by John Bush
Led by the title track, Gene Chandler's biggest hit of the '60s after &Duke of Earl,& Just Be True is a set of period soul tracks including &You Threw a Lucky Punch& (an answer record to Mary Wells' &You Beat Me to the Punch&) and the lame &Duke of Earl& knockoff &Walk on With the Duke.& Chandler's wonderful voice raises all this material to a level unimagined by any but the half-dozen best soul singers out there. The Collectables reissue includes four bonus tracks.