James Hunter Six’s fourth album for Daptone finds the UK’s most romantically minded export in fine form, treading that familiar path with a baker’s dozen of early 60s influenced cuts that sounds both familiar and fresh at the same time. The Ben E King/Sam Cooke vibe is strong throughout with delicate rhumbas, teenage R&B and swaying love songs mixing it up with dance cuts and uptempo numbers. The jaunty ‘Nick Of Time’ has all the elements in the right place – finger clicking pace, call and answer harmonies and that restrained instrumentation that never quite bubbles over. Standouts on this consistently strong album include the punchy ‘Brother Or Other’, the Ray Charles vibe of ‘Ain’t Goin’ Up In One Of Those Things’, the New Orleans R&B of ‘Who’s Fooling Who’ and the waltz-time tempo of ‘Til I Hear From You’. So many highlights on yet another brilliant album from this talent.
Track listings:
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01 I Can Change Your Mind by James Hunter Six
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02 Who’s Fooling Who by James Hunter Six
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03 Till I Hear It From You by James Hunter Six
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04 Never by James Hunter Six
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05 Missing In Action by James Hunter Six
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06 Nick Of Time by James Hunter Six
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07 Brother Or Other by James Hunter Six
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08 Ain’t Goin’ Up In One Of Those Things by James Hunter Six
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09 Take It As You Find It by James Hunter Six
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10 Can’t Help Myself by James Hunter Six
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11 How ‘Bout Now by James Hunter Six
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12 Paradise For One by James Hunter Six
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13 He’s Your Could’ve Been by James Hunter Six
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