With These Hands (Expanded Version) Remaster The Manhattans
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Album-Release:
1971
HRA-Release:
27.09.2016
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- 1 Can't Take My Eyes Off You 03:35
- 2 Loneliness 02:58
- 3 By the Time I Get to Phoenix 03:09
- 4 Straight from My Heart 02:46
- 5 It's Gonna Take a Lot to Bring Me Back 02:47
- 6 If My Heart Could Speak 03:52
- 7 With These Hands 04:11
- 8 Georgia on My Mind 02:59
- 9 Give Him Up 02:32
- 10 People Get Ready 02:24
- 11 From Atlanta to Goodbye 03:24
- 12 Rainbow Week 03:50
- 13 Let Them Talk 03:13
- 14 Fantastic Journey 04:41
- 15 Windmills of Your Mind 03:09
- 16 The Picture Became Quite Clear 03:09
- 17 Oh, Lord I Wish I Could Sleep 02:37
Info for With These Hands (Expanded Version) Remaster
The Manhattans were one of those classic R&B vocal groups who manage to achieve incredible career longevity by adapting their style to fit changing times. Formed in the ’60s as a doo wop-influenced R&B quintet, the Manhattans reinvented themselves as sweet smooth soul balladeers during the ’70s. In doing so, they somehow overcame the death of lead singer George Smith, and with new frontman Gerald Alston became more popular than they’d ever been, landing an across-the-board number one hit in 1976 with “Kiss and Say Goodbye“. Influenced by : The Moonglows, the Dells, the Flamingos, Sam Cooke and Johnnie Taylor, they also influenced groups like Boyz II Men.
„Life after Carnival Records finds the Manhattans recording for the Deluxe label, where they cut some charmers. George "Smitty" Smith had polished his God-given, captivating, crying tenor into an instrument that ranked with the greats. With These Hands is the closest the Manhattans came to recording an album of standards or pop material. The album's ten songs consist of five standards and five cold-blooded originals. You can't help but feel the aching pain in "It's Gonna Take a Lot to Bring Me Back," a minor R&B hit that had major potential; the slow weeper oozes soul. "Give Him Up" displays the quintet's lovely uptempo harmony; the shuffler unfortunately got lost as a B-side. The tear jerking "If My Heart Could Speak" is a slow, tenderly sung ballad and one of their best. Winnie Lovett, Kenny Kelly, Ernest Bivens and Richard Taylor provides splendid backing to Smitty's lead on "People Get Ready," "Can't Take My Eyes Off You," "Georgia on My Mind," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and the title track, all ably arranged by Chico O'Farrill.“ (Andrew Hamilton, AMG)
Produced by Buddy Scott
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