The Sylvers (1973) Love Me, Love Me Not - LOST 70s GEMS

Their dance and funk infused The Sylvers II collection, a followup that continued the Jackson Five style bubblegum soul sound of their debut but increasingly bringing elements of their own style complete with strong layers of percussion and an edgier funk label. The material was grittier if not as well written as their debut, and the family group bubblegum act was getting old in 73 even though they were only on their second album, they needed a drastic overhaul. Thankfully their are enough songs with a maturer theme here including songs of romantic devotion to keep up with the adult sounds that were developing such as jazz fusion, there is additions of funky guitars and cocktail piano playing amongst the album tracks. The starts with a gentle vibe arrangement playing a toy music box like melody before their one of a kind harmonic abilities enter in a long with a Purdie-esque drum beat that gives off a strong proto-hip hop vibe as a lot of funk from this period would.