★★★★★
These brush-crew Canadian cover specialists were real creeps, stealing hits and thunder from such r&b worthies as the G Clefs, the Willows, and the Clovers. But like the experienced thieves they were, they knew quality when it stared them in the face, so even their rinky-dink "Love, Love, Love" and "Church Bells May Ring" sound okay today...
- www.robertchristgau.com
2009-07-10
★★★★★
The Diamonds may have scored most of their hits with covers of R&B; songs, but at heart they were a pop vocal group like the Ames Brothers or the Four Aces and relished wrapping their harmonies around standards and traditional pop songs. The Diamonds Meet Pete Rugolo explores this side of The Diamonds by pairing the quartet with Pete Rugolo, Mercury's A&R; director who previously worked with pop and jazz giants such as the Four Freshmen, Stan Kenton, and Peggy Lee...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28