Sunday, 15 May 2022

Paul Stanley's Soul Station - Then And Now, album review


The Soul Train…

…keeps on chugging by, though this one has been here in the station for a little while. Soul crooner Paul Stanley – yes, Kiss – really does, especially when letting off some falsetto steam. He has a backing soul orchestra/chorus that provides all the freight to deliver further substance to this soul journey. There are self-penned fine-enough numbers, but when you are conveying classics like Could It Be I’m Falling in Love, Ooo Baby Baby, Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me), Let’s Stay Together, The Tracks of My Tears and so on, the tracks are well laid already to assist – and with these, that backing support has the feel of history. Stanley isn’t trying to rework, and who in their right homage-leaning mind would? And the fact is a great song carries itself a long way. That said, I like the additionals to the wonderful You are Everything.




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