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- Date Released: January 1, 1971
- Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
- Style: R&B
- Label: Legacy Recordings
- Copyright: Originally Released 1971 Philadelphia International Records
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We Say...
It's easy to reduce Billy Paul's career to his massive 1972 hit "Me and Mrs. Jones" — the song is an object lesson in dramatic songwriting, and its spacious, slow-burning arrangement was perfect for his dignified, raspy voice. But Going East, released the previous year, might have been Paul's most complete artistic statement; it's certainly freer and more expansive than anything that would follow.
His cover of "Compared to What" is sophisticated and unexpected, the original's insistent snap re-imagined as a neck-snapping swing, while the gorgeous "Love Buddies" ranks among Paul's best slow jams. A looser, more spiritual air runs through Going East, as his lively version of "Magic Carpet Ride" dissolves into a flute-and-yawp workout. But the masterpiece — of this album as well as Paul's whole career — is "East." It's a very unusual song for its time, a six-and-a-half minute, trance-like jam at a time when the 7-inch single reigned supreme. It's a haunting, windswept epic of gliding strings, shifty percussion and escapist lyrics, a glorious anomaly that would be rediscovered by later generations as a before-the-fact house anthem. -
They Say...
Billy Paul's Philadelphia International label debut boasts few of the hallmarks of its breakthrough follow-up 360 Degrees of Billy Paul, let alone Philly soul as a whole -- if anything, the album hews far closer to jazz, with a potent spiritual dimension that defies expectations even further. Apart from the Gamble/Huff composition "Love Buddies," the material draws from sources outside of the Philly International sphere, spanning from Rodgers & Hart's "There's a Small Hotel" to Gene McDaniels' "Compared to What." The arrangements are complex but deeply funky, perfectly suited to Paul's sagelike vocals. A fascinating, genre-defying record, finally reissued on CD in 2007 as part of a two-fer with the subsequent War of the Gods.
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East |
6:28 |
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| 02. | |
(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? |
2:42 |
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| 03. | |
This Is Your Life |
4:15 |
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| 04. | |
Jesus Boy (You Only Look Like A Man) |
4:17 |
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| 05. | |
Magic Carpet Ride |
5:19 |
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| 06. | |
I Wish It Were Yesterday |
3:49 |
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| 07. | |
Compared to What |
5:20 |
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Love Buddies |
3:39 |
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| 09. | |
There's A Small Hotel |
4:28 |
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09 Total Tracks, 40:17 Total Length
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Credits
- Billy Paul - Vocals // Billy Paul - Main Performer // Tony Williams - Flute // Tony Williams - Flute // Tony Williams - Flute // Tony Williams - Flute // Tony Williams - Saxophone // Tony Williams - Saxophone // Tony Williams - Saxophone // Tony Williams - Saxophone // Tyrone Brown - Bass // Roland Chambers - Guitar // Robert Crippen - Conga // Don Renaldo - Strings // Norman Farrington - Drums // Gamble & Huff - Producer // Eddie Green - Piano // Norman Harris - Guitar // Charles Jules - ? // Vince Montana - Vibraphone // Sam Reed - Horn // Gerald Roberts - ?
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