Originally Posted by
lucky2012
The album Touch, I think, pointed the way towards singer-songwriters, with songs which were departures from the previous Motown albums in style, content & attitude. E.g., Time & Love by Laura Nyro [[a respected female singer-songwriter), the independent sound and attitude of Nathan Jones, even the tone & style of Here Comes The Sunrise, Love [[It Came To Me This Time) and This is The Story. I love this album.
Floy Joy was a nice, welcome 180 degree turn for the next album. Too bad the Jimmy Webb album was such a mess for the return to the singer-songwriter genre. I would have preferred an album by Thom Bell, as suggested once by RanRan.
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