Consumer Guide Album

Jerry Butler: Ice on Ice [Mercury, 1969]
Unnoticed by all the contemporary music freaks, Butler rolls on, hit after hit, always beautiful, and now his albums are getting good. This is thanks in part to his new producers, Gamble and Huff of Philadelphia, who have previously done wonders for Archie Bell and the Drells. Mellow soul with a slight nightclub tinge, and fucking solid. A−