Taylored In Silk (Stax Remasters) (CD)

Taylored in Silk, Johnnie Taylor’s seventh album, marked a turning point in the veteran vocalist’s career, bringing out the mellow side of his effortlessly elastic singing style. Three of the 1973 disc’s selections became Top Ten hits: the lilting “I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)” (a #1 R&B charter), “We’re Getting Careless with Our Love,” and the jazzy “Cheaper to Keep Her.” This compact disc reissue is completed by six single sides from a slightly earlier period, three of which were hits: “Hijackin’ Love,” “Standing in for Jody,” and an ingenious fusion of down-home and uptown blues titled “Doing My Own Thing.”