“Mr. Dream Merchant” by Jerry Butler - album review
Jerry’s brand of adult-orientated smooth soul is just not for me, only rarely does this LP flicker into life. “I Come To You” gets close to a Stax vibe, whilst “Beside You” at least suggests at some of the affecting emotional allure of southern gospel.
The Jukebox Rebel
03-Jan-2010
A1 | [02:34] Jerry Butler - Mr. Dream Merchant (Jerry Butler, Larry Weiss) Pop |
A2 | [02:53] Jerry Butler - (Nobody Ever Loved Anybody) The Way I Love You (Jerry Butler) Soul Ballad |
A3 | [02:50] Jerry Butler - Mr. Dee Jay (I Got A Heartache) (Jimmy Diggs, McElvoy Robinson, Ron Dunbar) Soul |
A4 | [02:37] Jerry Butler - I Come To You (Jimmy Holiday) Soul |
A5 | [02:52] Jerry Butler - When A Woman Loves A Man (When A Man Loves A Woman) (Andrew Wright, Calvin Lewis) Soul Ballad |
A6 | [02:39] Jerry Butler - Alfie (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) Crooner / Cabaret |
B1 | [02:36] Jerry Butler - Lost (Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff) Soul |
B2 | [02:58] Jerry Butler - Beside You (Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff) Soul Ballad |
B3 | [03:18] Jerry Butler - To Make A Big Man Cry (Les Reed, Peter Callander) Pop Ballad |
B4 | [02:42] Jerry Butler - 100 Pounds Of Clay (Bob Elgin, Kay Rogers, Luther Dixon) Soul |
B5 | [02:35] Jerry Butler - Yesterday (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Pop Ballad |