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8 items by Joe McEwen

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  The Anthology 1961-1977 | ALBUM REVIEW

  Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions: The Anthology,' a two-CD, forty-song set, is a remarkable document. Lovingly assembled by Chicago-soul authority Robert Pruter, this collection connects a decade's worth of gentle Impressions singles with the power and invention...

  February 4, 1993 12:00 AM ET
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  All 'N All | ALBUM REVIEW

  At their worst, Earth, Wind and Fire indulge in some of the most pretentious excesses in current black music. As on past Earth, Wind and Fire records, All 'n All is filled with leaded brotherhood platitudes, Star...

  January 26, 1978 12:00 AM ET
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  Foot Loose & Fancy Free | ALBUM REVIEW

  There's something to be said for the New Wave rebellion against (to borrow a phrase from the not-so-young-himself Willy De Ville) "old meat." Even if this reaction is mostly confined to England, it seems very healthy. There...

  December 15, 1977 12:00 AM ET
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  Live! At The London Palladium | ALBUM REVIEW

  Along with Van Morrison, Marvin Gaye must be considered one of the most reticent pop performers. This is his second live album in three years, a period bridged by only one studio effort, the disappointing I Want...

  June 2, 1977 12:00 AM ET
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  Spirit | ALBUM REVIEW

  The songs of Earth, Wind and Fire combine pure urban fantasy with the type of facile brotherhood messages that also crop up in the music of Stevie Wonder and the O'Jays. But Earth, Wind and Fire wraps...

  December 16, 1976 12:00 AM ET
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  Live Report: The Meters | ARTICLE

  The Meters may well be the finest performing American band. Without resorting to such modern pop trappings as smoke bombs and gyrating pianos,...

  November 4, 1976 1:25 PM ET
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  Children of the World | ALBUM REVIEW

  From mushy pop ballads through late-Sixties psychedelia and low-key rock, the Bee Gees have demonstrated a chameleonlike ability to adapt to disparate pop trends. These days, as they said on the Tonight Show in their best Cockney...

  November 4, 1976 12:00 AM ET
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  Mothership Connection | ALBUM REVIEW

  With the "Parliafunkadelicment thang," leader George Clinton has succeeded in creating two distinct identities for one band—the mystical voodoo of the Funkadelics and the stabbing, humorous funk of Parliament. While Funkadelic has no discernible influence, Parliament is...

  March 25, 1976 12:00 AM ET