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RATING
Johnny Bristol was part of the Motown family from '61-'73, where he was a song-writer and producer. It was only after he left Motown that he finally recorded his own material. Hang On In There from '74 was his first LP and this, the title track, was his first single. It was also his biggest ever hit, reaching No.8 in the US pop charts. It is a confident, smooth piece of '70s soul, in a similar vein to what Barry White was producing: there is the laid back drums, the funky little wah-wah guitar fills and smooth and sweet, sweet strings. Over this Bristol's voice sits somewhere between the buttery smoothness of Terry Callier and the boulder-shifting rumble of White. The song builds to an enjoyable, impassioned climax, by way of some soloing brass, where supporting female backing vocals add some nice call-and-repsonse dynamics.
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