Midnight Diamond

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艺人: Dobie Gray
语种: 英语
厂牌: Infinity
发行时间: 1979年02月14日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Lindsay Planer

Although Dobie Gray had featured definitely danceable numbers on his previous efforts, Midnight Diamond (1978) -- his first outing for the Infinity subsidiary of MCA Records -- contains a handful of cuts that are unquestionably aimed at the concurrent disco scene. Gray also infuses the album with his trademark ballads, including a mid-tempo reading of &Sharing the Night Together,& which became a Top Ten pop hit for Dr. Hook shortly after the release of Gray's version. While the opening track failed to reach the upper tier of the charts, &You Can Do It& did land in the Top 40, making it Gray's final single of the 1970s to do so. The boogie-fied backbeat even supports a prominent guitar lick that is too much like the beginning strains of the Bee Gees' &Stayin' Alive& to be a coincidence. The ruse was obviously successful as the tune made it to a respectable number 37 -- quite a feat actually, as none of Gray's 45s had placed as high since &Drift Away& some five years earlier. Likewise, the reworking of the Addrisi Brothers' &We Got to Get It on Again& is similar to how the Jackson 5 might have done it, particularly the tight harmonies behind Gray's soulful lead. &Let This Man Take Hold of Your Life& is a tender romantic side from the team of Yvonne Norman and Rita Grimm, who would later contribute &Stumblin' Back to You& to Gray's self-titled follow-up. Despite Cliff Richard and Art Garfunkel having considerably better luck with &Miss You Nights,& it is Gray that clearly gets the nod for its simple and unaffected allure. That can't be said of the far-too-funky-for-its-own-good slant projected on to Johnny Nash's &I Can See Clearly Now.& Midnight Diamond concludes with a few excellent affairs, especially the sentimental &Who's Lovin' You,& which shouldn't be confused with the Smokey Robinson song of the same name. After several decades out of print, the internet-based aural alchemists at Hip-O Select -- located on-line at www.hip-oselect.com -- spotlighted Midnight Diamond on the limited-edition four-disc Complete Dobie Gray (1969-1979) (2004) box set.