Featuring his would-be-soulman sound,
Slow Dancer finds
Boz Scaggs straddling the apparently fine line between
Van Morrison and
Isaac Hayes. While
Silk Degrees is often touted as
Scaggs' best '70s album -- based largely upon the chart success of "Lowdown" --
Slow Dancer features just as many catchy melodic tunes that meld a kind of boogie pub rock with an organic urban soul. Produced by Motown regular
Johnny Bristol,
Scaggs delivers some of his best performances on the
Bristol-penned track "Pain of Love" and the
Neil Young meets
Marvin Gaye ballad "Sail on White Moon." ~ Matt Collar