1001 Albums Summary

I’m only really familiar with “Every Breath You Take,” and I’ll admit to thinking of it as somewhat unsavory. It’s interesting, though, to listen to the influences of their contemporary exposures to “world music,” and I find the sort of whimsical and childish lyrics of “Walking in Your Footsteps” endearing. It’s a bit like a novelty magnet you’d buy at a natural history museum. The songs are catchy. Hell, “Every Breath You Take” is catchy, if also creepy.

What happened to Stax to have instigated this album in is tragic. This album is anything but. The instrumentation is better described as orchestration which competes with the likes of Ravel.