The Heptones
Rainbow Valley
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AMG Review of Rainbow Valley
Steve Leggett
All Music GuideThis brief album by the Heptones has some delightful tracks ("Tougher Than the World," "Head on Straight," and a remake of Naggo Morris' "Susu Pan Rasta"), but it falls well short of their classic 1970s work. The decision to record a version of Tommy James' "Crystal Blue Persuasion" was certainly ill advised, since the sugary original is here rendered as flat confection. The trademark Heptones harmonies are still intact, though, and that should appease diehard fans.
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