This is thoroughly a '60s hangover, right down to how the country shuffle of "Alone, Alone" slides between the warm soul grooves of the rest of the album. Although Scaggs would go that down the gauche road in the '70s, Moments is far from the glitzy disco of Silk Degrees and its spawn. In the hands of producer Glyn Johns, Scaggs doesn't have any rough edges, and the change suits him well, as his soft, soulful croon almost cries out for a setting this lush, one that's just this side of being louche. Boz Scaggs was a Southern record, but Moments is thoroughly Californian, sun-bleached and brightly colored, easily gliding along smooth surfaces. If his 1969 eponymous debut found Scaggs digging down deep and creating some gritty soul-rock, highlighted by Duane Allman's extended workout on "Loan Me a Dime," his 1971 follow-up, Moments (his first album for CBS) found him sketching out the blue-eyed soul that would eventually bring him fame when he streamlined it for 1976's Silk Degrees. In 2008, BGO released Boz Scaggs' first two albums for CBS as a two-fer.
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