ONCE UPON A TIME.....Is It Still Good To Ya

 

ASHFORD & SIMPSON  Is It Still Good To Ya  (WB,1978) - R&B/Disco


     The keystone of  ‘Is It Good To Ya’ – which topped the US R&B albums chart back in 1978 and was the duo’s second Gold-certified album – is undoubtedly the set’s lead off track and chief hit single, ‘It Seems To Hang On,’ a brilliant, lush, groove ballad whose hypnotic chord sequence established a stylistic template for soul music that was deeply influential in the 1980s (a whole raft of soul records used the same chord sequence during that decade). Utilising the talents of top session players like guitarist Eric Gale, bassist Franco Centeno, keyboardist Ray Chew, drummer Steve Jordan, and percussionist Ralph MacDonald – not forgetting superb strings and horns charts by ex-Motown arranger, Paul Riser – Ashford & Simpson created a sumptuous soul masterpiece spiced up with a little bit of piquant funk and disco seasoning. Other highlights include the dreamy, mirrorball-inflected ‘Flashback,’ and the album’s title song, an impassioned, sensuous ballad. 

TRACKLIST : It Seems To Hang On
                       Is It Still Good To Ya
                       The Debt Is Settled
                       Ain't It A Shame
                       Get Up And Do Something
                       You Always Could
                       Flashback
                       As Long As It Holds You

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