If you could only have one Doobies album, assuming you prefer the Michael McDonald era as we do, wouldn’t it have to be this one?
An audiophile quality pop music production as close to perfect as one could possibly wish for, thanks to Ted Templeman and Donn Landee .
This is Donn Landee at his best — tonally correct, spacious, clear and sweet, with vocal choruses that can really take off when called upon.
The sound may be too heavily processed and glossy for some, but we find that, at least on the best copies, that sound really works for the music on this album.
It’s one our favorite titles from 1979.
Grammys
1979 Record Of The Year for “What A Fool Believes”
1979 Song Of The Year for “What A Fool Believes”
1979 Best Pop Vocal Performance By A Duo, Group Or Chorus for “Minute By Minute”
1979 Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocals for “What A Fool Believes”
Side One
Here to Love You
What a Fool Believes
Minute by Minute
Dependin’ on You
Don’t Stop to Watch the Wheels
Side Two
Open Your Eyes
Sweet Feelin’
Steamer Lane Breakdown
You Never Change
How Do the Fools Survive?
AMG Review
It’s still all pretty compelling even if its appeal couldn’t be more different from the group’s earlier work (i.e., The Captain and Me, etc.). The public loved it, buying something like three million copies, and the recording establishment gave Minute by Minute four Grammy Awards, propelling the group to its biggest success ever.
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