i was going to do a piece on a donna summer track a while back and then she passed away but i pushed it forward because i'm not that attached to her music in that way. don't get me wrong i enjoy some of the songs a lot but i can say that i'm not that big of a fan of the stuff after the moroder & belotte era.
like to most "i feel love" is an all-time favourite but i did start to like other things and i have bought a couple of her records and my favourite is the "four seasons of love" lp. this is a five tracker with a song representing each season and one reprise. the a-side has spring and summer and those two tracks are well known club tunes but on the b-side there is autumn and winter and the reprise of spring.
autumn is a dancefloor track but winter is a midtempo number that probably got it's fair of rotation being that is was the b-side for single release of "spring affair". "winter melody" may seem like a standard rhythm & blues track at a glance but i loved it on the first listen. summers does her vocals in a more sombre and moody way but it still includes her lighter tones that is so associated with her voice.
moroder & belotte's production isn't the stripped down machine groove that was brought on when they did "i feel love" a year after. the credits doesn't say if it was a band who played but it is more live instrumentation and strings and the usual philadelphia sound.
as much as i love the mechanical touch of the latter records this has it's charm as well. the rhythm section is well punchy and i quite like the flutelike sound coming in right before the guitar. it's a great track, no doubt about but the whole album is quality.
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