Reviewed by Chris Berry

Don't be fooled by the acoustic guitar-holding, long hair on the cover. This guy's not a folksy style plucker, he's got a lot more going for him than that (no disre­spect to folksy style pluckers intended). This is, of course another soulful set from Christendom's favourite blue-eyed soul-gospel man. As always, it's the shadow of Stevie Wonder which is much in evi­dence. And as usual, there's a Stevie cover, this time "Happier Than The Morning Sun", that our Jon does so well that you could be forgiven for thinking that you're listening to the great man himself. The aforemen­tioned track runs a close second to the album's opener "You Are The One" - a jolly bouncing song which you could almost imagine Stevie bobbing about as he does, head shaking, teeth grinning in "I Just Called To Say I Love You" mode. Elsewhere the rest make for a very respectable first go, except the "To My Father's House", the Edwin Hawkins revival which doesn't quite fit - not quite his style really - stick with Stevie, Jon

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