Ann Peebles: Tellin' It
Joe McEwen, Rolling Stone, 29 January 1976
ONCE A CONSISTENT R&B hit-maker, Ann Peebles's output has seen a precipitous drop in both the vitality of her music and the sales of her records since the monumental I Can't Stand the Rain. Her decline has paralleled the demise of Willie Mitchell's Hi Studio as a consistent commercial force for anybody but Al Green. Tellin' It, her first album since I Can't Stand the Rain, is indicative of the current Hi predicament.
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