Godina izdanja: 1998
Žanr: Džez, Fank i Soul
Izdavač: MCA
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

Made in EU.
Disk je nov.
Terry Callier`s third and final album for the Cadet label is the most soulful and supple of the bunch -- Marvin Gaye`s classic Motown LPs from the same early 1970s period serve as a good reference point, both in their richly-detailed arrangements as well as their thoughtful political and social messages. Despite its contemporary feel, however, much of the material on I Just Can`t Help Myself dates back several years -- both the powerful `Alley-Wind Song` and the John Coltrane tribute `Can`t Catch the Trane` were initially recorded during the 1969 sessions which later comprised the First Light collection, while the graceful reading of Duke Ellington`s `Satin Doll` was and would remain a longstanding highlight of Callier`s live set. Under the circumstances, then, the cohesive beauty and power of I Just Can`t Help Myself is all the more remarkable -- possessed of a subtlety and shading absent from his other Cadet dates, the disc simmers with quiet intensity, its underlying confidence and serenity occasionally giving way to moments of soul-searching angst. Certainly Callier`s later records have much to recommend them, but the conclusion of his Cadet stint was nevertheless the end of an era -- he never reached quite the same peaks again.