Ten Percent

Album Review

Black radio has often shied away from what it considers "club records," and that was exactly what happened in the late '70s with soul/disco quartet Double Exposure. Although a major hit in dance clubs, the single "10 Percent" didn't receive nearly as much Black radio airplay as it should have. But make no mistake: this unmistakably Philly-sounding album (reissued on CD in 1993) is very mindful of disco's soul roots. Dance-floor treasures like "My Love Is Free," the Norman Harris-produced title song and an inspired cover of the Four Tops' "Baby, I Need Your Loving" make Exposure's debt to groups like the Intruders, the Spinners and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes evident, as do the slow jams "Pick Me" and "Just Can't Say Hello." This is music that's exciting both on and off the dance floor.