Laura Lee's gospel-tinged, classic country soul approach to singing coupled with her suffer-no-fools take on modern romance gives her late-'60s work for Chess Records and her early-'70s output for
Holland-Dozier-Holland's Hot Wax Records a kind of sturdy durability, and her strong women's rights themes are no less applicable now than they were then. This two-disc set collects all of her key tracks for Hot Wax, including the wry "Rip Off," her signature "Women's Love Rights," "Wedlock Is a Padlock" and the saucy "If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)." A hair bit smoother than her earlier Chess material, these tracks are still cut from the same cloth.
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Steve Leggett, Rovi