★★★★★
Detroit's "Little Carl" Carlton bore a marketable vocal resemblance to Little Stevie Wonder in the late 1960s ("Sure Miss Loving You"), but he covered and hit with "Everlasting Love" for Houston's Don Robey in 1973 before stalling out and reappearing in 1981 with the Grammy-nominated "She's a Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked)." Wondrous: No liner notes accompany these 22 soul jams.
- www.austinchronicle.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Carl Carlton's follow-up to his gold self-titled LP (which included "She's a Bad Mama Jama") was mostly produced by David Rubinson and Narada Michael Walden with the focus being squarely on the funk. A pulsating cover of The Four Tops' "Baby I Need Your Loving" was a Top 20 R&B; hit. Its feel is similar to Billy Ocean's "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going." In the late 90s, it became a popular MP3 file and was issued on the 1999 German CD Party Fox Vol. 2...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
★★★★★
Carl Carlton was the singer's sole gold LP and included his sole gold single, "She's a Bad Mama Jama." Produced by Leon Heywood, it includes the steppers favorite "Your Love's Rated X-Tra," " Don't You Wanna Make Love" (which sounds like Rick James' "You & I"), and the ballad "I Think It's Gonna Be Alright." The album highlights Carlton's vocal growth. ["She's a Bad Mama Jama" can be found on Pure Funk, Vol. 2, Old School, Vol...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-27
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