7th Wonder - Words Don't Say Enough (1978)

A great mix of tight grooves and mellower tunes from 7th Wonder -- a group who share some of the righteous roots of the Earth Wind & Fire generation (as you might guess from their imagery here), but who come across with a sound that's much more straightforward! The album was recorded in Miami, Muscle Shoals, and Georgia -- and it's got slight southern soul undercurrent on some of the cuts, especially the mellower ones -- which are actually some of my favorites here. Those numbers glide along with a style that's got that modern/southern vibe that was showing up a bit at the time -- and the more uptempo numbers have a style that's more in keeping with the ensemble funk mode of the period. Titles include the catchy track "Absence", plus "People In Love", "We Are So In Love", "Back Track", "Words Don't Say Enough", and "Love Makes You Act Like That".