An all-star cast supported
Troy on her lone Apple effort:
George Harrison,
Billy Preston,
Peter Frampton,
Stephen Stills,
Klaus Voormann,
Jackie Lomax,
Eric Clapton,
Leon Russell, and
Delaney & Bonnie all contributed, and
Harrison,
Stills,
Lomax,
Preston,
Voormann, and
Ringo Starr pitched in on the songwriting, though
Troy wrote or co-wrote most of the songs. Well-received by some critics, it really doesn't add up to the sum of its parts.
Troy is in great voice, but much of the material is pedestrian, and the heavy rock/soul arrangements often have an over-beefy, early-'70s super-session feel. It works best when
Troy puts the brakes on the hard rock to deliver emotional, slower soul tunes. [The 2010 reissue of Doris Troy was remastered by the same Abbey Road team who remastered the acclaimed 2009 Beatles reissues and was expanded by six bonus tracks: a previously unreleased alternate version of “All That I’ve Got (I’m Gonna Give It To You)” along with the original,” a cover of “Get Back,” “Dearest Darling,” “What You Will Blues” and “Vaya Con Dios.”] ~ Richie Unterberger