So so satisfied

Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson – Ashford & Simpson – were a husband and wife songwriting-production team. They started writing and recording together in 1964, and two years later wrote their first hit song – Let’s Go Get Stoned, recorded by Ray Charles. They then took up staff positions at Motown where they wrote and produced hits for Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross. During this time Valerie released a couple of solo albums which flopped, prompting her and Ashford to leave in 1973. From then on, the duo concentrated on making their own records, though they also penned Chaka Khan’s hit I’m Every Woman before finally achieving recognition as artists in their own right.

“While songwriters Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson penned enough hits at Motown to last a lifetime, the creative well was far from dry when the duo signed to Warner Bros. as performers in the mid-1970s. So so satisfied was the husband-and-wife team’s fourth longplayer for the label, and opener Tried, Tested And Found True is an apt description of the album’s superb songcraft, rich orchestration and lushly romantic atmosphere. Over and Over, Destiny and the title track are other highlights of the self-produced 1977 set, which set the stage for a trio of Gold albums that followed. A collection that will leave R&B fans, the beautiful love ballads on So so satisfied make it perfect for Valentine’s Day”.

This album is now out of print at Warner.

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