Roots
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Roots, which came out in 1971, found the great Curtis Mayfield momentarily catching his breath, collecting […]
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New World Order
Posted in: Album ReviewsIn 1990, at an outdoor concert in Brooklyn, N.Y., Curtis Mayfield was hit by a falling […]
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The Anthology 1961-1977
Posted in: Album ReviewsCurtis Mayfield and the Impressions: The Anthology,' a two-CD, forty-song set, is a remarkable document. Lovingly […]
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Where Are They Now: Curtis Mayfield
Posted in: Music NewsThe Chicago soul star made a big impression with "People Get Ready" and "It's All Right"
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Do It All Night
Posted in: Album ReviewsDo It All Night is Curtis Mayfield's flimsiest solo album yet, an indifferent collection of flaccid […]
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Never Say You Can’t Survive
Posted in: Album ReviewsThe revelation of Sire Records' recent anthology, The Impressions: The Vintage Years, is the artistic dominance […]
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Give, Get, Take And Have
Posted in: Album ReviewsWith Give, Get, Take and Have, Curtis Mayfield has fashioned the apotheosis of a musical genre […]
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Sweet Exorcist
Posted in: Album ReviewsLike many an overextended or depleted artist, Mayfield has dug into his past for material for […]
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Back To The World
Posted in: Album ReviewsAn engaging and paradoxic (at least in uptight Western terms), intensely masculine falsetto; a canny feeling […]
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Super Fly
Posted in: Album ReviewsThis soundtrack to the flash and clever Super Fly is as pleasing and pretty in your […]
