Society Don't Let Us Down The Barons

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  • Release Date: 06/11/1996
  • Sales Rank: 131,094
  • Label: FUNKY DELICACIES
  • UPC: 048612000520

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Society Don't Let Us Down

1LISTENMaking It Better 2:19
2LISTENSome Kind of Fool 3:13
3LISTENI'm So Lonely 3:21
4LISTENSymphony of Gratitude 2:41
5LISTENSociety Don't Let Us Down 2:42
6LISTENKid Stuff 2:52
7LISTENNo More Baby Love 2:49
8LISTENLove Power 2:31
9LISTENLove Is a Losing Game 2:50
10LISTENI Dig Your Kind 2:22
11LISTENJust as Sure as You're Born 2:49
12LISTENClap Your Little Hands 2:22
13LISTENGot to Have More 2:30
14LISTENGypsy Read Your Cards for Me 2:38
15LISTENI've Got a Feelin' 2:24
16LISTENStay as Sweet as You Are 3:03
17LISTENNo More Tears previously unreleased 3:13
18LISTENGot You Under My Skin 2:52
19LISTENIf You Want to Try It 3:31
20LISTENTake Me into Your Heart 3:37

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New Orleans' the Barons are certainly one of the most overlooked groups of all time, as this excellent compilation of their late-1960s and early-1970s singles makes clear. Grafting Louisiana funk to Motown soul -- a bit like the Temptations meeting the Meters -- and tossing in a bit of doo wop, as well, the Barons turned out high quality soul that featured solid songwriting and deadly production. That they're not a household name seems criminal. Everything here is top-notch, but the tracks produced by the "Creole Beethoven," Wardell Quezergue, are worth pointing out, particularly the set opener, "Making It Better," and "Gypsy Read Your Cards for Me," which sounds a bit like the Impressions gone bayou. Other highlights include "I'm So Lonely," the title track, "Society Don't Let Me Down" (which wouldn't have embarrassed Norman Whitfield as a production) and the jangly "No More Tears," but truthfully, every track here is a gem, and if the world were fair, the Barons would be every bit as familiar to listeners as the Four Tops or Stevie Wonder. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

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