Library Rock's Backpages

The Jones Girls: Keep It Comin' (Philadelphia International)

James Hunter, Record, August 1984

KEEP IT Comin', the Jones Girls' latest album, is black pop in the year 2 A.T. (After Thriller), which means craft and consistency are givens. Still, the record represents light-hearted girl-groupdom at some smooth new peak in Philadelphia. More loose-limbed and spirited than the Pointer Sisters, for example, the three Jones Girls' singing is terribly seductive stuff — when they harmonize they can, seemingly at will, energize your heart or take bits of it apart.

Total word count of piece: 377

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.