When Johnnie Taylor recorded Eargasm, he was coming off a distinguished soul career at Stax, and disco seemed like alien territory to his rough, gospel-trained voice. But aided by longtime producer Don Davis (who gets most... more » of the writing credits here) and the nuanced ka-bump of backing musicians borrowed from Funkadelic, he scored the first platinum-certified single, "Disco Lady." The rest of the disc is basically a full-on Southern-soul record--Taylor smoldering and preaching on the subject of how to treat a woman and the rhythm section doing an Al Green pitty-pat, gently bumping blues about devotion and jealousy--with kitschy disco strings grafted on and the occasional keyboard squiggle livening things up. --Douglas Wolk« less
When Johnnie Taylor recorded Eargasm, he was coming off a distinguished soul career at Stax, and disco seemed like alien territory to his rough, gospel-trained voice. But aided by longtime producer Don Davis (who gets most of the writing credits here) and the nuanced ka-bump of backing musicians borrowed from Funkadelic, he scored the first platinum-certified single, "Disco Lady." The rest of the disc is basically a full-on Southern-soul record--Taylor smoldering and preaching on the subject of how to treat a woman and the rhythm section doing an Al Green pitty-pat, gently bumping blues about devotion and jealousy--with kitschy disco strings grafted on and the occasional keyboard squiggle livening things up. --Douglas Wolk
"Good music. You just can't go wrong with a Johnnie Taylor CD."
SHAKE IT BABY! SHAKE IT! BABY SHAKE YO THANG!
A. THOMAS | LOS ANGELES, CA USA | 04/05/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"AGAIN, J.T. HAS SHOWN VERSATILITY AND EXQUISITE SOUNDS! THE MAN CAN JUST SANG! ANYONE WHO IS A FAN, MUST HAVE THIS IN THEIR COLLECTION! THE EXTENDED VERSION OF DISCO LADY SAYS IT ALL!"
"You Got Me Upset...In This Discotheque."
Mercedes | Right Next To You | 08/22/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"to hear this remastered.......amazing.i have a new appreciation for "Disco Lady" now. glad i got it. :D"