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I enjoy listening to this CD. I had heard some of the selections years ago and I feel fortunate to have the entire collection of songs now. The price was right and the delivery was quick. No problems whatsoever.
anyone loving manhattan transfer or the singers unlimited will enjoy this masterful undertaking. i did not find their other offerings as worthy of conversation but this one is truly remarkable. david and goliath tells more to there abilities than my words can.
I listended to a snipet of this cd on Amazon, 'A Quiet Place'.Sometimes those samples don't give you the complete picture.In other words you need more than two seconds to judge a song.I did'nt care for this cd as a whole. It sounds dated, thoughI am a big fan of Take 6. I especially like their sessions withStevie Wonder, but this cd comes across as just another one ofthoses Boy Bands from the 80s and 90s.
For me, it's all about the music, and the way these six remarkable singers take this brilliantly arranged material to the stratosphere. But if you haven't heard this, their first offering, you're missing the best of what they can do. By now, if you have any interest in gospel, R&B, hip hop or harmony singing in general, you've probably heard and loved TAKE SIX. Perhaps because they are singing from their hearts about a matter of deepest concern to them, TAKE SIX communicates a joy, exuberance, delight and conviction in their singing that is unmatched. Everything that came after was built on this extraordinary 1986 debut, which features jazzed-up acapella arrangements of traditional and modern spirituals and Christian standards. I'm not Christian and I don't listen to TAKE SIX for the religious message. Musical perfectionists with a flair for the dramatic and a large dose of soul, TAKE SIX will knock your socks off with this one. It can't properly be described -- you've simply got to hear it.
The group sings together with a tightness I've never heard in a vocal group before: their inflections, intonation, dynamics, and note attacks and releases are superior. Take 6's debut album is a fresh take on the a cappela front. Their musical skills and sound are far superior to any of their "colleagues": Boyz II Men, Backstreet Boys and other copy and paste boy bands look like pee-wee wannabes in comparison to Take 6's musical tone and integrity. I might also add that all of this is accomplished with complex, intricate, and tight jazz chord structures that other bands could only dream of pulling off. For a musical journey of precision, power, fun, and joyous good news, this album is one of a kind.
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