Clarence Carter - Snatching It Back The Best Of Clarence Carter

"SNATCH AND GRAB"CLARENCE CARTER-SNATCHING IT BACK: Southern Soul legend CLARENCE CARTER may not enjoy the name recognition of his sightless peers RAY CHARLES or STEVIE WONDER, but SNATCHING IT BACK goes a long way towards proving his worth to the uninitiated. His biggest hits...the under the covers plea SLIP AWAY and the weepy saga PATCHES...are powered by his deep, passionate bellow, but the between the cracks stuff is just as powerful. Other than that pair of career makers, most of his material is original, including TELL DADDY (a big hit for ETTA JAMES as TELL MAMA), double entendre perennial BACK DOOR SANTA, and the tantalizing triumvirate SLIPPED, TRIPPED AND FELL IN LOVE, TOO WEAK TO FIGHT and LOOKING FOR A FOX. CARTER also proves a master interpreter of the RNB chestnuts SOUL DEEP, I'D RATHER GO BLIND and MAKING LOVE (AT THE DARK END OF THE STREET), which is preceded by an ear catching spoken intro similar to the kick off used in PATCHES. At a generous twenty-one tracks, the "all killer no filler" SNATCHING IT BACK is an acceptable party-hearty substitute in lieu of his out of print original albums. RATING: FOUR NAUGHTY CHUCKLES