain-inflected timbre often gives way to sweet and tender or pure joy. It helps when you've got a band that can cut it like this one too.

D. J. H. Thorn