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The album also has plenty to say about its era. Some of the arrangements are exceptionally orchestrated and sound like they belong in a movie. On The Horizon finds King shrouded in reverb, imagining his perfect woman on a ship steadily sailing in, while mysterious strings, harps and tinkling bells conjure a sense of magic. On the surface, it’s scatty romanticism straight out of Hollywood, but Ben E plays it totally straight, and you wonder what he was thinking of as he delivered it: his Black brothers fighting in the Vietnam War, unsure if they’d see their loved ones again? The hell of his ancestors being transported in slave ships? Maybe neither, but these resonances remain for the listener. Show Me The Way is as cheesy as Cheetos, full of pinging guitar arpeggios and excessive backing vocals – an approach to pop which would soon be blown away by Motown and The Beatles. But, again, King delivers th

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