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ANN PEEBLES LP I Can't Stand The Rain - BLUE GREEN Vinyl
I Can't Stand The Rain Limited Edition 180g Vinyl LP
Ann Peebles Label: Fat Possum Records Release Date: 10 February 2014 Format: LP Vinyl
Overview: This wonderful album, originally released in 1974 on the Memphis-based Hi Records label, deserved a wider audience than it ended up getting at the time. It played to Ann Peebles’ great strength, her poised and sultry voice, and surrounded by the sparse, easy funkiness of the trademark Hi rhythm section, and producer Willie Mitchell’s perfect use of horns and strings, she sings like a resilient but disappointed angel on this impressive set of songs about the darker side of love.
Ann’s best known song is here, the eccentric but brilliant ‘I Can’t Stand The Rain’, along with a marvellous version of Joe Simon’s ‘(You Keep Me) Hangin’ On’, and perfect readings of a pair of Earl Randle songs, ‘If We Can’t Trust Each Other’ and ‘I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down’.
Peebles sings her heart out, and with those somehow bright sounding Hi grooves behind her, it all comes together to make a classic album of dark, bouncy, beautiful Southern soul.
Featured Tracks: I Can’t Stand The Rain Do I Need You Until You Came Into My Life (You Keep Me) Hangin’ On Run, Run, Run If We Can’t Trust Each Other A Love Vibration You Got To Feed The Fire I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down One Way Street