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Bobbie Gentry

Touch'em With Love

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PLAY QUEUE 1 Touch'em With Love		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 Greyhound Goin' Somewhere		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 Natural To Be Gone		save
PLAY QUEUE 4 Seasons Come, Seasons Go		save
PLAY QUEUE 5 Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 I Wouldn't Be Surprised		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Son Of A Preacher Man		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 Where's The Playground, Johnny		save
PLAY QUEUE 9 I'll Never Fall In Love Again		save
PLAY QUEUE 10 You've Made Me So Very Happy		save

MOG Editorial Review

Bobbie Gentry always seemed bigger than the Nashville sound, and Touch 'Em With Love sounds so little like a country record that its crossover appeal shouldn't surprise anyone. While Gentry-penned tracks like "Seasons Come, Seasons Go" have a bit more of a twangy feel to them, her soulful take on country really shines through on the album's covers, including an inspired take on Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man." The title track, meanwhile, feels too expansive to qualify as "countrypolitan," but it's songs like these that truly let you grasp the power and sweetness of Gentry's vocals, and even the biggest country skeptics will find something to love here.
AMG Review of Touch 'Em with Love

Jason Ankeny
All Music Guide

Touch 'Em With Love is Bobbie Gentry's finest studio effort, a fascinatingly eclectic and genuinely affecting record that broadened her musical horizons far beyond the limitations of the Nashville sound. Its unexpectedly gritty, soulful production makes it something of a spiritual twin to Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis, also released in 1969 (both even feature renditions of "Son of a Preacher Man"): Gentry's husky, sensual delivery proves as ideally suited for the Southern-fried funk of the opening title track as it does for the bluegrass-flavored "Natural to Be Gone," deftly moving from genre to genre to encompass everything from faux-gospel ("Glory Hallelujah, How They'll Sing") to lushly orchestrated pop ("I Wouldn't Be Surprised," the disc's centerpiece). Even more eye-opening is that Gentry's originals stand tall alongside material from composers including Burt Bacharach ("I'll Never Fall in Love Again," which earned her a chart-topping single in the U.K.) and Jimmy Webb ("Where's the Playground, Johnny") -- her folky "Seasons Come, Seasons Go," an acute tale of lost love, offers Touch 'Em With Love's most profoundly beautiful moment. A truly great and tragically under-recognized album.