Highly Distinct

Highly Distinct

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It opens with Impressions, which is not a song, but two minutes of Harry Elston, Floyd Butler, Jessica Cleaves and Barbara Love — the Friends of Distinction, tripping. Highly Distinct is close to their debut album but lacked the obvious hit; it's more jazzy and less R&B. They're mesmerizing on We Got a Good Thing Going, where their four-part harmonies riding the bubbling arrangement is simply delicious. I've yet to hear a bad rendition of Neil Sedaka's lilting Working on a Groovy Thing, and the Friends version, with their impeccable harmonies, is one of the best; it should have made their Best Of CD. A harmony-filled It's Wonderful is merely a vehicle to display their amazing blending skills, melody and lyrics buried in a sea of harmony. The Doors' rocker Light My Fire works well all jazzed up; it seems like a live recording but could have been manufactured in the studio. Nothing is blatantly commercial, and the uplifting Let Yourself Go stirred some chart action but strayed too far from mainstrea