Never sat down to listen to this album. Didn't realize it was progressive R&B, which is interesting. I never realized how similar whats going on and mercy mercy me were. Just thought it was a motown kind of sound, but it turns out it was deliberate. Kinda cool, but I am not sure about it. This whole album is just one long song, that is pretty cool. It also feels like "I heard it through the grapevine" will happen at any moment on that later tracks. This was a complete album, with themes connecting the end to the beginning and vice-versa. Excellence.