Whatever it takes

"If you think the new James Hunter Six release, Whatever It Takes, resembles classic soul albums from the distant past with their flat dynamics and muffled sounds, then the producers have done their job correctly ... Hunter can sing with an ache, a honk, a howl, or a growl-and just engage in a melodic conversation before the emotions inside overwhelm him, and he lets loose. His band engages in shapeshifting modes from gentle and delicate to staggeringly powerful".

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"Whatever It Takes clocks in at just under half-an-hour. While that's brief by 21st century standards, it's plenty and proper on a collection of songs framed in kinetic, inspired performances by one of the greatest soul bands to emerge in decades".

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"James Hunter remains an effective singer who internalizes his blues, r&b, ska and soul influences (notably Ray Charles and Sam Cooke), while sounding notes of emotional validity that inform words on deep, lasting romance in his tunes".