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Highly sought after and expensive, but do the people know why? I have heard this album called one of the most beautiful works in the world; and I have also heard it as overrated garbage. Collectors often floss this record as a central piece and it always has a place on the record store wall. But what s the true appeal? It kinda falls into the Eugene McDaniels category of good music vs. rare music. Coincidentally, Terry sounds like a cross between Rev. McDaniels and Jon Lucien in the folk jazz soul vein. The album is definitely vocal central, so that is the first decision point. You like his voice or you don t. This record is not outright funky; the funkiest it gets is You Goin to Miss Your Candyman which is more of a folky funky. If it ain t about the instrumentation it must be like some to-die-for soul, right? Well, I gave it some listens and I m left somewhere in the middle of confused. I found Terry s voice moving at times, like over the acoustics on Dancing Girl or the smooth sound of Just as Long as We re in Love. I even like the fluffy I d Rather Be with You. But at the same time a little voice is telling me that it s melodramatic crap. I might hold onto it, cause if I were an old man in a Prozac commercial, I might want to fling open my french doors and take in deep breath in the beaming sunlight with this blasting in the speakers… or maybe I wouldn t.