Exile (1978) Sing a Song - LOST70sGEMS

A very hard album to track from 1978 is the band Exile' third foray into discofied rock n roll. While the style was losing favour with them and their audiences I had to find this album. It only recently appeared online so here's my choice track from a very very hard to find gem. The infectious bubblegum pop harmonies of Sing a Song combined with a bright disco guitar and descending bass line and exuberant jacked up delivery are almost rip offs of the Jackson Five' debut single, I Want You Back. Rock n Roll Women carries the same holy sunny harmonies but more an organ rocker along the lines of Corporate rock but with some atmospheric chicken scratch. Whatever Mood You're In combines Hendrix purple haze intro wah wah scratch with a Caribbean flavoured organ cowbell tune. Leave Me Standing is a bouncy old school funky honey tonker. The band has a Grand Funk Mitch Ryder vibe on some tracks don't it feel good is a sleazy drawn out clanky funk and muddy waters blues wailing track to end it.