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An amazing production, especially for such an early Motown recording. It had none of the oddball antics that marred many of Motown's early sixties music. I was very surprised something this beautiful was done so early on. HDH had an astonishing way of stripping productions down to only what was necessary. Here, it's down to some of the most gorgeous guitar work ever placed on any record and a nice, simple but crucial piano part. This could have sounded sparse but instead it sounds beautifully atmospheric.
That sound in turn gives Diana plenty of room to concentrate on telling her story. You're right RanRan, Diana sounds good and pissed off; but rather than going off into histrionics, she displays the same brilliantly nuanced delivery that made "Where Did Our Love Go" work so well. In turn, Flo and Mary were given the room to weave some remarkable and essential backing parts that added just the right shading to everything else going on. This is one of those songs you wish they had allowed to go on a lot longer at the end.
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