ANN PEEBLES - I Can't Stand The Rain
Sunday, August 16, 2009 at 06:46PM
soundscapes in Reissue, Soul/Funk

Thanks to the sample of the title track, Ann Peebles’ voice will be forever associated with Missy Elliott’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”, which introduced the southern soul singer to a new audience and further added to the cachet of this underrated classic. Produced in Memphis by Willie Mitchell in 1973, this is Peebles’ best album and one of the finest examples of the Hi Records sound, right up there with Al Green’s best work. Steeped in themes of lost love, Peebles handles her material with restraint and sweetly nuanced sensuality. Check out “A Love Vibration”, “You Got To Feed The Fire”, a devastating cover of Joe Simon’s “(You Keep Me) Hanging On” and the great “I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down”, and you’ll see why '70s soul aficionados rate this record so highly.

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