The Only Way Is Up by LATIMORE CD 1991 MALACO RARE HTF
In the 1970s, Latimore (aka Benny Latimore) stirred up attention as a respectable contemporary soul singer who had firm control over down-home blues feeling. Finding his niche at Malaco in the last decade, this progenitor of Robert Cray imparts a smooth conviction to high-quality happy or sad love songs on a typical set. The topnotch accompaniment by the Muscle Shoals players, including stalwarts Roger Hawkins and David Hood, accentuates his husky sexiness.
1 I Need A Good Woman Bad
2 The Only Way Is Up
3 Take Me To The Mountaintop
4 If I Wasn't A Gentleman
5 A Home Away From Home
6 It Ain't What's On a Woman
7 Stop Half Lovin' These Women
8 I'm Going To See Her Again
9 Here Comes That Woman Of Mine
10 Can't Stop