With the exception of his comeback album for Alligator, Strike like Lightning, nothing
Mack has done since leaving Fraternity Records has come close to the wham-fisted brilliance of those seminal sides. This LP isn't bad at all, though -- besides passable remakes of "Memphis" and "Why,"
Mack attacks
Frankie Ford's "Roberta,"
Ted Taylor's "Stay Away from My Baby," and
Little Willie John's "Let Them Talk" with a slightly rockier edge than his previous stuff. R&B vet
Maxwell Davis did the horn charts. ~ Bill Dahl