Big Dog 92-7 Music Guide

Someone Else’s Arms

RELEASE
1970
LABEL
Edsel
GENRES
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Pop-Soul, Northern Soul, Chicago Soul

Album Review

Either there was a shortage of original material or Brunswick simply tried to present Barbara Acklin as an all-around performer. Why else would she remake four pop tunes and a Martha and the Vandellas song? Acklin and her beau Eugene Record only contributed four tracks, with one being the bland, vanilla "Someone Else's Arms." The album does have moments -- the whooping, harmonic "After You" and "Is It Me" are pleasures -- but "Quiet Night of Quiet Stars" and "More Today than Yesterday" leave a lot to be desired. She does a competent performance of "You've Been in Love Too Long," but adds nothing to the original version by the Vandellas. So what was the point?
Andrew Hamilton, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Someone Else's Arms
  2. After You
  3. Is It Me?
  4. Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars (Corcovado)
  5. What's It Gonna Be
  6. More
  7. He's Just a Little Guy
  8. More Today Than Yesterday
  9. Spinning Wheel
  10. More Ways Than One
  11. You've Been in Love Too Long