285) The Impressions — “ I Ain’t Supposed To”
Another glorious, but lesser known, selection from Keep on Pushing, the Impressions’s 1st top 10 album (see #118):
[T]he album featured all the hallmarks of an Impressions set: impeccably smooth harmonies, the dynamic horn charts of Johnny Pate, and many more of [Curtis] Mayfield’s irresistible songs (each with a clever spin on the usual love lyric as well as a strong sense of melody). . . . Keep on Pushing was . . . an excellent introduction for pop audiences just waking up to the inspirational power of soul music’s finest group.
John Bush, All Music Guide
Brace for the Obscure (60s rock)! / Off the Charts: 60s Rock Revelations 