by Andrew Hamilton
&Take Me Girl I'm Ready& has Junior Walker singing more lyrics than he probably cared to remember, the midtempo jaunt didn't crack the Pop Top 40, but did scoot to number 18 on Billboard's R&B chart. A heavier, funkier groove rocks &Right on Brothers and Sisters& but Motown hid it on the back of &Take Me Girl,& a waste of an obvious A-side. Walker sounds like a country preacher on the Crusaders' &Way Back Home& and does an adequate job delivering Johnny Bristol and Gladys Knight lyrics. &Psychedelic Shack& gets a blistering update, and he sounds sweet as sugar on a remake of the Velvelettes' &These Things Will Keep Me Loving You.& A rare Walker LP in that he sings more than he plays.