Dying for a Motown fix?Well park your ears right here on this unassuming yet delightful full length debut from Michigan DJ turned velvet-voiced, neo-soul crooner Andrew Cohen, aka Mayer Hawthorne.
Aside from a couple of the ballads so syrupy as to be nausea-inducing, this is a spot on, highly entertaining evocation of the mid-sixties sounds of Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Holland-Dozier-Holland-penned Tempations, and Superfly-styled Curtis Mayfield.
It won't blow you away, but you'll be tapping your toes near every minute, and a couple of the uptempo numbers, especially Maybe So, Maybe No and the Mayfield-inspire The Ills, really cook.
Status: Solid Recommend
Cherry Pickers Best Bets: Maybe So, Maybe No; Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasing Nothin'; The Ills; Let Me Know.
Component Breakdown:
1. Prelude - 6
2. A Strange Arrangement - 7
3. Just Ain't Gonna Work Out - 7
4. Maybe So, Maybe No - 8
5. Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin' - 8
6. I Wish It Would Rain - 4
7. Make Her Mine - 7
8. One Track Mind - 7
9. The Ills - 9
10. Shiny & New - 6
11. Let Me Know - 8
12. Green Eyed Love - 5
Intangibles - Average
1. Prelude - 6
2. A Strange Arrangement - 7
3. Just Ain't Gonna Work Out - 7
4. Maybe So, Maybe No - 8
5. Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin' - 8
6. I Wish It Would Rain - 4
7. Make Her Mine - 7
8. One Track Mind - 7
9. The Ills - 9
10. Shiny & New - 6
11. Let Me Know - 8
12. Green Eyed Love - 5
Intangibles - Average
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