Because
Johnny Bristol
served
Tavares
so well on its debut album,
Check It Out
, it was logical to assume that he would be producing the group's next project. Instead,
switched producers on its second album,
Hard Core Poetry
, and joined forces with the
Dennis Lambert
/
Brian Potter
team. Having worked with
the Four Tops
and others,
Lambert
and
Potter
had an impressive track record when it came to Northern soul, and they do right by
on this excellent sophomore effort. In addition to producing the LP,
handle most of the writing. The only track they didn't write is a cover of
Hall & Oates
'
"She's Gone,"
which became a number one R&B hit for
. All of the other tracks are
compositions, and their writing is excellent on material that ranges from the dramatic
"Too Late"
and the sentimental
"Remember What I Told You to Forget"
(a number four R&B hit) to the inspiring
"Someone to Go Home To."
Full of gems,
is among
' most essential albums. ~ Alex Henderson