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...pants up, shout...
Throw my hands back, shout...
Kick my heels up, shout...
...addition to its thematic depth and brilliance "Shout" reveals technical mastery. With all the craft and subtlety of Eliot employing allusions to the Blood of Isaiah, the Isley Brothers artfully weave passages from Jackie Wilson's "Lonley Teardrops" and Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" into the song deepening its meaning without harming its organic unity...
...Shout" is by no means the only great song in the album. The two next best are "That Lucky Old Sun," which presents a Spenserian contrast between the ideal pastoral world and the world of brutal reality and "Respectable," which examines the clash of antipodal ethical systems within a society. The latter skillfully employs a catechismic device, reminiscent of Joyce, with the series of queries...