Description

Re-mastering by: Kevin Gray

Recorded in 1973 at Royal Recording Studios,
South Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee

Produced by Willie Mitchell

This wonderful album, originally released in 1974 on the Memphis-based Hi Records label, deserved a wider audience than it ended up getting at the time. It played to Ann Peebles great strength, her poised and sultry voice, and surrounded by the sparse, easy funkiness of the trademark Hi rhythm section and producer Willie Mitchells perfect use of horns and strings, she sings like a resilient but disappointed angel on this impressive set of songs about the darker side of love. Her best song is here, the eccentric but brilliant I Cant Stand the Rain, along with a marvelous version of Joe Simons (You Keep Me) Hangin On, and perfect readings of a pair of Earl Randle songs, If We Cant Trust Each Other and Im Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down. Peebles sings her heart out, and with those somehow bright-sounding Hi grooves behind her, it all comes together to make a classic album of dark, bouncy, and beautiful Southern soul. Steve Leggett/AMG

Personnel:
Ann Peebles vocals
Howard Grimes drums
Jack Hale trombone
Charles Hodges keyboards
Leroy Hodges bass
Mabon Teenie Hodges guitar
Wayne Jackson trumpet
Ed Logan tenor saxophone
Andrew Love tenor saxophone
James Mitchell baritone saxophone
Archie Turner piano
Rhode background vocals
Memphis Sanctified Singers horn section
Sandra Chalmers background vocals