I had to listen to this album again after participating in this thread. What an awesome album. It's funny, I now appreciate tracks I didn't when it came out, for example "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Dixie Highway" are easily amongst my favorites though I know they weren't back in the day. I'm glad at least the album is getting some recognition now though it's inexplicable that it didn't do better when it came out. Contrary to some criticism of it, I do not consider it "over produced." When I hear that term I think of some of Phil Spector's or Barry White's material. I think everything about this one Richard Perry did just right.

It's too bad MCA didn't stick with Martha a little longer. Of course, this was just at the cusp of the Disco era so many veteran R&B and soul singers had trouble weathering that storm...not all that unusual then. Still a shame though. Martha had a lot more great albums in her, I am sure.