Syreeta cover

Syreeta

Released

This Stevie Wonder produced debut from Syreeta is one of Motown’s lesser-known soul treasures. Stevie’s lead vocals grace ‘To Know You Is To Love You’, a six-minute dark-soul epic that reaches ecstatic heights before descending into a superb conga and bass coda, and the distinctive synths, keys and clav combo that make up Syreeta’s sublime take on his ‘I Love Every Little Thing About You’ is clearly Stevie too. Syreeta’s vocals here alternatively creep or take flight, her distinctive voice at times sweet and vulnerable, at other times confident and soaring. Sophisticated soul of the highest quality.

Harold Heath

Recommended by

Suggestions
Cosmic Slop cover

Cosmic Slop

Funkadelic
Motherlode cover

Motherlode

James Brown
High Energy cover

High Energy

The Supremes
Ask Rufus cover

Ask Rufus

Chaka Khan, Rufus
The Brothers: Isley cover

The Brothers: Isley

The Isley Brothers
Adult Themes cover

Adult Themes

El Michels Affair
Street Player cover

Street Player

Chaka Khan, Rufus
Face To Face cover

Face To Face

Gino Soccio
Quazar cover

Quazar

Quazar