The production on the penultimate Impressions album from 1969 was expansive with lush orchestration and Mayfield’s falsetto is more-than-ably backed by his band members. They generally stick to an innocent, mid-sixties soul sound while all around them funk and psychedelia were taking over the soul world. However, the wonderfully buoyant brass arrangements of Johnny Pate and Donny Hathaway and Mayfield’s warming, uplifting songs make for a classy soul outing nonetheless, and the funky wah wah of final track ‘Mighty Mighty (Spade & Whitey)’ pointed toward the tougher direction Mayfield was about to take as a solo artist.

The last Impressions LP featuring Curtis Mayfield as lead singer is also one of the group’s best. Mayfield’s songwriting shines on such love/heartbreak tunes as “The Girl I Find” and “My Deceiving Heart” while staying engaged on the civil rights front with “Mighty Mighty (Spade & Whitey)” and “Choice of Colours.” The music is no less extraordinary — one of the best late ‘60s soul LPs out there — thanks to sophisticated arrangements by a young Donny Hathaway and veteran Johnny Pate.