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Category Archives: Eddie Holland

448. Eddie Holland: “If You Don’t Want My Love”

January 9, 2012

Nice enough as far as it goes, but that turns out not to be far enough. A paper-thin Andantes showcase rather than a blaze of glory, and so probably not the best way to close out our coverage of Eddie Holland here on Motown Junkies, but those are the breaks. (4)

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447. Eddie Holland: “Candy To Me”

January 7, 2012

A good little pop song that never pulls up any trees; a strangely muted but still wholly enjoyable goodbye from a man who never wanted to be a star in the first place. (6)

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418. Eddie Holland: “Just Ain’t Enough Love”

October 2, 2011

As perfect an encapsulation of everything Motown had been working towards all of these years as we’ve yet seen, and more importantly it just happens to be a great pop single to boot. (9)

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366. Eddie Holland: “Leaving Here”

May 28, 2011

A fine little record, blessed with a great band performance and considerably more spiky and energetic than might have been expected, but it’s hard not to wonder whether this could have been even better if someone else had sung it. (7)

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345. Eddie Holland: “I Couldn’t Cry If I Wanted To”

April 8, 2011

It’s not Eddie’s greatest song, and again there’s the nagging feeling that – likeable though his delivery is, with his smile once again audible when he pronounces certain words – he’s still the weakest thing on his own records. But this is still a fine record, pastiche or not, and both Messrs Holland and Whitfield could feel proud for having made it. (7)

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344. Eddie Holland: “I’m On The Outside Looking In”

April 6, 2011

Highly energetic and plenty of fun, even if it is ultimately a bit directionless; it’s always fun to see Eddie let his hair down a little and move away from his immaculately-pressed “dapper young gent” image, and – coupled with his obvious new ideas about where pop music should be headed – this ends up being just about his best solo single to date. (7)

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296. Eddie Holland: “Brenda”

December 21, 2010

Perfectly inoffensive, quite pleasant as background music, but that’s about it. 3

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295. Eddie Holland: “Baby Shake”

December 20, 2010

Much more dated and much less vital than the Jackie Wilson record it’s trying to copy; it’s not something I’d expect people go back to very often. (4)

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248. Eddie Holland: “Just A Few More Days”

October 26, 2010

Thin and conventional, but highly engaging, extremely likeable Jackie Wilson-esque midtempo dance pop. (6)

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247. Eddie Holland: “Darling, I Hum Our Song”

October 25, 2010

Still plenty of room for improvement, but this is a big step forward for Eddie’s career on both sides of the glass. (7)

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216. Eddie Holland: “It’s Not Too Late”

September 11, 2010

The tune is quite pretty, but all told this is a repetitive, thin, flimsy bit of late-Fifties uptempo doo-wop, a throwback the sort of material Eddie Holland was already leaving behind at the time of this single’s release. (3)

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