Still Bill

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Replete with intoxicating detail and depth, the collectible reissue zeroes in on the music's crux – Withers' unique, rich, West Virginia-accented voice – while clearing a true-to-the-source path to the extraordinary backing he receives from members of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.

I did a comparison to USE ME and LEAN ON ME on the Greatest Hits from Mofi and those two tracks are much more dynamic with more bass and really just sound warmer and more appealing to me on the Greatest Hits album. Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s renowned mastering system and pressed on 180g vinyl at RTI, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition LP of Still Bill gives this lush classic the luxe treatment it has always deserved. Still Bill boasts the classic Bill Withers sound: warm and easily accessible, with a depth and complexity that reveals itself over numerous plays.Writing for Rolling Stone in 1972, Vince Aletti regarded it as an improvement over Withers' debut album Just as I Am, particularly because of the singer's production, which sustains even the less exceptional songs here.

Another good one from Bill, recorded and produced with his band and with more of an emphasis on funk and soul this time round.Still Bill is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics Ain't No Sunshine, Lean on Me, Lovely Day, Grandma's Hands and Just the Two of Us. I've decided that the 2012 that was taken directly from the masters (not a copy tape) and released in the EU only is pretty hard to beat. What attracted me more than the richer sound palette here, though, is his words: dialectic, poetic, but also simple. No track better exemplifies those principles than "Lean on Me," a feel-good paean to brotherhood and community that hit No.