370. Little Stevie Wonder: “Thank You (For Loving Me All The Way)”
The lyrical “twist ending” makes this a lot less fun; still listenable and everything, but somehow it all now seems so much sappier, so much less interesting. (4)
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359. Cornell Blakely: “I Want My Share”
By Motown’s 1963 standards, it sounds positively prehistoric. Not awful, just generic and boring. (3)
347. Kim Weston: “Another Train Coming”
It’s all pretty workmanlike; perfectly adequate B-side fodder, listenable enough, but not anything to linger over. (5)
346. Kim Weston: “Just Loving You”
A good record, but blessed with an excellent lead vocal; after two singles, it must have been clear Motown had a major new talent on their hands. (7)
339. Marvin Gaye: “I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby”
I’m Crazy ‘Bout My Baby would have made a perfectly decent follow-up single to Pride And Joy, and could have made a much bigger chart splash if it had been released under its own steam. It’s just difficult to get away from the fact that this is a good song, but one that’s been cut from the cloth of an even better song. (6)
331. The Morrocco Muzik Makers: “Pig Knuckles”
All in all, a very pleasant surprise. I won’t say this is as good as the A-side is poor, because for that to be true this would have to be one of the greatest records in Motown history, but I will say it’s both highly listenable and a huge improvement. (6)
328. The Velvelettes: “There He Goes”
A fine calling card, and a lovely little introduction to one of the most criminally-underrated of all Motown groups. (7)
292. Marvin Gaye: “One Of These Days”
Paradoxically too catchy, too good, to be a B-side, but out of date as a viable chart single. (7)
291. Marvin Gaye: “Pride And Joy”
He sounds so into what he’s doing, it’s positively infectious. If you’re humming it to yourself as you read this, I bet you’re smiling too. (8)
286. Connie Van Dyke: “It Hurt Me Too”
Almost totally ephemeral and done largely without feeling; its main achievement is to inadvertently highlight what a good job Marvin Gaye had done with the same material. (4)
264. Kim Weston: “Love Me All The Way”
Nowhere near as interesting as the A-side, lyrically or musically, this is nonetheless much better suited to Kim’s raw, powerful vocal delivery. (6)
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