Donny Hathaway
Donny Hathaway [1993 Remaster] (1971)
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Length:  51:50
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Giving Up    6:24
      2.  
      		 A Song For You    5:27
      3.  
      		 Little Girl    4:47
      4.  
      		 He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother    5:55
      5.  
      		 Magnificent Sanctuary Band    4:24
      6.  
      		 She Is My Lady    5:33
      7.  
      		 I Believe In Music    3:38
      8.  
      		 Take A Love Song    4:53
      9.  
      		 Put Your Hand In The Hand    3:49
      10.  
      		 Be There    3:05
      11.  
      		 This Christmas    3:50
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      Donny Hathaway - Donny Hathaway [R2 71519] {1993 Rhino RMST Reissue}

      Original Release: April 2 1971

      Rhino RMST: 1993


      AMG Review by John Bush

      With just one exception, Donny Hathaway's second full-length is a covers album, featuring one of the most pop-averse artists in soul music surprisingly offering interpretations of contemporary hit material like "A Song for You," "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," "Magnificent Sanctuary Band," and (most effectively) "Put Your Hand in the Hand," a laidback yet rolling, gospel-choir version of the song he was born to sing. In striking contrast to his debut, Donny Hathaway is a very dark record, and it opens on a particularly low note, with "Giving Up" (a 1964 R&B hit for Gladys Knight & the Pips)...
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