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This is a nice, G-rated 70's R&B album.

Interesting for a lot of reasons. There are, especially on the amazing "XI-30," flashes of proto-electronica soul. Otis does the Stevie Wonder/Sly Stone/Lenny Kravitz "I played all the instruments" thing (admirably well). You can take a few days and go down the Johnny Otis (Shuggie's dad) rabbit hole, well worth the time if you like 50s and 60s R&B and early soul. A very important figure in the history and probably underrepresented on this list.

Not the worst thing I've heard this week. I suppose that's not the highest praise, though.

It started strong, then settled into a nice laidback groove without any particularly memorable songs, then started sounding like he was playing around with the pre-sets on a new keyboard.

Need to check this one out again but wasn't super impressed. The instrumental tracks at the end kind of remind me of what The Weather Channel played in the early 00's.

This is a really good album. Shuggie Otis did most of the instruments himself along with singing, which is very impressive. I am very glad to have heard it and especially glad to now know of Shuggie Otis. I'll definitely give his other work a listen.

I don't really care for Shuggie Otis' music. It should be something I really like on paper, being an excellent blend of all sorts of genres I enjoy. The playing is smooth and well performed. I just don't really care for it. It's a bit too philly Soul at times and it's a bit light on hooks or other earworms. Wish I liked it more but alas. My favorite moments were Freedom Flight and Sweet Thang, but either one wasn't part of the original album itself.

A great album. I have a vague memory of having heard of the musician before. I listened to the album for the first time today and really enjoyed it. I'll listen to it again. 5/5

Cool album. Enjoyed the instrumental portion a bit more than the beginning bit

3.33

Ihr wollt ein Liebeslied, ihr kriegt ein Liebeslied
Ein Lied, das ihr liebt

Dont get me wrong, Suggie is cool and this is nice. But of all the millions of albums that have been released since the dawn of recorded music someone decided THIS is one of a thousand you need to hear before you die. Spoiler alert, its not.

Never heard of this guy, but he is apparently an R&B nepo baby (not that there's anything wrong with that). Props to him for playing so many instruments. A perfectly serviceable album, but not very interesting to me. A bit sleepy at points. The Wilco of the 70s. The second half instrumentals felt very hold-music-esque (though perhaps the title 'Not Available' influenced that perception).

Funky, but also a little dull.

Sounds okay, but its pretty boring.

Surprisingly great...especially the start. Would 100% come back to this one. 4/5

Some incredible beauty mixed in with some stanky funk. Great ride.

Fun vibe, but probably not something I’d come back to.

There is something almost delicious about the instrumentation on this album

Mildly disappointed that Shuggie is a nickname for Sugar rather than Hugh, and that he's not a Weegie. Pleasantly surprised by the music though. I actually thought the final four bonus tracks were some of the strongest - discovered these were from previous album of his, so not sure if they should factor into my score. Anyway, a reasonably solid four stars

I feel like a bit of a villain rating this so lowly, but it doesn’t do much for me. It’s a vibey, smooth listen that’ll go down well with company round your house on a weekend. But it reach out of the speakers and grab me. There isn’t a particular element that I lean into and get obsessed with. It’s just totally fine.

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