Plays Super Fly (1973)

About this title: The final Young-Holt Unlimited album captures their seamless transition into a new era of Chicago soul heralded by Curtis Mayfield's landmark Superfly score. A skilled and deeply funky interpretation of the emerging blaxploitation sound that sacrifices none of the group's signature groove, Plays Super Fly is the rare cash-in record with integrity and invention to spare. Only half of the album reprises Superfly material, most notably a percolating rendition of "Freddie's Dead" -- the remainder of the set casts Y-HU in dramatically different directions, including the loping original "Hey Pancho ... read more

Tracks:

1. Freddie's Dead [Mayfield]
2. Give Me Your Love [Mayfield]
3. Pusher Man [Mayfield]
4. Superfly [Mayfield]
5. Hey Pancho [Young/Holt]
6. Could It Be I'm Falling in Love [Mystro]
7. (They Long to Be) Close to You [David/Bacharach]
8. People Make the World Go Round [Bell/Creed]
9. Mystical Man [Chaney]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.