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British singer/songwriter Kris Ife never had significant commercial success, but he did hover around the U.K. music business for quite some time, recording in a variety of styles between the mid-'60s and mid-'70s as both a solo artist and a part of several groups. This 25-track CD assembles a lot of his most significant work, including some late-'60s solo singles; the obscure 1970 Snarling Mumma Lion LP by Judd, for which Ife was the singer and a frequent co-writer of the material; a non-LP 1971 Judd single; an outtake from the LP; a couple singles he did in the early '70s as half of the blue-eyed soul duo Jackson & Jones; and an outtake from an unreleased concept album that would have aimed to teach U.S. history through popular music. (Though this anthology doesn't contain anything from his mid-'60s British Invasion group the Quiet Five, that band's career is comprehensively covered by another RPM compilation, When the Morning Sun Dries the Dew.) Such was Ife's range that it's difficult to summarize the disc's contents in a sentence or two, though generally he pursued a soul-pop approach that used more of the pop part of that combination than many such artists did. Certainly the most significant track here is his decent soul-rock cover of Joe South's "Hush" (from a 1967 single), which inspired Deep Purple's more hard rock-oriented hit version of the same tune. A vaguely South-like blend of blue-eyed soul and swamp pop was also heard on his other late-'60s singles and the Judd album, though the Judd LP also included more middle-of-the-road songs with a slightly overwrought Righteous Brothers/Tom Jones-like approach. The Righteous Brothers influence, as Ife himself admits in the liner notes, really comes to the fore on the Jackson & Jones singles, which have lush early-'70s orchestration. For all his activity, however, he was only an average vocalist and composer -- certainly nothing on the order of South or the Righteous Brothers, to make the obvious comparisons that are begged -- making these outings of only slight appeal, and mostly of interest to dedicated collectors of the period's British pop scene. RPM does its usual fine job with the packaging, though, featuring a detailed historical overview, as well as comments on most of the tracks by Ife himself.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Kris Ife, Composer, MainArtist
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Album review
British singer/songwriter Kris Ife never had significant commercial success, but he did hover around the U.K. music business for quite some time, recording in a variety of styles between the mid-'60s and mid-'70s as both a solo artist and a part of several groups. This 25-track CD assembles a lot of his most significant work, including some late-'60s solo singles; the obscure 1970 Snarling Mumma Lion LP by Judd, for which Ife was the singer and a frequent co-writer of the material; a non-LP 1971 Judd single; an outtake from the LP; a couple singles he did in the early '70s as half of the blue-eyed soul duo Jackson & Jones; and an outtake from an unreleased concept album that would have aimed to teach U.S. history through popular music. (Though this anthology doesn't contain anything from his mid-'60s British Invasion group the Quiet Five, that band's career is comprehensively covered by another RPM compilation, When the Morning Sun Dries the Dew.) Such was Ife's range that it's difficult to summarize the disc's contents in a sentence or two, though generally he pursued a soul-pop approach that used more of the pop part of that combination than many such artists did. Certainly the most significant track here is his decent soul-rock cover of Joe South's "Hush" (from a 1967 single), which inspired Deep Purple's more hard rock-oriented hit version of the same tune. A vaguely South-like blend of blue-eyed soul and swamp pop was also heard on his other late-'60s singles and the Judd album, though the Judd LP also included more middle-of-the-road songs with a slightly overwrought Righteous Brothers/Tom Jones-like approach. The Righteous Brothers influence, as Ife himself admits in the liner notes, really comes to the fore on the Jackson & Jones singles, which have lush early-'70s orchestration. For all his activity, however, he was only an average vocalist and composer -- certainly nothing on the order of South or the Righteous Brothers, to make the obvious comparisons that are begged -- making these outings of only slight appeal, and mostly of interest to dedicated collectors of the period's British pop scene. RPM does its usual fine job with the packaging, though, featuring a detailed historical overview, as well as comments on most of the tracks by Ife himself.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:42
- Main artists: Kris Ife
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Cherry Red Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
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