Tower Of Power - Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now (1976)

[b]Artist[/b]: Tower Of Power
[b]Title Of Album[/b]: Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now
[b]Year Of Release[/b]: 1976
[b]Label[/b]: Columbia
[b]Genre[/b]: Soul, Jazz Funk
[b]Format[/b]: Flac/Cue/Log/Artwork 
[b]Quality[/b]:  Lossless 
[b]Total Time[/b]: 38:25
[b]Total Size[/b]:  247 mb 

[b]Tracklist[/b]     

01. Ain't Nothin' Stoppin' Us Now    [0:03:58.33]
02. By Your Side    [0:04:30.93]
03. Make Someone Happy    [0:02:47.84]
04. Doin' Alright    [0:04:48.09]
05. Because I Think The World Of You    [0:03:00.66]
06. You Ought To Be Havin' Fun    [0:03:06.86]
07. Can't Stand To See The Slaughter    [0:02:47.73]
08. It's So Nice    [0:05:39.24]
09. Deal With It    [0:03:20.89]
10. While We Went To The Moon    [0:04:24.26]

Lenny Pickett - 1st tenor sax, alto sax, lyricon
Emilio Castillo - 2nd tenor sax, background vocals
Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone sax
Mic Gillette - trumpet, fluegelhorn, trombone, Superbone, bass trombone, baritone horn, background vocals
Greg Adams - trumpet, fluegelhorn, background vocals
Edward McGee - lead vocals
Chester Thompson - organ, bass pedals, fender rhodes piano, acoustic piano, clavinet, moog synthesizer, background vocals
Bruce Conte - guitar, background vocals  
Francis Rocco Prestia - bass
Ronnie Beck - drums, dhaka-di-bello, background vocals

Edward McGhee turned in mostly above-average performances on their first post-Lenny Williams release, but it was the beginning of the end. With funk losing its foothold among R&B audiences, they couldn't keep it together. McGhee was an energetic, exuberant vocalist who held his own on up-tempo tunes like "You Ought to Be Havin' Fun" and the title song, but lacked Williams' range or tonal quality on ballads. The group always had a weakness for ponderous message cuts, and "Can't Stand to See the Slaughter" and "While We Went to the Moon" were well-intentioned but clumsy tracks. This was almost the Tower of Power's swan song. - Ron Wynn