funk backbeat than the bluesy shuffle arrangement it had on the One for the Road LP
in 1979. In fact, the production seems like a step back toward such earlier records. The instruments sound smaller and more distant in comparison to Buckwheat’s Rounder efforts, and for a band that relies on the punch of its rhythm and brass sections, it’s not a welcome change.
Still, the musicianship and songs like the title cut and the southern soul instrumental ballad “People’s Choice” are so good that you soon tend to forget about the minuses. This may not be the commercial breakthrough Buckwheat’s looking for, but it’s still very good.
