Very pretty early 1970s album by now almost forgotten Kiki Dee.
Her life-long champion Elton John stands behind production and most of the material here,no wonder it sounds as it could have been Elton John's album with calm and sensitive female voice added later. It is very tuneful and melodic collection of folk-rock (Jackson Browne amongst many composers represented here) with only misstep being aggressive rock guitars of "Supercool" that somehow doesn't fit with the rest of the album.
Kiki Dee is a pleasure to hear here,that fine and clear voice reminding listener a bit of Dusty Springfield (but less theatrical and somehow more controlled). She might have been a bit buttoned-up but to me that's fine,I prefer collected and calm singer anytime to a over-souling of any of today's charted girls.
At the very end of the album are perhaps the strongest points: "Song for Adam" (Jackson Browne) that suits Kiki Dee to a T, and her own "Sugar on the floor" that was later turned into soul showpiece by Etta James. Overall one of the best studio works by very likable,sincere singer who deserved much better fate than to end up like one-hit wonder.
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