"Curtis" vs. "What's Going On" vs. "Everything Is Everything" vs. "First Take"

Hmm, for some reason the What's Going On cover isn't showing...

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What's Going On >>>> Everything Is Everything >>>> Curtis >>>> First Take

great question btw

yes, good question, i'm going to have to think about it, but WHERE'S STEVIE

curtis

Marvin Gaye by cirka a billion landslides.

curtis > first take > whats going on (never heard donny hathaway)

First Take > Curtis (I prefer ROOTS) >>> Everything is Everything >>>>> WHat's Goin On.

First Take is a masterpiece... "Angelitos Negros," "I Told Jesus," "Comapred to What?" does it get any better than that? one of the more underrated albums I think... Roberta is underrated as a whole, her first 3/4 albums are perfection.

Agree about Roberta - I haven't heard Everything is Everything, but I have Donny's S/T and the album with Flack, and...... I find him kinda undewhelming for an artist who's supposed to be so major; maybe it'll click one day.

but Everything Is Everything is his masterpiece so don't judge him conclusively until you get that

Curtis >>> Superfly >>> Roots

and yes, WHERE IS STEVIE?

Innervisions would cause havoc in this poll (MoMM too)

putting stevie in almost any poll makes it too lopsided
i voted curtis. haven't heard the hathaway either, cause I was also underwhelmed by the little i've heard of him.

thanks for wrecking our collective heads, Tuomas. This is a toughie.

I haven't heard Donny Hathaway's S/T album, but from what I've gathered it's considered to be his worst, so yeah, I wouldn't judge him based on that. If you like the other three albums here, you're almost certain to like Everything Is Everything.

As for the selection of albums here, it was done on a subjective basis, but I do feel there are things common with all four. For example, all of them have this strong earthy gospel feel I don't hear as much in Stevie Wonder's 70s stuff, though obviously it's equally good.

OK - have to get it so.

Curtis.

I'm having a real tough time with this. I know I won't vote for What's Going On, but the three other albums are all so great, though in somewhat different ways, so what I like the most pretty much depends on my mood of the day.

Still rather obviously Marvin Gaye, but "Everything Is Everything" by Phoenix is a great song ;)

Bump.

Everything is everything on this thread, but I voted for First Take.

Curtis

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I read a funny story about Donny Hathaway in Jerry Wexler's book. One time Donny held up a session for hours, deep into the night, by requesting take after take, obsessing about the drumbeat, which he thought was off. "What's the matter with the two, Donny?" Jerry asked him. "It's wavering- can't you hear it?" The drummer was Al Jackson.

Another story from the same page of the same book, involving another drummer. Donny was a very deep cat and had a kind of mystical, cryptic way of expressing himself. Once after listening to some long incomprehensible instructions, Grady Tate finally cut him off and said "Look, we're musicians and we don't understand you. Talk it right, or we walk."

CURTIS

CRUTIS

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Whoa, I didn't see Curtis winning this by such a big margin.

most ppl who voted probably haven't heard first take or the donny album

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb161/PokerStick/crystal_ball.jpg

most ppl who voted probably haven't heard first take or the donny album

OTM

and what you need to hear some Donny Hathaway with a quickness